Historian: In the Drindian Empire, censuses were conducted annually to determine the population of each village. Village census records for the last half of the 1600’s are remarkably complete. This very completeness makes one point stand out; in five different years, villages overwhelmingly reported significant population declines. Tellingly, each of those five years immediately followed an increase in a certain Drindian tax. This tax, which was assessed on villages, was computed by the central government using the annual census figures. Obviously, whenever the tax went up, villages had an especially powerful economic incentive to minimize the number of people they recorded; and concealing the size of a village’s population from government census takers would have been easy. Therefore, it is reasonable to think that the reported declines did not happen.
In the historian’s argument, the two portions in boldface play which of the following roles?
A. The first supplies a context for the historian’s argument; the second acknowledges a consideration that has been used to argue against the position the historian seeks to establish.
B. The first presents evidence to support the position that the historian seeks to establish; the second acknowledges a consideration that has been used to argue against that position.
C. The first provides a context for certain evidence that supports the position that the historian seeks to establish; the second is that position.
D. The first is a position for which the historian argues; the second is an assumption that serves as the basis of that argument.
E. The first is an assumption that the historian explicitly makes in arguing for a certain position; the second acknowledges a consideration that calls that assumption into question.
答案是C吗？题设的意思是说这个Village census records非常完善？作假的时候政府会很快发现并加以重税？大虾帮忙看看哦！
同问同问~~哪位牛牛指教一下
我选C。
很明显，第二部分是作者的结论(position），而不是consideration或assumption.
ABE选项是consideration，D是assumption。排除后，剩C。
这种类型的BF题，就是前面一大段都是论据，最后推出结论。大多结论在最后的，前面基本上都是为退出该结论而设定的背景环境。
A选项第一个部分还算说得过去。但第二部分说是意在推翻Historian的论点，这就不对了。因为整段文章都是在为支持Historian论点而作铺垫。
我的理解是历史学家发现这个村的人口统计记录很完美，因为太完美就引起史学家怀疑了，即每次税重的时候人口统计的人数就下降，由此历史学家得出结论，人口突然下降是为了逃税，也就是说其实人口并没有下降，记录是作假了的
我选C。
很明显，第二部分是作者的结论(position），而不是consideration或assumption.
ABE选项是consideration，D是assumption。排除后，剩C。
这种类型的BF题，就是前面一大段都是论据，最后推出结论。大多结论在最后的，前面基本上都是为退出该结论而设定的背景环境。
A选项第一个部分还算说得过去。但第二部分说是意在推翻Historian的论点，这就不对了。因为整段文章都是在为支持Historian论点而作铺垫。
弱弱的问一下xfi883, 我排除consideration的原因是因为我觉得consideration不会在一段文章的最后一句，因为像黄公子在他的总结里面提到， 《consideration是在作决定时必须要考虑的。》，所以consideration后面是不是一般都要跟其他内容，而这里没有，所以排除了。不知道这样的办法对不对？请指教~~~~
黑体第一句：说明completeness. 后面说根据这个completeness, one point stands out: population declines。
再后面都是通过说明一些原因什么的来证明最后一句也就是黑体第二句，作者的观点：declines did not happen。
读题时注意到This very completeness makes one point stand out...这句就一切明了拉~~
黑体第一句：说明completeness. 后面说根据这个completeness, one point stands out: population declines。
再后面都是通过说明一些原因什么的来证明最后一句也就是黑体第二句，作者的观点：declines did not happen。
读题时注意到This very completeness makes one point stand out...这句就一切明了拉~~
读题时注意到This very completeness makes one point stand out...这句就一切明了拉~~
good explanation~~
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