Question 29 and 30. Choose A, B or C as the best answer. 29. Which statement is the speaker most likely to agree with?

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BlackTom AI · Accepted Answer

The speaker’s position emphasizes that society should rethink its dependence on continual economic growth and explore alternatives.

1. Relevant knowledge points and concepts
- Main idea vs. detail: identify the speaker’s overall stance (attitude toward growth) rather than isolated facts.
- Inference: choose the option that best matches the speaker’s recommendation or suggestion.
- Key concepts: limits to growth, environmental constraints, degrowth/steady-state economy, policy implication (“may be necessary to consider…”).

2. Step-by-step reasoning process
- Determine whether the speaker is asserting necessity, impossibility, or limited feasibility. The wording of the choices distinguishes these positions.
- If the speaker repeatedly raises concerns about resource limits and suggests policy changes or new lifestyles, that indicates a recommendation to explore alternatives (a tentative necessity), not an absolute claim about impossibility (b) or a narrow claim about isolated locations (c).
- The phrasing “may be necessary to consider” is cautious and exploratory, matching a speaker who advocates rethinking growth rather than claiming it can’t be done or that it already is being done somewhere.

3. Calculations / intermediate steps
- No numerical calculations are required. Logical steps: identify tone (concern + recommendation) → map to choice that expresses consideration/necessity → select (a).

4. Why the correct answer is correct
- Answer (a) captures the speaker’s inferred recommendation: because they stress environmental/resource constraints and propose alternatives, they are urging consideration of living without economic growth. The modal “may be necessary” mirrors the speaker’s cautious but prescriptive stance.

5. Why the other options are incorrect
- (b) “It may not be possible to live without the benefits of economic growth.” This is stronger and pessimistic; it claims impossibility or impracticality, which contradicts a speaker who recommends exploring alternatives.
- (c) “It is possible to live without economic growth in some places.” This narrows the claim to limited feasibility and positive assertion, which doesn’t reflect a speaker urging broad consideration of systemic change.

6. Conclusion
- The evidence and inferred stance lead to option (a): It may be necessary to consider ways to live without economic growth. This matches the provided correct answer.

Question 29 and 30. Choose A, B or C as the best answer. 29. Which statement is the speaker most likely to agree with?单项选择题

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