Certainly, pesticides can adversely affect the environment in localities distant from where the pesticide has actually been used. Nevertheless, regulation of pesticide use should not take place at the national level but at the local level. It is in the areas where pesticides are actually applied that they have their most serious effects. Just how serious these effects are depends on local conditions such as climate, soil type, and water supply. And local officials are much more likely than national legislators to be truly knowledgeable about such local conditions.
In the argument given, the two boldface portions play which of the following roles?
The first provides support for the conclusion of the argument;the second states that conclusion.
The first states the conclusion of the argument; the second provides support for that conclusion.
The first identifies grounds for a potential objection to the conclusion of the argument; the second states that conclusion.
The first identifies grounds for a potential objection to the conclusion of the argument; the second provides support for that conclusion.
Each provides support for the conclusion of the argument.
当然,杀虫剂对离使用杀虫剂地点很远地方的环境有负面影响。然而,杀虫剂的使用规范不应该是全国范围,而应该是本地范围。杀虫剂有严重影响的地区也是杀虫剂实际使用的地区。这些影响严重程度依靠本地条件如气候、土壤、水供应。本地官员比国家机关更可能了解本地情况。
分析原文,两黑体间有转折词Nevertheless,所以两黑体是反对关系,第一黑体提出了一个对结论有负面影响的理由; 主结论是转折后面那句话。 Nevertheless, regulation of pesticide use should not take place at the national level but at the local level, 结论后的部分包括第二黑体都是对结论进行支持。所以答案是D
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