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wangyu73cn

以下是引用lydiali在2005-6-30 15:39:00的发言：

第7题还是不清楚,就算是与本段第一句相应,为什么要用corroborate（确证）？确证文挡证据与本段第一句有什么关系呢？

我想，我所说的不是本段第一句，而是前一句。前一句是例子要说明的问题：Unfortunately, the documentation of these and other epidemics is slight and frequently unreliable, and it is necessary to supplement what little we do know with evidence from recent epidemics among Native Americans.

lindazhou

请教一下第一题

snowjing

1. The primary purpose of the passage is to
(A) refute a common misconception
(B) provide support for a hypothesis
(C) analyze an argument
(D) suggest a solution to a dilemma
(E) reconcile opposing viewpoints

从文章第一段最后一句话可以得出:

...and it is highly probable that the greatest killer was epidemic disease, especially as manifested in viergin-soil epidemics.

probable代表可能性(不是100%肯定), 所以是hypothesis.

kkdenounou1

请教一下最后一题

xjlv128

以下是引用kkdenounou1在2006-2-4 10:10:00的发言：

请教一下最后一题

8.     Which of the following, if newly discovered, would most seriously weaken the author’s argument concerning the importance of virgin-soil epidemics in the depopulation of Native Americans?

(A) Evidence setting the pre-Columbian population of the New World at only 80 million

(B) Spanish tribute records showing periodic population fluctuations

(C) Documents detailing sophisticated Native American medical procedures

(D) Fossils indicating Native American contact with smallpox prior to 1492（D）

(E) Remains of French settlements dating back to the sixteenth century

原文有That virgin-soil epidemics were important in American history is strongly indicated by evidence that a number of dangerous maladies—smallpox, measles, malaria, yellow fever, and undoubtedly several more—were unknown in the pre-Columbian New World. 选项说1492（即pre-Columbian New World.）之前就有smallpox，不是削弱么？

不知道你错选了哪个，下次记得说哦。

benpiao

第4题问一下？

hru

For question 4, cannot decide the result out of option C and option D. What option C tries to convery is correct, but I am not comfortable with the syntax because it uses the tense as "were being kept", feel strange.

Which of the following can be inferred from the passage concerning Spanish tribute records?

(A) They mention only epidemics of smallpox.

(B) They were instituted in 1492.

(C) They were being kept prior to the seventeenth century.

(D) They provide quantitative and qualitative evidence about Native American populations.（C）

(E) They prove that certain diseases were unknown in the pre-Columbian New World

木棉

hru, 刚查了字典，发现keep 有以下两个意思：

To maintain records in:
记载，记入：保存记录于：
keep a yearly diary.
记载年纪
To enter (data) in a book:
记录（资料）于书里：
keep financial records.
记录财务记录

所以，spainards record当然记录早于16世纪罗。

又被ETS上了一课。

mars_cheung

4.     Which of the following can be inferred from the passage concerning Spanish tribute records?

(A) They mention only epidemics of smallpox.

(B) They were instituted in 1492.

(C) They were being kept prior to the seventeenth century.

(D) They provide quantitative and qualitative evidence about Native American populations.（C）

(E) They prove that certain diseases were unknown in the pre-Columbian New World.

想再问一下NN第四题，我是选了E。第二段第二第三句： That virgin-soil epidemics were important in American history is strongly indicated by evidence that a number of dangerous maladies—smallpox, measles, malaria, yellow fever, and undoubtedly several more—were unknown in the pre-Columbian New World. The effects of their sudden introduction are demonstrated in the early chronicles of America, which contain reports of horrendous epidemics and steep population declines, confirmed in many cases by recent quantitative analyses of Spanish tribute records and other sources.  不就可以说是西班牙的记录就证实了这点吗？为什么错了？

C 的正确我理解了，不理解E怎么错？是不是错在 prove？还是说是记录的分析只确认疾病对人口减少的作用，而无法确认疾病的来源？好像有点牵强啊

dldennis

corroborate是第四段supplement的改写