P145 ESSAY14QQuestion 46:
The passage suggests which of the following about most existing maps of Native American lands?
(A) They do not record the migrations of Native American tribes.
(B) They have been preserved primarily because of their connection with treaties involving land transfers.
(C) They tend to reflect archaeological evidence that has become outdated.
(D) They tend to be less accurate when they are based on oral reports than when they are based on written documents.
(E) They are not based primarily on the mapmakers' firsthand observations of Native American lands.
题目释义:
细节题目
考点:
支持主题(Supporting ideas) 旨在考察我们对文章细节的认知
这个题目的定位比较困难,因为整篇文章中都围绕着“existing map”展开。
选项分析:
(A) 它们不记录美国土著移民的信息。定位在第二段“Thus our current cartographic record relating to Native American tribes and their migrations and cultural features”这句话证明它们记录土著的移民信息。
(B) 它们被维护主要由于它们与土地交换交易的联系。定位在文章的第一句话。作者只提到地图有很多的形式。选项的内容只是其中的一种。文章没有提到这是主要原因。
(C) 它们倾向于反应过时的考古学证据。定位在“Most existing maps of Native American lands are reconstructions that are based largely on archaeology, oral reports, and evidence gathered from observers' accounts in letters, diaries, and official reports;”文中没有提到这些考古信息是过时的。
(D) 当它们基于口述时并没有基于文档时那样准确。文中没有提到基于口述和文档的准确性区别。它们的准确性都基于绘图者的能力。
(E) Correct. 它们不主要基于地图制作者的亲自观察。定位在“Though these maps incorporate some information gleaned directly from Native Americans, rarely has Native American cartography contributed to this official record”说明大部分都不是直接的观察到的。————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————这句的大意是:尽管这些地图包括一些直接从NA获取的信息,BALABALA.但是好像并不能说明“不主要基于之地图者的亲自观察”吧。个人觉得定位定在上一段的最后一句可能更好些:accordingly, the accuracy of these maps is especially dependent on the mapmakers' own interpretive abilities.
准确性主要基于翻译能力,是不是就能imply制图者不是看到的,而是从资料中翻译的来的呢。。。。。。。。
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-- by 会员 my8822180 (2011/10/8 11:32:05)