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题目题材:环境
GRE argument 131题目:
The following appeared in an environmental newsletter published in Tria Island.
"The marine sanctuary on Tria Island was established to protect certain marine mammals. Its regulations ban dumping and offshore oil drilling within 20 miles of Tria, but fishing is not banned. Currently many fish populations in Tria's waters are declining, a situation blamed on pollution. In contrast, the marine sanctuary on Omni Island has regulations that ban dumping, offshore oil drilling, and fishing within 10 miles of Omni and Omni reports no significant decline in its fish populations(1). Clearly, the decline in fish populations in Tria's waters is the result of overfishing, not pollution(2). Therefore, the best way(4) to restore Tria's fish populations and to protect all of Tria's marine wildlife(5) is to abandon our regulations and adopt those of Omni(3)."
提纲:
(1)Many other factors might be different between Omni and Tria.
(2)The author provides no direct evidence to prove that pollution is not responsible for the decline in fish population, and that overfishing is the actual cause.
(3)Copying Omni’s regulations indiscriminatingly to Tria may not generate the same result.
(4)The author ignores other possible and better solution to restore fish population.
(5)The author hastily assumes that the proposed actions will also successfully protect all other marine wildlife.
注:题目中括号里的数字表明这句话体现的是提纲中第几号缺陷。
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