GWD-11-13

jefferyli

之前贴错了地方，贴多一次先。

GWD11-13 Historian:  In the Drindian Empire, censuses were conducted annually to determine the population of each village.  Village census records for the last half of the 1600’s are remarkably complete.  This very completeness makes one point stand out; in five different years, villages overwhelmingly reported significant population declines.  Tellingly, each of those five years immediately followed an increase in a certain Drindian tax.  This tax, which was assessed on villages, was computed by the central government using the annual census figures.  Obviously, whenever the tax went up, villages had an especially powerful economic incentive to minimize the number of people they recorded; and concealing the size of a village’s population from government census takers would have been easy.  Therefore, it is reasonable to think that the reported declines did not happen. In the historian’s argument, the two portions in boldface play which of the following roles? The first supplies a context for the historian’s argument; the second acknowledges a consideration that has been used to argue against the position the historian seeks to establish. The first presents evidence to support the position that the historian seeks to establish; the second acknowledges a consideration that has been used to argue against that position. The first provides a context for certain evidence that supports the position that the historian seeks to establish; the second is that position. The first is a position for which the historian argues; the second is an assumption that serves as the basis of that argument. The first is an assumption that the historian explicitly makes in arguing for a certain position; the second acknowledges a consideration that calls that assumption into question. D? I chose C after 3minutes of hesitation. Any idea?

rt316

I also choose C

snowflower

but why???

arundhati

I also chose C.

Because of the "therefore" in front of the second boldface, we knew the second boldface is the main conclusion of the passage. And only C satisfy this.  

And D make the second boldface into assumption, that's obviously wrong.

snowflower

oh, thanks

lucre

D

sandyclub

D 2

C. The first provides a context for certain evidence that supports the position that the historian seeks to establish; the second is that position.

Author并没有要建立人口纪录很完整的这个观念吧

D. The first is a position for which the historian argues; the second is an assumption that serves as the basis of that argument.

我支持D 第一画线是author在接下来文章里要clarify or argue的。讲完REFER的例子后。

在第二画线说：应该有足够的理由说decline没有发生。

天啊 写到这里我自己的脑袋都混了 牛人救我啊！

jimjohn

Why not E?

lawyer_1

"C. The first provides a context for certain evidence that supports the position that the historian seeks to establish; the second is that position.

Author并没有要建立人口纪录很完整的这个观念吧 "

不懂何意？

C的意思为：第一个BOLDFACE为某个证据提供一个背景，这个证据用来证明历史学家企图建立的观点。第二个BOLDFACE就是那个历史学家的观点。这正是原文的结构，原文的最综观点是最后一句话Therefore, it is reasonable to think that the reported declines did not happen. 还有指示词THEREFORE。再明显不过了。这正是历史学家废话一大篇的最综目的，最纵观点。

withsmilemm

强烈感谢LAWYER的分析。。。