GWD1-Q17( TN版)

qiqiusa

GWD1-Q17:

The spacing of the four holes on a fragment of a bone flute excavated at a Neanderthal campsite is just what is required to play the third through sixth notes of the diatonic scale—the seven-note musical scale used in much of Western music since the Renaissance.  Musicologists therefore hypothesize that the diatonic musical scale was developed and used thousands of years before it was adopted by Western musicians.

Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the hypothesis?

 

A.      Bone flutes were probably the only musical instrument made by Neanderthals.

B.       No musical instrument that is known to have used a diatomic scale is of an earlier date than the flute found at the Neanderthal campsite.

C.      The flute was made from a cave-bear bone and the campsite at which the flute fragment was excavated was in a cave that also contained skeletal remains of cave bears.

D.      Flutes are the simplest wind instrument that can be constructed to allow playing a diatonic scale.

E.       The cave-bear leg bone used to make the Neanderthal flute would have been long enough to make a flute capable of playing a complete diatonic scale.

正确答案为：E

E是怎么说明了支持的呢？看不出来啊……

pup

谢谢分享！

qiqiusa

帮帮忙啊，各位大虾，牛牛……

happyglf126

因为出土的只是一部分而不是一整只笛子（a fragment of a bone flute ），而这个不完整长笛上那4个洞洞的间隔表明了is required to play the third through sixth notes of the diatonic scale—the seven-note musical scale used in much of Western music since the Renaissance

而E选项说做这个笛子的骨头cave-bear leg bone 长度足以playing a complete diatonic scale.所以就support了

不知道看明白没，换种说法就是：出土了一个烂得只剩一部分的骨笛，上面的仅存几个洞洞的间隔距离表明了这种笛是XXX，然后做这个骨笛的那根腿骨头的长度又足够长来做XXX，所以支持了这个骨笛是XXX

qiqiusa

哈哈，谢谢，明白了啊……万分感谢

mm007_mmgmat

这个解释终于让我释怀了，怎么想原来都不明白

wellner

可是“答案讨论”里说这个答案是B啊？

到底哪个正确呢？

zhjwxx

以下是引用wellner在2008-11-25 2:29:00的发言：

可是“答案讨论”里说这个答案是B啊？

到底哪个正确呢？

你在哪里看到答案是B的啊？

BTW，你的时间是中国时间吗？发贴时间竟然是凌晨2：29？

elaine1031

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Raymond_GMAT

唉，还是阅读能力匮乏啊，没什么好说的，继续读。。。。。。。