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In recent years, several urban US airports haveconverted some of the unused

land past theirrunways to provide habitats for honeybees. Whileairports may seem

unlikely locations forbeekeeping, many of them, in fact, have thepotential to

offer ideal conditions for an apiary (agroup of beehives). The Lambert-St. Louis

International Airport, for instance, hosts an apiaryon a 400-square-foot area of

land just north of one of its runways. This area is rich in Dutchclover, a

preferred food source for honeybees. The honeybees may thrive there in

partbecause they aren't exposed to the agricultural pesticides suspected of

contributingto Colony Collapse Disorder. Though unorthodox, airport-based

honeybee habitats can helpto ensure that local regions have healthy populations

of honeybees.

The writer is considering deleting the underlined sentence. Should the

sentence bekept or deleted?

A.Kept, because it provides support for the paragraph's claim about airports

being able to offersuitable habitats for honeybees.

B.Kept, because it acknowledges a counterargument to the paragraph's claim

about thebenefits of apiaries.

C.Deleted, because it blurs the paragraph's focus on airport apiaries by

introducing anirrelevant detail about Colony Collapse Disorder.

D.Deleted, because it disrupts the logical sequence of steps outlined in the

paragraph'sexplanation of how to set up an airport apiary.

答案：A

解析：

Choice A is the best answer because it retains arelevant sentence and offers

a sound reason fordoing so: because the sentence explains anotherfeature of the

urban airport locations -- that they'redistant from areas that use agricultural

pesticides -- and provides support for the paragraph'sclaim that airports may

offer suitable habitats for honeybees.