MANHATTAN例题求解

落薇裳 · 发表于 2013-7-7 08:52:40

In a attempt to explain the cause of malaria, a deadly infectious disease, early European settlers in Hong Kong attributed the malady to poisonous gases supposedly emanating from low-lying swampland. In the 1880s, however, doctors determined that Anopheles mosquitoes were responsible for transmitting the disease to humans after observing that the female of the species can carry a parasitic protozoan that is passed on to unsuspecting humans when a mosquito feasts on a person’s blood.

What function does the statement in boldface fulfill with respect to the argument presented above?

A. It provides support for the explanation of a particular phenomenon.

B. It presents evidence that contradicts an established fact.

C. It offers confirmation of a contested assumption.

D. It identifies the cause of an erroneous conclusion.

E. It supposes a new conclusion in place of an earlier conjecture.

这是Manhattan“Structure-based Family”章的一道例题，它给出的答案是A，而我选的是C
不理解这里的哪一部分算是“phenomenon”呢
并且C的错误点，给出的解释是：Nothing was contested here. First some people thought one thing, and latter, new eveidence led some doctors to conclude something else.
但是我觉得前后观点不一致就是contested的呀
刚开始专项逻辑，不太懂，求大N指教~~

落薇裳 · 发表于 2013-7-7 09:02:30

自己顶一下~

suzibi · 发表于 2013-7-7 09:10:18

落薇裳发表于 2013-7-7 09:02
自己顶一下~

帮顶，我也错了，黑体字是我的弱项。。。。

CMMaybe · 发表于 2013-7-14 23:06:14

我觉得C不正确的原因是因为木有assumption。。。。

落薇裳 · 发表于 2013-7-14 23:14:43

CMMaybe 发表于 2013-7-14 23:06
我觉得C不正确的原因是因为木有assumption。。。。

early European settlers in Hong Kong attributed the malady to poisonous gases supposedly emanating from low-lying swampland

这个难道不是assuption么，它并没有足够的理由支撑，并且在后来还被作者推翻了，很符合assumption的条件呀。

还有，您觉得A的phenomenon是指什么呢？

一首简单的越歌 · 发表于 2013-7-15 18:09:58

我的理解是：医生解释说是蚊子传播malaria，然后再提出黑体字部分来支持自己的观点，十分合情合理。particular phenomenon指的应该就是malaria的传播。您似乎认为“early European settlers in Hong Kong attributed the malady to poisonous gases supposedly emanating from low-lying swampland”是C选项的assumption，可我觉得confirmation好像偏向于“证实”这层含义，而原文是要对这个assumption “证伪”，所以用confirmation不太合适。还请NN们指教。

落薇裳 · 发表于 2013-7-17 19:07:00

一首简单的越歌发表于 2013-7-15 18:09
我的理解是：医生解释说是蚊子传播malaria，然后再提出黑体字部分来支持自己的观点，十分合情合理。particu ...

对哦，这个思路好新颖。

唉，这个题看完bible还是不能彻底明白，暂时放着吧。。。

hemodata · 发表于 2013-7-22 10:47:26

http://www.beatthegmat.com/mgmat-book-6-p-176-5-please-help-t74549.html
里面有Adam和Ron的解答，分别在倒数第2/4楼

我也经常觉得选项里的单词很绕...

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