对OG12-121答案的疑问

laughaholiker

121. Codex Berinensis, a Florentine copy of an ancient Roman medical treatise, is undated but contains clues to when
it was produced. Its first 80 pages are by a single copyist, but the remaining 20 pages are by three different
copyists, which indicates some significant disruption. Since a letter in handwriting identified as that of the fourth
copyist mentionsa plague that killed many people in Florence in 1148, Codex Berinensis was probably produced
in that year.
Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the hypothesis that Codex Berinensis was produced
in 1148?
(A) Other than Codex Berinensis, there are no known samples of the handwriting of the first three copyists.
(B) According to the account by the fourth copyist, the plague went on for 10 months.
(C) A scribe would be able to copy a page of text the size and style of Codex Berinensis in a day.
(D) There was only one outbreak of plague in Florence in the 1100s.
(E) The number of pages of Codex Berinensis produced by a single scribe becomes smaller with each
successive change of copyist.

答案用排除法可以得到，但是我觉得OG的解释和原文都有问题。
因为就意思来说（highlight的那部分）第四个作者原本就提到了那个瘟疫发生的具体时间，我觉得就这样的语法结构来说是有歧义的

laughaholiker

四处找了一下，发现各方面的意见比较一致，就是文中暗示作者们都死在那场瘟疫里了......

有些无语的感觉

aduoyi

首先第一句话说了"undated"
Codex Berinensis, a Florentine copy of an ancient Roman medical treatise, is undated but contains clues to when
it was produced.
既然是undated，也就是说书里并没有mention "1148"。事实上，结合咱的历史纪年常识，当时的人们很可能也不知道咱现在管那一年叫做1148年。

Indeed, A letter by the forth copyist only "mentions a plague".
What is the "plague"?
Here comes an essential modifier. "a plague that bla bla in 1948" - this is the knowledge we have right now. To safely arrive at this point (i.e. to clearly identify the event mentioned), we have to make sure that there is only ONE outbreak of plague in that temporal-spatial frame. This is what Choice D says.

bjxiaobei

(A) Other than Codex Berinensis, there are no
known samples of the handwriting of the first
three copyists.
How does it matter if CB was produced in 1148, Rejected

(B) According to the account by the fourth copyist,
the plague went on for 10 months.
If the plague went on for 10 days, it does not affect if CB was produced in 1948

(C) A scribe would be able to copy a page of text
the size and style of Codex Berinensis in a day.
In a day it does not provide support for CB being produced in 1148
(D) There was only one outbreak of plague in
Florence in the 1100s.
This is correct I arrived by elimination. This is inline with the plague occurance and significant interruption due to it.
(E) The number of pages of Codex Berinensis
produced by a single scribe becomes smaller
smaller it does not affect our proposal that the CB was produced in 1148
with each successive change of copyist
以上是我在 gc 里找到的，看了baby姐姐的解释，在结合国外论坛的一些解释，我发现我们做这道题之所以觉得哪哪都有问题的原因是我们想的有点的太多了。。。在考场上以快速找到答案为目标~
外国同学的思维貌似直接了当很多，就冲着 support 结论去，很快找到答案了。。。。

veralove3271

刚看了OG的解释：
Consider the basis of
the hypothesis: the succession of copyists indicating the w ...
888kellywang 发表于 2012-6-19 06:50

我还是不太明白，即使我们确定了那场plague就是发生在1148年的，又为什么能推断出就是在那一年写的呢？为什么不可能是之后写的，只不过提到了当年的事情？