请教: 大全-13-15

krisliuyi

大全-13-15.        In Swartkans territory, archaeologists discovered charred bone fragments dating back 1 million years. Analysis of the fragments, which came from a variety of animals, showed that they had been heated to temperatures no higher than those produced in experimental campfires made from branches of white stinkwood, the most common tree around Swartkans.

Which of the following, if true, would, together with the information above, provide the best basis for the claim that the charred bone fragments are evidence of the use of fire by early hominids?  D/E

(A) The white stinkwood tree is used for building material by the present-day inhabitants of Swartkans.

(B) Forest fires can heat wood to a range of temperatures that occur in campfires.

(C) The bone fragments were fitted together by the archaeologists to form the complete skeletons of several animals.

(D) Apart from the Swartkans discovery, there is reliable evidence that early hominids used fire as many as 500 thousand years ago.（E）

(E) The bone fragments were found in several distinct layers of limestone that contained primitive cutting tools known to have been used by early hominids.

正确答案为E.  E里面说有cutting tools, 但是cutting tools 和用树枝引火没有必然的联系啊? 请教,应该怎么理解.

yboo

要加强的结论是：“the charred bone fragments are evidence of the use of fire by early hominids”
这里有两个地方可以加强，一个是 use of fire， 另一个是 by early hominids （注意原题干里没有直接提到任何一个，都是在问题里的claim里面才提出）。  E加强的是后一个。