年底大贴——TPO阅读疑难问题汇总解答

sosodiuUID：2731702

136# jbc88

我只是觉得这句话有heavily的替代吗
还有选项A是什么意思嗯~........

小狐狸和斑点狗UID：2751482

og test2  loie fuller里面，12. The passage mentions which of the following as a dance of Fuller’s that was set to music?
○Fire Dance
○Radium Dance
○Le Lys de la Vie
○Valse à la Loie

答案定位在哪里呀？找不到呢！

iamhzgg2005UID：2630153

Meteorite Impact and Dinosaur Extinction （ETS官方模考题）

Paragraph 7: Earth is a target in a cosmic shooting gallery, subject to random violent events that were unsuspected a few decades ago. In 1991 the United States Congress asked NASA to investigate the hazard posed today by large impacts on Earth. The group conducting the study concluded from a detailed analysis that impacts from meteorites can indeed be hazardous. Although there is always some risk that a large impact could occur, careful study shows that this risk is quite small.

11. 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.

○Until recently, nobody realized that Earth is exposed to unpredictable violent impacts from space.
○In the last few decades, the risk of a random violent impact from space has increased.
○Since most violent events on Earth occur randomly, nobody can predict when or where they will happen.
○A few decades ago, Earth became the target of random violent events originating in outer space.
正确的是第1个，我理解的是直到现在都没有人知道地球暴露在不可预知的（宇宙空间的撞击） 乱死了
不理解啊 原文说的是几十年前，地球是宇宙射击场的一个靶子，容易受到未知的随机暴力事件的攻击 我觉得这俩说的意思正好相反…… 求解~

GeminikaiUID：2752927

首先感谢楼主。。
TPO 11 Orientation and Navigation
paragraph4-5：
So, in another set of experiments, Kramer put identical food boxes around the cage, with food in only one of the boxes. ■The boxes were stationary, and the one containing food was always at the same point of the compass. ■However, its position with respect to the surroundings could be changed by revolving either the inner cage containing the birds or the outer walls, which served as the background. ■As long as the birds could see the Sun, no matter how their surroundings were altered, they went directly to the correct food box. ■Whether the box appeared in front of the right wall or the left wall, they showed no signs of confusion. On overcast days, however, the birds were disoriented and had trouble locating their food box.
In experimenting with artificial suns, Kramer made another interesting discovery. If the artificial Sun remained stationary, the birds would shift their direction with respect to it at a rate of about 15 degrees per hour, the Sun's rate of movement across the sky. Apparently, the birds were assuming that the "Sun" they saw was moving at that rate. When the real Sun was visible, however, the birds maintained a constant direction as it moved across the sky. In other words, they were able to compensate for the Sun's movement. This meant that some sort of biological clock was operating-and a very precise clock at that.

Q7、8
7
. According to paragraph 5, how did the birds fly when the real Sun was visible?
􀂅 T
hey kept the direction of their flight constant.
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They changed the direction of their flight at a rate of 15 degrees per hour.
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They kept flying toward the Sun.
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They flew in the same direction
8
. Which of the following can be inferred from paragraph 4 about Kramer s reason for filling one food box and leaving the rest empty?
􀂅 H
e believed the birds would eat food from only one box.
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He wanted to see whether the Sun alone controlled the birds' ability to navigate toward the box with food.
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He thought that if all the boxes contained food, this would distract the birds from following their migratory route.
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He needed to test whether the birds preferred having the food at any particular point of the compass.

我分别选的A.B，答案说选B.A。强烈理解不能，希望楼主讲解一下。我总觉得答案是否错了，特别是第八题。31号就考了，希望尽快能解答哦，感谢感谢。

iamhzgg2005UID：2630153

143# Geminikai

楼上，我不是楼主，我帮你解释一下好么
第七题的定位句应该是这句：In other words, they were able to compensate for the Sun's movement，说的是鸟类有能力“补偿”太阳的运动，这第五段都是说的都是鸟的生物钟很准确。实验说这个人弄了一个假太阳在那，固定不动。可是鸟类还是按照真正太阳运动的角度飞行，即15度每小时，所以答案是第二个：They changed the direction of their flight at a rate of 15 degrees per hour.，而且，你看定位句，compensate=change ;the direction of their flight at a rate of 15 degrees per hour=the Sun's movement,原文也是这么说的啊“the Sun's rate of movement across the sky” 所以答案是第二个。然后你选的A吧，错误在这，原文说的是：When the real Sun was visible, however, the birds maintained a constant direction as it moved across the sky，后半句：鸟依然保持不变的方向，但这个方向是和太阳在天上的运动是一样的，后面那个as是和……一样，it 指代太阳，选项A：T hey kept the direction of their flight constant，说的是他们的飞行方向不变，但实际上是变化的啊，跟着太阳每小时15度的变化而变化，所以肯定错啦~

第八题，我理解的是：定位句：no matter how their surroundings were altered, they went directly to the correct food box，之前说这个实验是一个人，用几个一样的盒子包围着鸟，然后只有一个装着吃的，盒子不动，旋转鸟笼和外面的环境（就是墙啊什么的），鸟还是能找到正确的装有食物的盒子。所以就是答案A，即He believed the birds would eat food from only one box，the only one box就是那个只有一个装着食物的盒子。呵呵。你选的：He wanted to see whether the Sun alone controlled the birds' ability to navigate toward the box with food.这个，说的是他想看看是不是只有太阳可以控制鸟类飞向装有食物的盒子，我觉得错在he wanted to see whether 这，我觉得whether还有犹豫的感觉，就是还没有结果，但是已经有结果了，的确是有太阳，鸟就找得到，没太阳鸟就找不到，如果选项是he believe 或是什么agrue insist之类的，我觉得就对了。

