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hsuehM

就算是fragment,也不能证明e对。E就说足够长了，但够长不一定就等于一定有另外3个holes啊。 光足够长，就可以support了吗？也可能就是很长很长的一个flute,但是就是4个洞呢。

buda

如果是我考试的时候肯定是读不明白的，我是在看到第四页才彻底觉悟原来那四个洞对应的是全音阶中3-6这四个音阶。

现场估计只能用有关无关排出几个选项，A根本没有提到 diatomic scale ，和结论无关，B先放着，估计考试的时候没心情一下子想到取非削弱。C和质地无关，无关新变量，D simplest wind instrument 强调最简单和 diatomic scale 无关，E考场上压根没看懂，还有一个猪骨头跟无关新变量似的。这时候只剩下BE，回头看B用最后一招取非，就像大家说得，要是有个东西比bone flute更早，那岂不是说明发展时间更长？ 很高兴！E！选了！

stephenyu

以下是引用robertchu在2004-11-1 14:01:00的发言：

E no doubt is the best answer.

Why B isn't?  You can try deny test.

Deny B, we get "Some musical instruments that are known to have used a diatomic scale are of an earlier date than the flute found at the Neanderthal campsite."  Does this weakens the original conclusion of the passage, "Musicologists therefore hypothesize that the diatonic musical scale was developed and used thousands of years before it was adopted by Western musicians."?  Obviously not.  It actually strengthens the conclusion.

Since the opposite of B strengthens the conclusion, B can not be a choice that strengthens the conclusion.

perfect answer!

stephenyu

以下是引用jones79在2005-4-13 22:58:00的发言：

感觉前提和假设之间有一个gap,e选项正好补上这个gap

原来gap的意义就是这个，懂了！

x_vampire

以下是引用hsuehM在2007-12-30 20:17:00的发言：

就算是fragment,也不能证明e对。E就说足够长了，但够长不一定就等于一定有另外3个holes啊。 光足够长，就可以support了吗？也可能就是很长很长的一个flute,但是就是4个洞呢。

E选项已经说了： to make a flute capable of playing a complete diatonic scale,  所以至少完整的N骨笛有可以playing a complete diatonic scale的可能性。因此支持结论。

另外，文章并没有说说要7 holes.  4 holes=  third through sixth notes    ;     diatonic scale=seven-note musical scale  是7音阶（音符）而不是7的holes.

古韵

不明白:从哪里的出来的,全音阶就要7个孔?四个孔不行?是动用了乐理知识么?那就有问题了.

这不用动用乐理知识，文中破折号后所述就是对破折号前diatonic scale的解释

zhuminmin

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The spacing of the four holeson a fragment of a bone flute excavated at a Neanderthal campsite is just whatis required to play the third through sixthnotes of the diatonic scale——the seven-note musical scaleused in much of Western music since the Renaissance.  Musicologists therefore hypothesize that the diatonic musical scale was developedand 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.（无关）

B.      No musical instrument that is known tohave used a diatomic scale is of an earlier date than the flute found at the Neanderthal campsite.（flute是最早使用diatomic scale的——只是陈述了一个事实，对文章的结论不起任何作用）

C.     The flutewas made from a cave-bear boneand the campsite at which the flute fragment was excavated was in a cave thatalso contained skeletal remainsof cave bears.（flute的成分，如何得来——无关）

D.     Flutes are the simplest wind instrument that can be constructed to allow playing adiatonic scale.（无关）

E.      The cave-bearleg bone used tomake the Neanderthal flutewould have been longenough to make a flute capable of playing a completediatonic scale.（这个用来make N的flute的bone足够长来make一个能play完整的diatonic scale的flute——这个evidence证明了在N时期，diatonic scale就已经能被完整地play了，支持了结论）

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前提：在N遗址挖掘的一个boneflute上面的spacing是被需要去playthe third through sixth notes of the diatonic scale，这个seven-notemusical scale自从文艺复兴时期被很多西方音乐使用

结论：这个东东在西方音乐使用前的上千年前就已经被发展和使用了。

【分析】：在N挖掘的仅仅是play the third，而文艺复兴时期后，西方音乐使用的是完整的seven-notemusical scale。

要证明musical scale在西方音乐使用前的上千年前就已经被发展和使用了，也就是要证明在那之前musical scale就已经能被完整的play了










PS：其实文章现在还是没有太懂~考试的时候也不可能懂~只是理了一下逻辑线条~对选项的理解挺有帮助了~

      欢迎大家指正~~

elsainlove777

新东方发的蓝皮教程，商学院入学考试指导上也有这道题，答案选的是B