Prep T2 Q32

[dianechiu]

36. Test2-32. (31313-!-item-!-188;#058&006235)

Paleontologist: About 2.8 million years ago, many species that lived near the ocean floor suffered substantial population declines. These declines coincided with the onset of an ice age. The notion that cold killed those bottom-dwelling creatures outright is misguided, however; temperatures near the ocean floor would have changed very little. Nevertheless, the cold probably did cause the population declines, though indirectly. Many bottom-dwellers depended for food on plankton, small organisms that lived close to the surface and sank to the bottom when they died. Most probably, the plankton suffered a severe population decline as a result of sharply lower temperatures at the surface, depriving many bottom-dwellers of food.

In the paleontologist's reasoning, the two portions in boldface play which of the following roles?

(A) The first introduces the hypothesis proposed by the paleontologist; the second is a judgment offered in spelling out that hypothesis.
(B) The first introduces the hypothesis proposed by the paleontologist; the second is a position that the paleontologist opposes.
(C) The first is an explanation challenged by the paleontologist; the second is an explanation proposed by the paleontologist.
(D) The first is a judgment advanced in support of a conclusion reached by the paleontologist; the second is that conclusion.
(E) The first is a generalization put forward by the paleontologist; the second presents certain exceptional cases in which that generalization does not hold.

ans:(A)

請問如何排除(D)
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[dibert8]

可能要斟酌 BF1 裡 probably 這個字,讓 BF1 偏向 hypothesis, 而遠離 judgement
BF2 也不太能說是 conclusion, 因為又有一個 probably.
(A) (D) 差別在語氣上 (A) 比較肯定,而題目的用字並不那麼肯定.

[Huang Hsin-Yi]

因為
D 裡面說 第一段文字 是肯定的意見(according to judgement)
然而依照文意 我們知道 那只是 假設(according to the cold probably.....)

[chris8888]

Paleontologist: About 2.8 million years ago, many species that lived near the ocean floor suffered substantial population declines.
古生物學家 : 2800萬年前, 海底的生物數量銳減
These declines coincided with the onset of an ice age. The notion that cold killed those bottom-dwelling creatures outright is misguided, however; temperatures near the ocean floor would have changed very little.
這個銳減剛好碰到冰河時期, 認為殺死海底生物的想法是被誤導, 溫度在海底變化不大
Nevertheless, the cold probably did cause the population declines, though indirectly.
不過呢, 寒冷的確也造成了生物數量的下滑, 儘管是間接的
Many bottom-dwellers depended for food on plankton, small organisms that lived close to the surface and sank to the bottom when they died.
許多海底生物是靠浮游生物當做食物, 小生物體是活在表面, 死後沉入海底
Most probably, the plankton suffered a severe population decline as a result of sharply lower temperatures at the surface, depriving many bottom-dwellers of food.最有可能就是, 浮游生物族群數量稅減由於海面的低溫, 造成許多海底生物食物耗盡.

In the paleontologist's reasoning, the two portions in boldface play which of the following roles?

(A) The first introduces the hypothesis proposed by the paleontologist; the second is a judgment offered in spelling out that hypothesis.
第一個BF提出假定古生物學家所提出的, <== probably cold間接造成生物數量下滑, 很適合
第二段是是一個判斷仔細說明這個假設 <== spell out 確實是間接造成生物數量下滑
(B) The first introduces the hypothesis proposed by the paleontologist; the second is a position that the paleontologist opposes.
沒有反對最後面的判斷(most probably)
(C) The first is an explanation challenged by the paleontologist; the second is an explanation proposed by the paleontologist.
沒有challenge的意思
(D) The first is a judgment advanced in support of a conclusion reached by the paleontologist; the second is that conclusion.
個人覺得用judgment 不太好, 因為文章用probably來描述, probably 是用於可能, 不是一個很確定的事
Most probably <== 這樣的字眼用於conclusion, 不太能夠認同, 結論最好是(consequently, thus, hense, therefore, clearly and so on)
(E) The first is a generalization put forward by the paleontologist; the second presents certain exceptional cases in which that generalization does not hold.
generalization表示泛論, 或者是一偏概全, 不對, 沒這個意思