呵呵 这是我的理解，可能不是完全对吧，嘿嘿，但希望能给你一点帮助，31号加油~~~

taishengusmleUID：2679010

TPO10 Chinese Pottery一文中的9，11题确实十分饶人，仔细分析这才体会出ETS的出题思路：

Just as painted designs on Greek pots may seem today to be purely decorative, whereas in fact they were carefully and precisely worked out so that at the time, their meaning was clear, so it is with Chinese pots. To twentieth-century eyes, Chinese pottery may appear merely decorative, yet to the Chinese the form of each object and its adornment had meaning and significance. The dragon represented the emperor, and the phoenix, the empress; the pomegranate indicated fertility, and a pair of fish, happiness; mandarin ducks stood for wedded bliss; the pine tree, peach, and crane are emblems of long life; and fish leaping from waves indicated success in the civil service examinations. Only when European decorative themes were introduced did these meanings become obscured or even lost.

9. Just as painted designs on Greek pots may seem today to be purely decorative, whereas in fact they were carefully and precisely worked out so that at the time, their meaning was clear, so it is with Chinese pots.
本段开始提及今天看来希腊有图画的罐子仅为了装饰，但事实上他们仔细而精确的设计有明显的意义，这点同中国的陶罐一样。
Paraphrase: argue that the designs on Chinese pots had specific meanings and were not just decorative选项
emphasize that while Chinese pots were decorative. Greek pots were functional  未提及
argue that twentieth-century scholars are better able to understand these designs than were ancient scholars 虚假比较
explain how scholars have identified the meaning of specific images on Chinese pots 未提及

11.
They had more importance for aristocrats than for ordinary citizens.  未提及
They contain some of the same images that appear on Greek pots     未提及
Their significance is now as clear to twentieth century observers as it was to the early Chinese. 虚假比较

答案定位于本段最后一句：Only when European decorative themes were introduced did these meanings become obscured or even lost.
本句 only 至于句首倒装，正常语序Only when European decorative themes were introduced， these meanings became obscured or even lost.
仅仅当欧洲的装饰主题被引进时，这些意义变得模糊甚至失去。
关键是Their significance may have remained clear had the Chinese not come under foreign influence.如何理解。
实际上本句是虚拟语气的倒装形式。
If the Chinese had not come under foreign influence, their significance may have remained clear.
如果中国不在国外的影响之下，他们（前文的例证）意义仍然会十分清楚。
Paraphrase: Only when European decorative themes were introduced did these meanings become obscured or even lost.

TPO的阅读质量确实很高，值得好好的研究。

taishengusmleUID：2679010

TPO 10 Chinese Pottery


Just as painted designs on Greek pots may seem today to be purely decorative, whereas in fact they were carefully and precisely worked out so that at the time, their meaning was clear, so it is with Chinese pots. To twentieth-century eyes, Chinese pottery may appear merely decorative, yet to the Chinese the form of each object and its adornment had meaning and significance. The dragon represented the emperor, and the phoenix, the empress; the pomegranate indicated fertility, and a pair of fish, happiness; mandarin ducks stood for wedded bliss; the pine tree, peach, and crane are emblems of long life; and fish leaping from waves indicated success in the civil service examinations. Only when European decorative themes were introduced did these meanings become obscured or even lost.

9. Just as painted designs on Greek pots may seem today to be purely decorative, whereas in fact they were carefully and precisely worked out so that at the time, their meaning was clear, so it is with Chinese pots.
本段开始提及今天看来希腊有图画的罐子仅为了装饰，但事实上他们仔细而精确的设计有明显的意义，这点同中国的陶罐一样。
Paraphrase: argue that the designs on Chinese pots had specific meanings and were not just decorative选项

emphasize that while Chinese pots were decorative. Greek pots were functional
未提及

argue that twentieth-century scholars are better able to understand these designs than were ancient scholars
虚假比较
explain how scholars have identified the meaning of specific images on Chinese pots
未提及

11.

They had more importance for aristocrats than for ordinary citizens.
未提及

They contain some of the same images that appear on Greek pots

未提及

Their significance is now as clear to twentieth century observers as it was to the early Chinese.
虚假比较

答案定位于本段最后一句：Only when European decorative themes were introduced did these meanings become obscured or even lost.
本句 only 至于句首倒装，正常语序Only when European decorative themes were introduced， these meanings became obscured or even lost.
仅仅当欧洲的装饰主题被引进时，这些意义变得模糊甚至失去。

关键是Their significance may have remained clear had the Chinese not come under foreign influence.如何理解。

实际上本句是虚拟语气的倒装形式。
If the Chinese had not come under foreign influence, their significance may have remained clear.
如果中国不在国外的影响之下，他们（前文的例证）意义仍然会十分清楚。
Paraphrase: Only when European decorative themes were introduced did these meanings become obscured or even lost.

TPO的阅读质量确实很高，值得好好的研究。

GeminikaiUID：2752927

这个我先谢谢你这么热心吧....不过我昨天下的寄托版的阅读汇总里答案就是我选的那两个...
不过我觉得你第七题解读的也很有道理...揣摩ING

名字是个词儿UID：2707493

好贴留名～

benjaUID：2717121

tpo-10-chinese pottery-12
那个these指代discriptions?很奇怪，不明白，希望牛人指点啊？为什么呢。。。

lgdlUID：2556117

141# jbc88


这篇文章第一段第二句，说fuller这个人，不把自己仅仅当成一个entertainer,而是当成一个 artist, 而第一句说这个人在19世纪found了一种theatrical dance，可见她的行为是与当时theatrical dance界的是相反的，那么theatrical dance界的观点就应该是， 是一种entertainment形式, 而不是art。所以选c。