as much than 错，AC错；three times more as,E错；as much water or more as 表意不清；C正确

C是因为brand names代表mkt adv的结果

表目的，developed to,ADE错，C：句中 that后面human mind&it双主语，无连词，错，答案B

背景：tech→quality advantage消失→brand 不能提供higher quality和Price
原因：？
结论：brand names 比起以前是mkt adv

所以考试时想这么清楚就来不及了 得通过题中其他线索解题 别客气 共同努力

the proliferation 应该是导致了一个法案的通过，而不是导致了一个法案

方案：commercial development to ↑tax revenue
阻碍：traffic construction cost>tax revenue
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Myth is an unproved or false collective belief that is used to justify a social institution. By mentioning myth in the passage, the writer wants to emphasize the idea of some historians may not be right. B&B's book provided evidence.

AB中，should 用法错误，且A中it 单数指代threads错，B中，to best extract作为opening modifier, 使得逻辑主语变为saffron threads, 有ST自己extract的意思，AB错；C being用法不当，且跟soaking them in 平行的话应该是 pounding them in;E中 it指代不当，同A;答案D

extent to—— unidiom; extent of 才对；degree that 不对. 因为“things happen to a degree, 所以要说to which。

D: when placed in 和 when they 不平行；且 in mice 和 in canaries' neurons 不平行，而E项中，in mices 与in canaries 平行

Precipitation is rain, snow, or hail. 降水

笔记：rob和make是alter的两个并列的后果

C The passage suggests that most environmental managers are mistaken
about a key concept; its primary purpose is not to describe traditional methods of environmental management or alternatives to those traditional methods, nor does it do so.

注意时态词

B里面 and also错了么？

但是 P 的观点本身并不是大众理解错误的一个 example（这里的 example 当然也要是错的啦）。要注意这里的 logic。

如有错误，烦请更正。
关于E选项，despite being called a sea, despite是不是后面直接必须跟名词, i.e., despite called a sea 错？(ps:我知道E选项错误点在哪里，但是疑惑前半句是否正确)

这些insect population的变化，如果不是自身原因，则可能是和insect关系更加密切的agent相关，与鸟和寄生虫之类相比。
削弱结论，则insect population和这个agent可能没有什么关系，B说明了insect数量减少的另外一个原因，就是生存环境的变化
属于果因推理的说明结果问题，提出了另外一个事件引起了insect数量减少

B Correct. Newexperiments involving changesinhabitat that didsucceedin alteringpopulation cycles would suggest that the populations are not in fact self­ regulating, and that the search for another cycle-alteringagent maybeunnecessary.

C是加强。。。（简直无法理解自己怎么错的这道题）