GWD32-11 GWD TN22-18

Several ancient Greek texts provide accounts of people being poisoned by honey that texts suggest was made from the nectar of rhododendron or oleander plants. Honey made from such nectar can cause the effects the texts describe, but only if eaten fresh, since the honey loses its toxicity within a few weeks of being made. In Greece, rhododendrons and oleander bloom only in springtime, when they are the predominant sources of nectar.

Which of the following, if true, most strongly support the accounts of Greek texts?

A.      There are no plants that Greece in ancient times that produce more nectar than rhododendrons or oleanders does.

B.       In areas where neither rhododendrons nor oleanders grow, honey is never poisonous.

C.      A beebive’s honeycomb cannot have some sections that contain toxic honey and other sections that contain nontoxic honey

D.      The incidents of honey poisoning that are related in the ancient texts occurred in the springtime or in the early
        summer

E.       Whether the honey in a beehive is toxic depends solely on which plants
        were the source of that was used to make the honey.

答案选D, 可我觉得B和E也都是对的... 讨论一下

我選B  

A.      There are no plants that Greece in ancient times that produce more nectar than rhododendrons or oleanders does. (無關)

B.       In areas where neither rhododendrons nor oleanders grow, honey is never poisonous.
            

C.      A beebive’s honeycomb cannot have some sections that contain toxic honey and other sections that contain nontoxic honey(和A beebive’s honeycomb 無關)

D.      The incidents of honey poisoning that are related in the ancient texts occurred in the springtime or in the early
        summer (文中是ONLY in springtime, 所以和early summer無time 無關)

E.       Whether the honey in a beehive is toxic depends solely on which plants
        were the source of that was used to make the honey.(和the honey in a beehive is toxic無關,文中是說吃下去才有毒 )

好巧啊，昨天也做了这套题，我选对了，我的考虑是，既然这些有毒物质只会在springtime开花，那么也就是说，只有在这段时间或之后几周食用才会中毒啊，但文中说了，古希腊有人被毒了，那这些人肯定是在特定时间使用了啊，也就是in the springtime or in the early
            summer，只有这样就能说明是这些有毒物质引起了中毒，问题问支持account的论断，就是支持有人中毒了

B 不种这些植物的区域显然beyond the scope 了

e 蜂蜜有没有毒取决于蜜蜂采蜜的来源，这不是废话吗。是一个真理 概论之类的，我觉得在做gmat逻辑时，凡有选项涉及的是一个真理或一个客观事实，那就应该不会选得

我也觉得b很在理的说

B不能加强。

B说的是没有那两种植物生长的地方，蜂蜜就没毒。

但是没提到有那两种植物的地方，蜂蜜到底有没有毒？B项没说，当然是可能没毒也可能有毒。所以B项既不能加强也不能削弱，是无关的。

比如，有人说：腐败是由某党造成的，因为没有某党的地方就没有腐败。  但这并不能说明有某党的地方就有腐败，有某党的地方可能有也可能没有腐败。

因为说得是没有某党的地方，和有某党的地方无关。

如果B项改为：没有那两种植物的地方蜂蜜没毒，有那两种植物的地方蜂蜜有毒。 就能加强了

这位TX，无因无果也是一种加强，lawyer大牛说的~~而且有很多题目都是这样加强的，就是原文说有A会怎么样，答案是没有A会反向~~我觉得在这里B不能做无关项，只是加强的力度要弱于“有因有果”的选项，即正面加强