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lsat-9-4-21

So-called environmentalists have argued that the proposed Golden Lake Development would interfere with bird-migration patterns. However, the fact that these same people have raised environmental objections to virtually every development proposal brought before the council in recent years indicates that their expressed concern for bird-migration patterns is nothing but a mask for their antidevelopment, antiprogress agenda. Their claim, therefore, should be dismissed without further consideration.

21.   For the claim that the concern expressed by the so-called environmentalists is not their real concern to be properly drawn on the basis of the evidence cited, which one of the following must be assumed?

(A) Not every development proposal opposed in recent years by these so-called environmentalists was opposed because they believed it to pose a threat to the environment.

(B) People whose real agenda is to block development wherever it is proposed always try to disguise their true motives.

(C) Anyone who opposes unrestricted development is an opponent of progress.

(D) The council has no reason to object to the proposed Golden Lake Development other than concern about the development’s effect on bird-migration patterns.（A）

(E) When people say that they oppose a development project solely on environmental grounds, their real concern almost always lies elsewhere.

原文推理

论据: these same people have raised environmental objections to virtually every  

         development proposal( 这些人对每一个发展计划都以环保的理由提出反对)

结论: their expressed concern for bird-migration patterns is nothing but a mask for their

          antidevelopment, antiprogress agenda (他们对鸟类迁移的关心只不过是反发展,反进

             步的借口)

隐含的前提应是: 以环保理由提出的反对其实都不是为了环保,而是为了反发展反进步

                                (换言之:不是每一个他们反对的计划都对环境有害)

我开始在B和E间犹豫,由于卡时间做,最后随便选了B. 答案是A. 我做了如上分析, 并不觉得A能表达上面的隐含前提的中文意思.是我理解错了,还是选项不全? 要不就是我的分析不对?请大牛们解答.

(A) Not every development proposal opposed in recent years by these so-called environmentalists was opposed because they believed it to pose a threat to the environment

不是每一个环保学家反对的发展计划都被反对因为他们相信该计划对环境有害

这样理解对吗?

seekmydream

555... anyone can help me?

thanks!

lawyer_1

对于ASSUMPTION题，当对选项不太SURE的时候，将该选项取非，如果这时原文结论不能成立，就是答案。将A取非就是每个计划被反对的原因都是因为对环境构成威胁，这样原文结论就不成立啦。故为答案。对于B，说的是那些真正计划是反对发展的人，原文说的是环境学家，环境学家本身动机是否反发展就需要证明，所以不一定属于反发展的人，故B说的是无关项。对于E，错在SOELY，原文并没说环境学家反对的唯一原因是环境理由。

seekmydream

thank u, lawyer

that would be an easier and faster way to figure out the answer, especially in exam