TTGWD26-18想不通,想不明白啊啊啊啊啊啊

Q18

A medieval manuscript called L contains all eighteen extant tragedies

by the Greek playwright Euripides. Of these, ten called the “select

plays,” are accompanied in L by ancient commentaries and also

appear in other medieval manuscripts; this group includes some of

Euripides’ best-known works, including the Medea. The other eight,

which appear in alphabetical order, without commentary. The Electra is

one of the alphabeticals.

Which of the following can be reliably concluded on the basis of the

Statements given?

A.     Only Euripides’ best-known works are accompanied by ancient

commentaries in extant medieval manuscripts.

B.     The select plays are accompanied by ancient commentaries

because they were the best known of Euripides’ works.

C.     No commentaries were written about Euripides’ Electra in

ancient times.

D.     Euripides’ Medea never appears in medieval manuscripts

unaccompanied by ancient commentary.

E.      Euripides’ Electra does not appear accompanied by a com-

mentary in any extant medieval manuscript.

为什么是E不是C?

一共18个剧本，10个有评论，包括Medea。8个无评论（按子母顺序排列），包括Electra。

E，Electra 没出现过带评论的手稿， 正确。

C，Electra 无评论，文中未提（也许有，但人们不知道）。

The right answer is D.

还是米有很明白,

C, 怎么不对, 不是文章都已经说了,没有评论吗?

The other eight,

which appear in alphabetical order, without commentary. The Electra is

one of the alphabeticals.

原文说有18个剧本， 发现的时候有10个是有注解的， 8个没有。

C 说的是Elect 这剧本古时候就没有人写过注释（这个不对， 原文只说没有发现， 没说原来到底有没有人写过）

E 说的就很严谨： 发现的时候没有注释伴随着。

ＥＸＴＡＮＴ这个词在这里很重要．注意第一句话中说＂A medieval manuscript called L contains all eighteen extant tragedies

by the Greek playwright Euripide" . 说明除了L以外没有别的EXTANT MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT了, 而Euripides’ Electra 在L中没有COMMENTARY, 所以在所有EXTANT MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT都没有.

Ｅ选项＂Euripides’ Electra does not appear accompanied by a com-

mentary in any extant medieval manuscript.＂

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mentary in any extant medieval manuscript.＂

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D.

Of these, ten called the “select

plays,” are accompanied in L by ancient commentaries and also appear in other medieval manuscripts;

are 和appear并列,主语都是ten,这十个戏剧在其他的中世纪手稿也有发现,下面的the other

的八个作为对比,并未在除L之外的手稿发现.

自然,L上无评论,就不可能有带有评论的那八个戏剧了.

这样理解我觉得比较符合出题意图.

PS,LOUI1121是不是将extant tragedies偷换概念为extant manuscripts了