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The earliest Mayan pottery found at Colha, in Belize, is about 3,000 years old. Recently, however,4,500-year-oold stone agricultural implements were unearthed at colha. These implements resemble Mayan
stone implements of a much later period, also found at Colha. Moreover, the implements’ designs are strikingly
different from the designs of stone implements produced by other cultures known to have inhabited the area in
prehistoric times. Therefore, there were surely Mayan settlements in Colha 4,500 years ago.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument/
(A) Ceramic ware is not known to have been used by the Maya to make agricultural implements.
(B) Carbon dating of corn pollen in Colha indicates that agriculture began there around 4,500 years ago.
(C) Archaeological evidence indicates that some of the oldest stone implements found at Colha were used to cut
away vegetation after controlled burning of trees to open areas of swampland for cultivation.
(D) Successor cultures at a given site often adopt the style of agricultural implements used by earlier inhabitants
of the same site.
(E) Many religious and social institutions of the Mayan people who inhabited Colha 3,000 years ago relied on a
highly developed system of agricultural symbols.
答案D,意思是不是说:4500年前在COLHA居住的人并不是MAYAN,这些人adopt the style of agricultural implements of MAYAN,而事实上真正的吗雅人出现的年代应该在4500年以前?
可是4500年前的时候居住的人adopt的是"used by earlier inhabitants"的东东,那应该是"4500年前"这一时间点之前的某段吧?比如5000年前
我刚刚没说清楚~
好象很有道理哦~!^_^thx~
明白了!谢谢!
这和文中第6行的strinkingly different from the designers of stone implements produced by other cultures known to have inhabited the area in the prehistorical times...是否有矛盾?
D选项出现的字眼有earlier inhabitants(复数),由此可以推论:第一个不知名的inhabitant居住在某地时用了某种器具,第二个不知名的inhabitant搬来某地居住时借鉴了前居住者器具的设计风格,如此传承,直到3000年前Mayan人出现居住于与此地时用的器具也是仿造前人的。由此可以推出,4500年前出现的器具可能是第n个不知名的inhabitant居住与某地时用的,而不是Mayan的。
这样D选项就达到了削弱原文的目的。
看到LS的帖子有相同的困惑: other cultures known to have inhabited the area in prehistoric time.这里的the area是不是跟Mayan及earlier inhabitants居住的area相同呢?如果是,按照D的推理,他们的器具风格都是相同的啊,怎么会有提干里说的striking defferent呢?
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