黃金閱讀 RUNNING WATER ON MARS - 英檢

※ 引述《Goodboy (wedwsed)》之銘言：
: But detractors maintain that the terraces could also have been created by
: geological activity, perhaps related to the geologic forces that depressed
: the Northern Hemisphere far below the level of the south, in which case they
: have nothing whatever to do with Martian water.
: 9. Which of the sentences below best expresses the essential information in
: the highlighted sentence in the passage? Incorrect choices change the meaning
: in important ways or leave out essential information.
: ○But detractors argue that geological activity may be responsible for the
: water associated with the terraces.
: ○But detractors argue that the terraces may have been formed by geological
: activity rather than by the presence of water.
: ○But detractors argue that the terraces may be related to geological forces
: in the Northern Hemisphere of Mars, rather than to Martian water in the south.
: ○But detractors argue that geological forces depressed the Northern
: Hemisphere so far below the level of the south that the terraces could not
: have been formed by water.
: 想請問
: 答案為何是2不是4?
: 其實我分辨不出來2跟4的差別
: 在我看來是覺得4說得比較詳盡
: 所以選4..請幫忙指導一下
: 感激

這一題我覺得關鍵在"文意"

2比4好 重點在這一整段(第四段)是在說支持者覺得水是起因
反對者說水不是(而是地質活動)

再來細看選項4
4選項並沒有清楚說出geological forces that depressed.....是造成這樣地形的起因
而是說'forces把北半球壓的比南半球低 低到這樣的地形不可能是由水所造成的' 跟原句
的文意比較 沒有2來的好

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