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Ecologists:the Scottish Highlands were once the site of extensive forests, but these forests have mostly disappeared and been replaced by peat bogs. The common view is that the Highland's deforestation was caused by human activity, especially agriculture. However, agriculture began in the Highlands less than 2,000 years ago. Peat bogs, which consist of compressed decayed vegetable matter, build up by only about one foot per 1000 years, and, throughout the Highlands, remains of trees in peat bogs are almost all at depth great than four feet. Since climate changes that occurred between 7,000 years and 4,000 years ago favored the development of peat bogs rather than the survival of forests, the deforestation was more likely the result of natural processes than of human activity.
In the ecologist's argument, the two portions in boldfaces play which of the following roles?
The first is evidence that has been used in support of a position that the argument rejects; the second is a finding that the ecologist uses to counter the evidence.
The first is evidence that, in light of the evidence provided in the second, serves as grounds for the ecologist's rejection of a certain position
The first is a position that the ecologist rejects; the second is evidence that has been used in support of that position
The first is a position that the ecologist rejects; the second provides evidence in support of that rejection
The first is a position for which the ecologist argues; the second provides evidence to support that position.
BF1 不是position，position是最后一句 the deforestation was more likely the result of natural processes than of human activity。
BF1 是一个支持position的evidence/fact。
BF2是升华了BF1的一个解释现象。
摘
1. in light of 根据； 2. 前一个黑体句子很明显是evidence而非position（立场），排除CDE； 3. 第一句是依据第二句为基础的证据---都证明了这个peat bogs早在农业兴起之前就已经开始replace forest了，强化了生态学家们的point。
C：deforestation不是因为人类活动，而是因为自然气候
人类活动发现于2000年前，而根据peat bogs的生长来看，deforestation应该出现在4000年前
这个就跟看RC是一样的，疏通文章结构！
C：deforestation不是因为人类活动，而是因为自然气候
人类活动发现于2000年前，而根据peat bogs的生长来看，deforestation应该出现在4000年前
1. in light of 根据； 2. 前一个黑体句子很明显是evidence而非position（立场），排除CDE； 3. 第一句是依据第二句为基础的证据---都证明了这个peat bogs早在农业兴起之前就已经开始replace forest了，强化了生态学家们的point。
in light of 根据，没读懂选项
CDE不对，因为第一句是个证据而不是position, A不对，因为第一句和第二句不是相反关系
题目挺好的
时间不够，猜错
E: argue一件事情的时候，常指反对该事情
B：The first is evidence that, in light of the evidence provided in the second, serves as grounds for the ecologist's rejection of a certain position.
第一个部分是基于第二个证据基础上的证据，作用是去支持Ecologists对于argument的反驳。
A. counter —对立面；反驳
错因：有限时间内，没读懂题意
【排除法】
B：The first is evidence that, in light of the evidence provided in the second, serves as grounds for the ecologist's rejection of a certain position.
第一个部分是基于第二个证据基础上的证据，作用是去支持Ecologists对于argument的反驳。
The first is evidence that, in light of the evidence provided in the second, serves as grounds for the ecologist's rejection of a certain position.
第一个部分是基于第二个证据基础上的证据，作用是去支持Ecologists对于argument的反驳。
第一个黑体和第二个黑体都是作为evidence support main conclusion：the deforestation was more likely the result of natural processes than of human activity.
A答案错在两个evidence本身不存在任何矛盾关系
argument=The common view is that the Highland's deforestation was caused by human activity, especially agriculture. 前半句是evidence，排除CDE，后半句为前半句提供更加有力的证据去support ecologist的观点（他们的观点就是反对argument的position，就是那么绕。。）A错在counter the evidence（应当是argument）
A的后半句错了，应该是反论点，而不是第一个证据.in light of 按照的意思
想知道为什么a错了
second 还是一个evidence，不是finding
A wrong：1&2的作用都是support the argument/ counter a certain position.
2 不是用来counter evidence的
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最后since后面才应该是position
答案有误，正确答案是B。