[問題]OG184

[Jessy]

Codex Berinensis, a Florentine copy of an ancient Roman medical treatise, is undated but contains clues to when it was produced. Its first eighty pages are by a single copyist, but the remaining twenty pages are by three different copyists, which indicate some significant disruption. Since a letter in handwriting identified as that of the fourth copyist mentions a 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 copyists, the plague went on for ten 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 1100’s.

(E) The number of pages of Codex Berinnesis produced by a single scribe becomes smaller with each successive change of copyist.

答案D
1100's只有一個瘟疫發生, 到底是怎樣支持藥典完成於1148年呢??
難道就是這一句contains clues to when it was produced...
腦袋裝醬糊了 @__@

[agk99]

Since a letter in handwriting identified as that of the fourth copyist mentions a plague that killed many people in Florence in 1148, Codex Berinensis was probably produced in that year.
我覺得重點是這一句
也就是說，如果還有其他時間爆發瘟疫，那麼就就不見得是1148年才完成
當然這一題還得搭配消去法，D則是排出他因讓唯一因支持假設

[Jessy]

可我一直認為這樣:第四個寫到1148年發生致命的瘟疫
頂多只能證明這個藥典最早完成於1148,而不能說明就是在那一年耶~~

[Behemoth]

d的意思是說 1100-1199間只有1148這一年有瘟疫

那麼不就表示就是這年完成的嗎

只有這年才會讓作家一直換手,因為前幾認都死光了

[shine822]

d的意思是說 1100-1199間只有1148這一年有瘟疫

那麼不就表示就是這年完成的嗎

只有這年才會讓作家一直換手,因為前幾認都死光了

我一直想不通一點：文章雖然說前三任作者可能都因為1148的瘟疫而死，所以無法完成此部葯典。

但哪裡可以得出：第四名作家1148之後沒繼續寫呢？我的意思是他雖然提到1148的瘟疫，文中並沒有前提是說葯典中沒有任何1148之後的事情，我們要如何才能看出就是那一年完成的呀！！


超級苦惱∼∼

[Pufa]

我一直想不通一點：文章雖然說前三任作者可能都因為1148的瘟疫而死，所以無法完成此部葯典。
但哪裡可以得出：第四名作家1148之後沒繼續寫呢？我的意思是他雖然提到1148的瘟疫，文中並沒有前提是說葯典中沒有任何1148之後的事情，我們要如何才能看出就是那一年完成的呀！！
超級苦惱∼∼

請看題幹的最後一句：
Since a letter in handwriting identified as that of the fourth copyist mentions a plague that killed many people in Florence in 1148, Codex Berinensis was probably produced in that year.
所以D沒問題，因為只有D才支持『藥典可能在1148年就完成了』。
也就是說第四任作者可能在1148年時寫完信跟藥典之後就掛了。

[shine822]

我一直想不通一點：文章雖然說前三任作者可能都因為1148的瘟疫而死，所以無法完成此部葯典。
但哪裡可以得出：第四名作家1148之後沒繼續寫呢？我的意思是他雖然提到1148的瘟疫，文中並沒有前提是說葯典中沒有任何1148之後的事情，我們要如何才能看出就是那一年完成的呀！！
超級苦惱∼∼

請看題幹的最後一句：
Since a letter in handwriting identified as that of the fourth copyist mentions a plague that killed many people in Florence in 1148, Codex Berinensis was probably produced in that year.
所以D沒問題，因為只有D才支持『藥典可能在1148年就完成了』。
也就是說第四任作者可能在1148年時寫完信跟藥典之後就掛了。

不要殺我呀∼∼

Codex Berinensis was probably produced in that year. 這句話不是文章推論嗎？又不是事實，所以也有可能不是在1148年完成的，為了支持，只說那一年有發生瘟疫，有很多人死，但不能確定第四名作者有沒有在那年得瘟疫，或是之後才死的也都不一定，不是嗎？

請原諒我的資質駑頓。

[lolitas0212]

這一提還有問題, 有人可以幫忙解答嗎?
從題目裡我們只能知道1148年發生重大瘟疫造成多人死亡,
但是題目並沒有明確指出前三位作者是死於這場瘟疫,
這樣不算過度推論或超過題目範圍嗎??

況且, 藥典也可以是1148年後寫的, 只是第四位作者寫出了1148年發生的這件事(瘟疫造成多人死亡)!

我的想法哪裡有問題呢?

[deed]

這一提還有問題, 有人可以幫忙解答嗎?
從題目裡我們只能知道1148年發生重大瘟疫造成多人死亡,
但是題目並沒有明確指出前三位作者是死於這場瘟疫,
這樣不算過度推論或超過題目範圍嗎??

況且, 藥典也可以是1148年後寫的, 只是第四位作者寫出了1148年發生的這件事(瘟疫造成多人死亡)!

我的想法哪裡有問題呢?

這一連串的討論十分有意思，
其實大家的觀點都是正確的，
可惜，在解題上可能不能如此格物。

老師常說到，AT是選最適合的答案，
而不是最完美的答案，
題目問的是：
Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the hypothesis that codex Berinensis was produced in 1148?

五個答案中只有D可能導出如此結果，
其餘四者則無法。
這是我的思路與解法。

或許各位可以說說看您支持的選項，
大家來討論討論是否較D選項更為support此假說

[hwatai]

很同意deed所說的，在作CR時，快速的刪去不相關的答案，不要鑽牛角尖，選出最適合的答案，才是正途。何況本題也只問most strongly suggest...

題目在問時間，只有D選項與時間有關，基本上就入選；lolitas0212的問題，我可以找一個答案回覆，而另一位馬上可以接著另一種答案反駁我，不論我們如何正反相辯，都是過度延伸，不但與題意無關，更無傷D在ABCDE五個選項中是most strongly suggest的事實。

[dibert8]

OG的解釋:
The passage points out that the changes in copyists indicate that something prevented the first three copyists from completing the work. The passage then identifies this disruptive factor as the plague of 1148, thus dating the production of the Codex. The question asks you to identify information that would support this dating.
Choice D is the best answer because if there had been other outbreaks of plague in the relevant period, one of these, instead of the plague of 1148, might have disrupted the manuscript’s production. This information therefore supports the hypothesis.

做到考古歷史題看來要有一點想像力去自圓其說! i.e. 題目也沒提到因瘟疫作者掛掉所以連換四個人來寫,這一部份就要自己想像了. 馬亞人那題也是.

[CherrieLi]

123.Codex Berinensis, a Florentine copy of an ancient Roman medical treatise, is undated but contains clues to when it was produced. Its first eighty pages are by a single copyist, but the remaining twenty pages are by three different copyists, which indicate some significant disruption. Since a letter in handwriting identified as that of the fourth copyist mentions a 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 copyists, the plague went on for ten 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 1100’s.

(E) The number of pages of Codex Berinnesis produced by a single scribe becomes smaller with each successive change of copyist.

答案D

看了大家之前的解釋, 小妹覺得, 題目討論的不是藥典於哪一年完成, 而是哪一年開始編纂, 因英文用字為 produce, 非 complete

如果1100's只有發生過一場瘟疫, 那麼 1148的瘟疫中, 有許多人喪生, 包括前3個抄錄者, 但如果第一個抄錄者是1147開始抄寫, 然後死於1148的瘟疫, 那不就是1147才開始寫嗎? 並不支持1148,
請問大家是否有別的看法?

[dibert8]

produce: 上映,出版

from Merriam-Webster,
produce [transitive verb]
: to make available for public exhibition or dissemination: as to provide funding for <search for backers to produce the film>