121. Codex Berinensis, a Florentine copy of anancient Roman medical treatise, is undated but contains clues to when it was produced. Its first 80 pages are by a single copyist, but the remaining 20 pages are by three different copyists, which indicates some significant disruption. Since a letter in hand writing identified as that of the fourth copyist mentions aplague that killed many people in Florencein 1148, Codex Berinensis was probably produced in that year.
Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the hypothesis that Codex Berinensis was produced in 1148?
(A) Other than Codex Berinensis, there are no known samples of the handwriting of the first three copyists.
(B) According to the account by the four thcopyist, the plague went on for 10 months.
(C) Ascribe would be able to copy a page of text the size and style of Codex Berinensis in a day.
(D) There was only one out break of plague in Florence in the 1100s.
(E) The number of pages of Codex Berinensis produced by a single scribe becomes smaller with each successive change of copyist.
答案选D 我的问题在于选到最后剩下B和D.这时忽然发现不知道该怎么判断support题目了,以前感觉support题目只要能够是支持到论点(结论)就能选,但是这个题目实在让我不知如何排除迷惑选项。
答案中的解题思路是: 1,这部记载被严重打扰了;2,第四个写作者在1148年记录了一次严重的瘟疫,其带走了大量的生命。从这一点上1148年的这次瘟疫很有可能是造成多个写作人的原因,因此这部记载会被考虑结束于1148年。如果还有其它几次的瘟疫呢?这份记载则可能在其它(瘟疫)年份被完成。除非在11世纪只有一次瘟疫。所以D正确
我对B的理解是:“这次瘟疫延续了10个月” -- 那么有一种可能是瘟疫被确实记录到了,并且可能记录到了“其它作者都死“,之后记载也就停止了,暗示着第四个作者也死了。那么也能够支持论点。我承认对于B的答案我延伸的太远,因为CR对答案的要求是“它表述了什么就是什么”,可是这题上我又拿捏不住“表述了什么就是什么”的范围。而D这个答案我又很困惑,因为按照上面的逻辑解释它似乎是很正确,但我为什么一定会按照那个逻辑脱出这个思路呢?难道我不能这么推出思路:1,这部记载被严重打扰了;2,第四个写作者在1148年记录了一次严重的瘟疫,其带走了大量的生命。从这一点上1148年的这次瘟疫很有可能是造成多个写作人的原因,因此这部记载会被考虑结束于1148年。如果在这此瘟疫的记载中有详细的记录表明其它写作人都死了,而这边关于瘟疫的报道也成文了这篇记载最后的内容,那么可以假设最后一个作者也死于这场瘟疫,所以可以判断这个记载在1148年(被迫)结束了。
求高人指点,本人才第一遍过CR,谢谢!
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