GWD 17-39

[acharlie]

Q39:
Which of the following most logically completes the passage?

On the whole, scientists do their most creative work before age forty, a tendency that has been taken to show that aging carries with it a loss of creative capacity. An alternative explanation is that by age forty most scientists have worked in their field for fifteen or more years and that by then they have exhausted the opportunity for creative work in that field. Supporting this explanation is the finding that ______.

A.the average age of recipients of scientific research grants is significantly greater than forty
B.a disproportionately large number of the scientists who produce highly creative work beyond age forty entered their field at an older age than is common
C.many scientists temper their own expectations of what they can achieve in their research work by their belief that their creativity will decline as they age
D.scientists who are older than forty tend to find more satisfaction in other activities, such as teaching and mentoring, than they do in pursuing their own research
E.there is a similar diminution of creativity with age in nonscientific fields, such as poetry and musical composition

Answer:B

題目說:科學家作他們最有創造力的工作是在四十歲之前,有一種傾向表現出創造能力隨著年紀而消失. 另一個解釋是大多數四十歲的科學家已經在在他們的領域工作了十五年以上,而且他們已經失去了在他們的領域作有創造力的工作機會.支持這個解釋有一個發現_________

覺得很奇怪,B應該是refuse怎麼會是support這個explaination??
B有不成比例的大量科學家,這些科學家是超過四十歲,作有創造力的工作 進入他們的領域是以比平常更高的年紀

翻譯的很濫,可否請高手幫幫忙解答

[StanleyHuang]

題目中 alternative explanation的重點在於，一個東西做了15年以上差不多就做爛掉了，所以自然就沒有什麼creative work。
(B)是說，那些超過40歲以上而且做得不錯的科學家有很大部分都是年紀比較大才開始做。
比如說你38歲才開始做，要到你53歲時才差不多可以把這東西做到爛掉，自然你做出creative work的年紀應該都會超過40歲。
所以(B)有support 這個 alternative explanation.

[acharlie]

題目中 alternative explanation的重點在於，一個東西做了15年以上差不多就做爛掉了，所以自然就沒有什麼creative work。
(B)是說，那些超過40歲以上而且做得不錯的科學家有很大部分都是年紀比較大才開始做。
比如說你38歲才開始做，要到你53歲時才差不多可以把這東西做到爛掉，自然你做出creative work的年紀應該都會超過40歲。
所以(B)有support 這個 alternative explanation.

感激不盡
果然閱讀能力還是得在加強才行>_<