GRE 里一道逻辑题,请赐教!Editorial:Critics of nuclear power complain about the allegedly serious harm that might result from continued operation of existing nuclear power plants. But such concerns do not justify closing these plants;after all, their operation has caused no more harm than that caused by pollution generated by coal-and oil-burning power plants, the most important other sources of energy.Which of the following is an assumption on which the argumen
GRE 里一道逻辑题,请赐教!
Editorial:
Critics of nuclear power complain about the allegedly serious harm that might result from continued operation of existing nuclear power plants. But such concerns do not justify closing these plants;after all, their operation has caused no more harm than that caused by pollution generated by coal-and oil-burning power plants, the most important other sources of energy.
Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?
(A) Existing nuclear power plants should be closed only if it can be conclusively demonstrated that their continued operation is likely to cause harm more serious than the harm their operation has already caused.
(B) Closing existing nuclear power plants would require greatly increased reliance on coal-and oil-burning power plants.
(C) The harm that has resulted from operation of existing coal-and oil-burning power plants has been significant.
(D) The harm that a nuclear power plant is likely to cause as it continues to operate can be reliably predicted from the past history of nuclear power plants.
(E) The only harm that has resulted from operation of existing coal-and oil-burning power plants has resulted from the pollution generated by these plants.
答案是D,我真心没明白...
their operation has caused no more harm,现在完成时,表示至今为止核能所造成的污染并没有化石燃料造成的多。他是根据过去的情况推测现在的,如果过去的情况不能RELIABLY 推测出现在的话。。这个结论是不成立的吧。。has been 只能说明至今为止,并没有说以后发展核能会带来的污染。(只是随便看看。。不要批我。。)
原题:结论:核电站的批评者抱怨现有的核电站连续工作的后果可能很严重.但是其担心不足以关闭核电站.原因:因为毕竟核电站运行的害处并未曾比煤矿、石油电站这些更重要的能源工业所产生的污染更严重.(注意原文中的...