GWD-10-Q10 to GWD-10-Q13:

[agk99]

GWD-10-Q10 to GWD-10-Q13:

One proposal for preserving
rain forests is to
promote the adoption of
new agricultural technolo-
(5) gies, such as improved
plant varieties and use of
chemical herbicides, which
would increase productivity
and slow deforestation by
(10) reducing demand for new
cropland. Studies have
shown that farmers in
developing countries who
have achieved certain levels
(15) of education, wealth, and
security of land tenure are
more likely to adopt such
technologies. But these
studies have focused on
(20) villages with limited land
that are tied to a market
economy rather than on
the relatively isolated, self sufficient
communities with
(25) ample land characteristic of
rain-forest regions.(講出了這項研究的限制) A recent
study of the Tawahka people (心中有預感必是提出一種反例)
of the Honduran rain forest
found that farmers with some
(30) formal education were more
likely to adopt improved plant
varieties but less likely to
use chemical herbicides
and that those who spoke
(35) Spanish (the language of
the market economy) were
more likely to adopt both
technologies. Nonland
wealth was also associated
(40) with more adoption of both
technologies, but availability
of uncultivated land reduced
the incentive to employ the
productivity-enhancing tech-
(45) nologies. Researchers
also measured land-tenure
security: in Tawahka
society, kinship ties are a
more important indicator of
(50) this than are legal property
rights, so researchers
measured it by a household’s
duration of residence
in its village. They found
(55) that longer residence correlated
with more adoption
of improved plant varieties
but less adoption of
chemical herbicides.造例看懂最後一句即可

[agk99]

文章簡單，題目就要小心很繞
結果，果然很繞

GWD-10-Q10:
The primary purpose of the passage is to
A. evaluate the likelihood that a particular proposal, if implemented, would
ultimately succeed in achieving its intended result
B. question the assumption that certain technological innovations are the most
effective means of realizing a particular environmental objective
C. discuss the progress of efforts to encourage a particular traditional society to
adopt certain modern agricultural methods
D. present the results of new research suggesting that previous findings concerning
one set of conditions may not be generalizable to another set of conditions
E. weigh the relative importance of three factors in determining whether a particular
strategy will be successful

Answer:感覺讓我選D，事實上也只能選D
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GWD-10-Q11:
According to the passage, the proposal mentioned in line 1 is aimed at preserving rain
forests by encouraging farmers in rain-forest regions to do each of the following
EXCEPT
A. adopt new agricultural technologies
B. grow improved plant varieties
C. decrease their use of chemical herbicides
D. increase their productivity
E. reduce their need to clear new land for cultivation

Answer: 當然是選C
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GWD-10-Q12:
The passage suggests that in the study mentioned in line 27 the method for gathering information about security of land tenure reflects which of the following pairs of assumptions about Tawahka society?

A. The security of a household’s land tenure depends on the strength of that household’s kinship ties, and the duration of a household’s residence in its village is an indication of the strength of that household’s kinship ties.
B. The ample availability of land makes security of land tenure unimportant, and the lack of a need for secure land tenure has made the concept of legal property rights unnecessary. 前半段也錯了
C. The strength of a household’s kinship ties is a more reliable indicator of that household’s receptivity to new agricultural technologies than is its quantity of nonland wealth, and the duration of a household’s residence in its village is a more reliable indicator of that household’s security of land tenure than is the strength of its kinship ties. 後半段錯了
D. Security of land tenure based on kinship ties tends to make farmers more receptive to the use of improved plant varieties, and security of land tenure based on long duration of residence in a village tends to make farmers more receptive to the use of chemical herbicides. 全錯
E. A household is more likely to be receptive to the concept of land tenure based on legal property rights if it has easy access to uncultivated land, and a household is more likely to uphold the tradition of land tenure based on kinship ties if it possesses a significant degree of nonland wealth.前半句錯在based on legal property

Answer:選A
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GWD-10-Q13:
The findings of the study mentioned in line 27, if valid for rain-forest regions in general, suggest that which of the following is an obstacle most likely to be faced by those wishing to promote rain-forest preservation by implementing the proposal mentioned in line 1?
A. Lack of legal property rights tends to discourage local farmers from investing the time and resources required to successfully implement new agricultural technologies.
B. The ability to evaluate the wider economic ramifications of adopting new
aricultural technologies depends on a relatively high level of formal ducation.
C. Isolation from the market economy tends to restrict local farmers’ access to new agricultural technologies that could help them to increase their productivity.
D. Ready availability of uncultivated land tends to decrease local farmers’incentive to adopt new agricultural technologies that would reduce their need to clear new land for cultivation.
E. Traditions of self-sufficiency and reliance on kinship ties tend to diminish local farmers’ receptivity to new agricultural technologies introduced by people from outside the local community.
Answer: 文章看個兩遍就選得出D

[shine822]

