Prep T1-21

[hwatai]

Traces of cultivated emmer wheat have been found among the earliest agricultural remains of many archaeological sites in Europe and Asia. The only place where the wild form of emmer wheat has been found growing is a relatively narrow strip of southwest Asia. Since the oldest remains of cultivated emmer wheat yet found are from village sites in the same narrow strip, it is clear that emmer wheat was first domesticated somewhere in that strip.

Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument?

(A) The present-day distribution of another wild wheat, einkorn, which was also domesticated early in the development of agriculture, covers a much larger area of southwest Asia.
(B) Modern experiments show that wild emmer wheat can easily be domesticated so as to yield nearly as well as traditionally domestic strains.
(C) At the time when emmer wheat was first cultivated, it was the most nutritious of all the varieties of grain that were then cultivated.
(D) In the region containing the strip where wild emmer wheat has been found, climatic conditions have changed very little since before the development of agriculture.
(E) It is very difficult, without genetic testing, to differentiate the wild form of emmer wheat from a closely related wild wheat that also grows in southwest Asia.

[hwatai]

(A) The present-day distribution of another wild wheat, einkorn, which was also domesticated early in the development of agriculture, covers a much larger area of southwest Asia.
einkorn無關選項

(B) Modern experiments show that wild emmer wheat can easily be domesticated so as to yield nearly as well as traditionally domestic strains.
emmer可以被輕易的種植～　題目問的是earlist的時間概念，種植容易與否仍是無關選項

(C) At the time when emmer wheat was first cultivated, it was the most nutritious of all the varieties of grain that were then cultivated.
nutritious無關選項

(D) In the region containing the strip where wild emmer wheat has been found, climatic conditions have changed very little since before the development of agriculture.

(E) It is very difficult, without genetic testing, to differentiate the wild form of emmer wheat from a closely related wild wheat that also grows in southwest Asia.
這是個weaken選項

我覺得(D)不是個很好的答案，頂多not weaken而已，不過也只能選它；

[dibert8]

這是一種答案的設計:以 wild 驗證 domestic (考點:因為沒有直接的證據,所以借用間接的去推論)
domestic 想必由 wild 而來,如果 wild 都還在這兒活得好好的,推論 domestic 可能起源於此囉!

[hiliter]

其實這是滿標準的考法

Since the oldest remains of cultivated emmer wheat yet found are from village sites in the same narrow strip, it is clear that emmer wheat was first domesticated somewhere in that strip.

這一句當中從考古的證據推到農作物的產地
中間有一個假設--氣候沒有很大的改變
所以選 D
常常要strengthen的答案 就要找出assumption

[autumn713]

其實這是滿標準的考法

Since the oldest remains of cultivated emmer wheat yet found are from village sites in the same narrow strip, it is clear that emmer wheat was first domesticated somewhere in that strip.

這一句當中從考古的證據推到農作物的產地
中間有一個假設--氣候沒有很大的改變
所以選 D
常常要strengthen的答案 就要找出assumption

同意要strengthen的答案 就要找出assumption
但是我的問題是...:P
為什麼氣候沒有很大的改變是一個假設?
我做題的時候在想 就算氣候改變了
那跟最初在哪裡產 有什麼關係?

對不起 問題有點笨
謝謝大家

[dibert8]

原產地氣候改變了可能在那裡就活不了.野生的沒了,就沒得帶回家種了.

[Sophia0303[origen]]

Traces of cultivated emmer wheat have been found among the earliest agricultural remains of many archaeological sites in Europe and Asia. The only place where the wild form of emmer wheat has been found growing is a relatively narrow strip of southwest Asia. Since the oldest remains of cultivated emmer wheat yet found are from village sites in the same narrow strip, it is clear that emmer wheat was first domesticated somewhere in that strip.



Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument?



(A) The present-day distribution of another wild wheat, einkorn, which was also domesticated early in the development of agriculture, covers a much larger area of southwest Asia.

(B) Modern experiments show that wild emmer wheat can easily be domesticated so as to yield nearly as well as traditionally domestic strains.

(C) At the time when emmer wheat was first cultivated, it was the most nutritious of all the varieties of grain that were then cultivated.

(D) In the region containing the strip where wild emmer wheat has been found, climatic conditions have changed very little since before the development of agriculture.

(E) It is very difficult, without genetic testing, to differentiate the wild form of emmer wheat from a closely related wild wheat that also grows in southwest Asia.

不好意思
這題有點看不懂題目的意思
可否有強者幫忙解釋一下勒?


感激不盡~~~