大全-15-15很OG的那道题

WONDERLAND2004

请各位nn来讨论一下这道题。

15.   In the course of her researches, a historian recently found two documents mentioning the same person, Erich Schnitzler. One, dated May 3, 1739, is a record of Schnitzler’s arrest for peddling without a license. The second, undated, is a statement by Schnitzler asserting that he has been peddling off and on for 20 years.

The facts above best support which of the following conclusions?

(A) Schnitzler started peddling around 1719.

(B) Schnitzler was arrested repeatedly for peddling.

(C) The undated document was written before 1765.

(D) The arrest record was written after the undated document.

(E) The arrest record provides better evidence that Schnitzler peddled than does the undated document.

lyn

算数: 1739+20=1759<1965, 如果 May 3, 1739是Schnitzler’s FIRST TIME arrestED for peddling without a license, The undated document was written IN 1759, before 1765, (C) 正确.

WONDERLAND2004

I still do not understand the logic of this question.

S was arrested for peddling without a license on May 3, 1739 , which means that S had started peddling on or before May 3, 1739. If S was arrested just when he started to peddle, then the conclusion of C is understandable. However, it was also likely for S was not arrested until he had been peddling for 20 years. In this case, either choice A or choice C could also be the right keys.

Thx.

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lyn

"........ The second, undated, is a statement by Schnitzler asserting that he has been peddling off and on for 20 years."

This sentence from the question means that it was at least 20 years from Schnitzler's first time arrested to the end of his peddling, if he kept peddling for 20 years as you mentioned, his peddling couldn't be off and on.

------Reading Comprehension

WONDERLAND2004

I got it now. You are a great at logic. Thank you.

lawyer_1

1.OFF AND ON指断断续续。即S在写DOCUMENT时，已经断断续续PEDDLE20年了。写DOCUMENT时应该还在PEDDLE，注意到原文用完成进行时

2。1973年的ARREST是在这20年期间，那末S写DOCUMENT的日期应该是1719--1759期间，否则就不只PEDDLE20年了。故C对，C的1765改为i1763，1768一样是答案

3。A错。S可以第一次PEDDLE就被ARREST，即1739，其实在1719--1739期间任何时候都可开始

4。这是INFER类的题，必须能从原文推出