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　　　　SAT阅读OG解析：环境保护的问题 　　2015年1月24日即将迎来一场SAT考试，同学们复习备考的怎么样了呢?以下是资料下载小编为大家整理的SAT阅读OG解析：环境保护的问题，希望对考生备考有帮助。 　　13. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS 　　Explanation for Correct Answer E : 　　Choice (E) is correct. Line 14 accuses environmental popularizers of misleading the public about the state, or condition, of scientific knowledge. 　　Explanation for Incorrect Answer A : 　　Choice (A) is incorrect. The term state can apply to a persons social rank, but such a definition would be illogical in a sentence about scientific knowledge. 　　Explanation for Incorrect Answer B : 　　Choice (B) is incorrect. Line 14 does not refer to an emotional state such as excitement. 　　Explanation for Incorrect Answer C : 　　Choice (C) is incorrect. It would not make sense to claim that the state of scientific knowledge is a geographical location. 　　Explanation for Incorrect Answer D : 　　Choice (D) is incorrect. Line 14 has nothing to do with a state in the sense of a political unit. 　　14. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS 　　Explanation for Correct Answer C : 　　Choice (C) is correct. The quoted phrases are examples of what the author of Passage 1 claims are the projections, predictions, and warnings of environmental popularizers that have failed to materialize. 　　Explanation for Incorrect Answer A : 　　Choice (A) is incorrect. The author of Passage 1 does not presume to know the future, instead stating that no one knows what the future holds. 　　Explanation for Incorrect Answer B : 　　Choice (B) is incorrect. Passage 1 does not identify any problems that specifically threaten underdeveloped countries. 　　Explanation for Incorrect Answer D : 　　Choice (D) is incorrect. At no point does the author of Passage 1 link food riots and pesticide-induced cancers to global warming. In addition, the author argues that these problems have not, in fact, plagued the United States as environmental popularizers predicted. 　　Explanation for Incorrect Answer E : 　　Choice (E) is incorrect. The death of Lake Erie and of the oceans is only