新GRE小短文阅读练习题三十四

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. Jack:    Are cashews ever sold in the shell?
Molly:   No.  The cashew doesn't have a shell.
Jack:    Don't all nuts have shells?
Molly:   Well, by a strictly botanical definition, all nuts do.
5 {% e; P  r* \: w( A  e If the statements Molly gives in answer to Jack are accurate, which
; Y+ J. ~) d) Y8 y4 q" l2 ^of the following must be true on the basis of those statements?
& t& a. b! A/ d* a0 r) N( Z    A   Botanically speaking, cashews are not nuts.  
     B  Some fruits that botanists consider nuts do not have shells.  
   C   Cashews have been specifically bred by botanists not to have
, @* @, e. Z0 T( v# ?5 Q! @6 K       shells.  
   D   If cashews had shells, all cashews would be sold in the shell.  
  ^0 B" X) Z4 c   E   At some time in the past, either Molly or Jack has bought
# w0 n+ u5 r, u+ c1 p" k       cashews.  
答案D