OG11-122

congcongdog

OG 11 CR中唯一一道让我觉得答案不convincing的题，大家讨论一下吧

答案选D，Successor cultures at a given site often adopt the style of agricultural implements used by earlier inhabitants of the same site.

可是题目中明明已经说了Moreover, the implements' designs are strikingly different from the designs of stone implements produced by other cultures known to have inhabited the area in prehistoric times.也就是说这种石质农具跟其他文明完全不同，那么这个农具只可能是玛雅人造的，那么这个题目的推理其实是无懈可击的。

不知道我的理解miss了那些重要点，请NN指点

122. The earliest Mayan pottery found at Colha, in Belize, is about 3,000 years old. Recently, however, 4,500-year-old stone agricultural implements were unearthed at Colha. These implements resemble Mayan stone implements of a much later period, also found at Colha. Moreover, the implements' designs are strikingly different from the designs of stone implements produced by other cultures known to have inhabited the area in prehistoric times. Therefore, there were surely Mayan settlements in Colha 4,500 years ago.

Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?

(A) Ceramic ware is not known to have been used by the Mayan people to make agricultural implements.
(B) Carbon dating of corn pollen in Colha indicates that agriculture began there around 4,500 years ago.
(C) Archaeological evidence indicates that some of the oldest stone implements found at Colha were used to cut away vegetation after controlled burning of trees to open areas of swampland for cultivation.
(D) Successor cultures at a given site often adopt the style of agricultural implements used by earlier inhabitants of the same site.
(E) Many religious and social institutions of the Mayan people who inhabited Colha 3,000 years ago relied on a highly developed system of agricultural symbols.

XIAOYUE78

D实际是说玛雅人模仿了早期文明的农业用具。则削弱了原文。

congcongdog

今年又看了两遍 明白了 多谢提醒

发现最后还是阅读有点问题 呵呵

greatvampires

GWD-12-Q11***

In general, jobs are harder to get in times of economic recession because many businesses cut back operations.  However, any future recessions in Vargonia will probably not reduce the availability of teaching jobs at government-funded schools.  This is because Vargonia has just introduced a legal requirement that education in government-funded schools be available, free of charge, to all Vargonian children regardless of the state of the economy, and that current student-teacher ratios not be exceeded.

Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument?

A.      The current student-teacher ratio at Vargonia’s government-funded schools is higher than it was during the most recent period of economic recession.

B.      During recent periods when the Vargonian economy has been strong, almost 25 percent of Vargonian children have attended privately funded schools, many of which charge substantial fees.

C.     Nearly 20 percent more teachers are currently employed in Vargonia’s government-funded schools than had been employed in those schools in the period before the last economic recession.

D.     Teachers in Vargonia’s government-funded schools are well paid relative to teachers in most privately funded schools in Vargonia, many of which rely heavily on part-time teachers.

E.      During the last economic recession in Vargonia, the government permanently closed a number of the schools that it had funded.

请教一题

EagerBeaver

这道题我还是不懂，为什么明明说 the implements' designs are different from that produced by other cultures known to have inhabited the area ,答案还是说it was produced by another culture existed at the same site?????

多谢指教