31. FeiFei69.

History textbooks frequently need to be revised. The reasons for this are clear: new discoveries of documents and remains, the discovery of mistaken inferences in prior histories, the discovery of previously unnoticed relationships among data, and the application of hitherto undiscovered principles of natural science all may indicate inadequacies in current history texts. Any of these considerations may require that the past be reinterpreted in a manner that is new and more illuminating.

Which one of the following can be inferred from the argument in the passage?

A.       The interpretation of historical events is affected by natural science.

B.        The past is constantly renewed because of illuminating reinterpretations.

C.        History books are outdated as soon as they are written.

D.       Natural scientists also function as historians.

E.        Historians’ mistaken inferences are caused by unnoticed relationships among data.

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思路：归纳题，正确选项从原文推出，范围比原文窄。可用无关词排除法。

A.        文中提到，未经发现的自然科学法则会造成历史课本的不充分，需要被重新解释。说明历史事件的解释是受自然科学影响的。正确。

B.         混淆选项。根据最后一个句子，可知原文的意思是过去以一种新的且更加明确的方式被重新解释，而不是因为明确的解释而被经常更新。

C.         根据头脑空白原则，不能由历史课本需要经常被修正就推出历史课本写的时候就过时了。

D.        文中未出现诸如自然科学家、历史学家，无关词排除。

E.         同D。

the answer given is A,  but i chosen B

already read the Feifei explaination. but still cannot understand. is the real test like this?

我猜你是没有读懂B选项，翻译是：

The past is constantly renewed because of illuminating reinterpretations

因为有启发性的重写，过去才常常被更新。

题目Any of these considerations may require that the past be reinterpreted in a manner that is new and more illuminating. 意思是任何如上的考虑都需要过去用一种新的更有启发性的方式被重写。重写和过去被更新这两件事没有什么直接的因果关系啊。