TPO 閱讀第八回第九題 - 英檢

※ 引述《LittleIe (夢)》之銘言：
: 原文如下:
: It seems likely that Teotihuacán’s natural resources, along with the city
: elite’s ability to recognize their potential, gave the city a competitive
: edge over its neighbors. The valley, like many other places in Mexican and
: Guatemalan highlands, was rich in obsidian. The hard volcanic stone was a
: resource that had been in great demand for many years, at least since the
: rise of the Olmecs (a people who flourished between 1200 and 400 B.C.), and
: it apparently had a secure market. Moreover, recent research on obsidian
: tools found at Olmec sites has shown that some of the obsidian obtained by
: the Olmecs originated near Teotihuacán. Teotihuacán obsidian must have been
: recognized as a valuable commodity for many centuries before the great city
: arose.
: 題目
: Which of the following allowed Teotihuacán to have “a competitive edge over
: its neighbors”?
: 選項
: A A well-exploited and readily available commodity
: B The presence of a highly stable elite class
: C Knowledge derived directly from the Olmecs about the art of toolmaking
: D Scarce natural resources in nearby areas such as those located in what are
: now the Guatemalan and Mexican highlands
: 答案是A
: 不過覺得D也對
: 請問有大神能夠將D選項拆成幾個句子嗎?
: 另外，請問D選項中的such as 是like的意思嗎?
: 看了考滿分跟其他網站的解答依然不懂
: 先謝謝大家了Orz

托福的細節題仍然是在考察大意
所以陷阱就在於細節和例子中

這段文章唯一比較明顯的陷阱就是插入句

(1) , along with the city elite's ability to recognize their potential,
(2) , like many other places in Mexican and Guatemalan highlands,
(3) , at least since the rise of the Olmecs
(a people who flourished between 1200 and 400 B.C.),


只要先把他們刪掉 (讀的時候先略讀過去)

這一段就變得很簡單易懂
It seems likely that Teotihuacan's natural resources
gave the city a competitive edge over its neighbors.
The valley was rich in obsidian. The hard volcanic stone was a
resource that had been in great demand for many years and
it apparently had a secure market.

而Moreover 只是一種附加的支持內容 可以看成是支持以上說法的例子
自然也不影響大綱


所以原本的主題句 中的原因 只有
It seems likely that Teotihuacan's natural resources
gave the city a competitive edge over its neighbors.

由於光看It seems likely that 不能確定作者是肯定或者否定
所以接下去看幾句
又看到moreover 而沒有其他轉折字 : 例如however

我們可以確定這是主要的原因


A A well-exploited (開發良好,充分利用) and
readily (容易,輕易) available commodity (商品:農業與礦業的產品)

B The presence of a highly stable elite class
(原文只有寫到 elite's ability to recognize their potential, 不知道是否stable)

C Knowledge derived directly from the Olmecs about the art of toolmaking
(Olmecs 可以找到Teotihuacan 做的工具
但是不能知道這個技術是不是由O 傳過去T的 some of the obsidian obtained
by the Olmecs originated near Teotihuacan)

D Scarce natural resources (此選項與A完全相反 所以其中應該有一個是對的)
in nearby areas such as those located in what are now the
Guatemalan and Mexican highlands
(但是這個選項的意思是說 在鄰近地區有稀有的資源 => 所以T城並沒有這個礦產)

A 說礦產容易取得
D 說鄰近的地方才有稀有資源
=> 那按照常理來說 鄰近地區應該發展得比T城 還要好
(除非T城有特有的技術 所以鄰近地區都把原料拿去T 加工
但是這個原文沒說 所以不能自己推論)


顯然A才是比較符合內容的答案

反觀B elite (出現在插入句)
C Olmecs (出現在Moreover 之後的附加內容)

顯然本題的干擾選項
由 加上變化 的 類似細節的內容
還有 與正確內容相反的敘述 組成

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