The author of the passage compares the smuggli
问题详情
The author of the passage compares the smuggling of CFC’s to the illicit drug trade most likely for which of the following reasons？
A．To qualify a previous claim
B．To emphasize the extent of a problem
C．To provide an explanation for an earlier assertion
D．To suggest that the illicit CFC trade, likely the illicit drug trade, will continue to increase
E．To suggest that the consequences of a relatively little-knows problem are as serious as those of a well-known one请帮忙给出正确答案和分析，谢谢！
参考答案
正确答案：B
解析：Thisquestionasksyoutoidentifythepurposeoftheauthor’scomparisonofCFCsmugglingandtheillicitdrugtrade.ThebestanswerisB.TheauthornotesthatthesmugglingofCFC’sis,intheviewoftheUnitedStatesCustomsService,aproblem“secondonly”totheillicitdrugtrade.ThisprovidesapointofreferencethatemphasizestheextentoftheCFCsmugglingproblem.ChoiceAisnotcorrectToqualifyaclaimistoweakenorsoftenit.Theauthor’scomparisonofCFCsmugglingtotheillicitdrugtradeinfactunderscoresthepreviousclaim,whichahstodowiththeamountofcontrabandCFC’stradedeachyearontheblackmarket.ChoiceCisnotcorrectbecausethecomparisonofCFCsmugglingtotheillicitdrugtradedoesnotprovideanexplanationforanassertionmadeinthepassage.ChoicesDandEarenotcorrectbecausethecomparisonofCFCsmugglingtotheillicitdrugtradeillustratestheextentoftheCFCsmugglingproblem,butdoesnotsuggestfurthersimilaritiesbetweenthetwophenomena,suchasthelikelihoodoftheirincrease.Theauthoralsodoesnotexpressanyopinionastotherelativeseriousnessofthetwoproblems’consequence.