文章簡單，題目就要小心很繞
結果，果然很繞

GWD-10-Q10:
The primary purpose of the passage is to
A. evaluate the likelihood that a particular proposal, if implemented, would
ultimately succeed in achieving its intended result
B. question the assumption that certain technological innovations are the most
effective means of realizing a particular environmental objective
C. discuss the progress of efforts to encourage a particular traditional society to
adopt certain modern agricultural methods
D. present the results of new research suggesting that previous findings concerning
one set of conditions may not be generalizable to another set of conditions
E. weigh the relative importance of three factors in determining whether a particular
strategy will be successful

Answer:感覺讓我選D，事實上也只能選D

D 的意思是沒錯啦∼但總覺得不夠全面 因為通篇感覺起來是在解釋評估能使 Proposal 成功的因素呀？

是否能請誰說說 A E 不好在哪裡？

謝謝！！

[CUGGYER]

The primary purpose of the passage is to
A. evaluate the likelihood that a particular proposal, if implemented, would
ultimately succeed in achieving its intended result
極端字眼ultimate 而且主要是討論proposal推廣後 的接受度 而非成效

B. question the assumption that certain technological innovations are the most
effective means of realizing a particular environmental objective author
沒有給負面評價
C. discuss the progress of efforts to encourage a particular traditional society to
adopt certain modern agricultural methods
只有說在教育財富跟安全達到某個程度 較容易接受proposal
不是因為這個proposal 使他們教育財富安全達到某個程度
D. present the results of new research suggesting that previous findings concerning
one set of conditions may not be generalizable to another set of conditions
E. weigh the relative importance of three factors in determining whether a particular
strategy will be successful
沒有評估他們的相對重要性 只是提出三個會影響proposal接受度的因素

這是我對這題的理解 有錯請指教

[winihsi]

GWD-10-Q13:
The findings of the study mentioned in line 27, if valid for rain-forest regions in general,
suggest that which of the following is an obstacle most likely to be faced by those
wishing to promote rain-forest preservation by implementing the proposal mentioned in
line 1?
A. Lack of legal property rights tends to discourage local farmers from investing the
time and resources required to successfully implement new agricultural
technologies.
B. The ability to evaluate the wider economic ramifications of adopting new
aricultural technologies depends on a relatively high level of formal education.
C. Isolation from the market economy tends to restrict local farmers’ access to new
agricultural technologies that could help them to increase their productivity.
D. Ready availability of uncultivated land tends to decrease local farmers’ incentive
to adopt new agricultural technologies that would reduce their need to clear new
land for cultivation.
E. Traditions of self-sufficiency and reliance on kinship ties tend to diminish local
farmers’ receptivity to new agricultural technologies introduced by people from
outside the local community.


可以教教我,如何得到d這個答案嗎?
d後半段又如何解釋呢?
我選b...

[doggyface922]

題目說，根據study of T-people, 倡導文中所提農業技術的人會面臨什麼困難......因為這ㄧ句的關係-- but availability of uncultivated land reduced the incentive to employ the productivity-enhancing technologies.
，所以選擇D

D. Ready availability of uncultivated land tends to decrease local farmers’ incentive to adopt new agricultural technologies ( that would reduce their need to clear new
land for cultivation). --->that引導的關係子句，修飾technologies，大概是說這各新科技會減少T-people 開墾雨林作為耕地的需求

[黃家大少]

GWD-10-Q12:
The passage suggests that in the study mentioned in line 27 the method for gathering information about security of land tenure reflects which of the following pairs of assumptions about Tawahka society?

A. The security of a household’s land tenure depends on the strength of that household’s kinship ties, and the duration of a household’s residence in its village is an indication of the strength of that household’s kinship ties.
B. The ample availability of land makes security of land tenure unimportant, and the lack of a need for secure land tenure has made the concept of legal property rights unnecessary. 前半段也錯了
C. The strength of a household’s kinship ties is a more reliable indicator of that household’s receptivity to new agricultural technologies than is its quantity of nonland wealth, and the duration of a household’s residence in its village is a more reliable indicator of that household’s security of land tenure than is the strength of its kinship ties. 後半段錯了
D. Security of land tenure based on kinship ties tends to make farmers more receptive to the use of improved plant varieties, and security of land tenure based on long duration of residence in a village tends to make farmers more receptive to the use of chemical herbicides. 全錯
E. A household is more likely to be receptive to the concept of land tenure based on legal property rights if it has easy access to uncultivated land, and a household is more likely to uphold the tradition of land tenure based on kinship ties if it possesses a significant degree of nonland wealth.前半句錯在based on legal proper

想請問從文章哪邊定位出A

[黃家大少]

謝謝 自己找到答案了
Researchers
also measured land-tenure
security: in Tawahka
society, kinship ties are a
more important indicator of
(50) this than are legal property
rights, so researchers
measured it by a household’s
duration of residence
in its village

讀書讀到腦殘了