请教阅读36套E19第8题

wsjandzjjUID: 3002956

Researchers of the Pleistocene epoch have developed
all sorts of more or less fanciful model schemes of how
they would have arranged the Ice Age had they been in
charge of events. For example, an early classification of
Alpine glaciations suggested the existence there of four
glaciations, named the Gunz, Mindel, Riss, and Wurm. This
succession was based primarily on a series of deposits and
events not directly related to glacial and interglacial periods
rather than on the more usual modern method of studying
biological remains found in interglacial beds themselves
interstratified within glacial deposits. Yet this succession
was forced willy-nilly onto the glaciated parts of Northern
Europe, with hopes of ultimately piecing them together to
provide a complete Pleistocene succession. Eradication of
the Alpine nomenclature is still proving a Herculean task.   


8. Which of the following does the passage imply about   
the ―early classification of Alpine glaciation ?   
(A) It should not have been applied as widely as   
      it was.
(B) It represents the best possible scientific practice,   
      given the tools available at the time.
(C) It was a valuable tool, in its time, for measuring   
      the length of the four periods of glaciation.
(D) It could be useful, but only as a general guide   
      to the events of the Pleistocene epoch.
(E) It does not shed any light on the methods used
     at the time for investigating periods of glaciation.


答案为A
我选的是D，我读完觉得整篇文章是负中有正的评价...看D又这么像正确答案，就选了
求指导...

sennilUID: 3137408

Eradication of   the Alpine nomenclature is still proving a Herculean task.  这句说明了 作者对其是负面评价

wsjandzjjUID: 3002956

Eradication of   the Alpine nomenclature is still proving a Herculean task.  这句说明了 作者对其是负面评价
sennil 发表于 2012-4-25 12:51

这句话大概意思是“虽然难，但也要根除A这种分类方法”
不知道理解得对不对？

sennilUID: 3137408

其实差不多啦，尽量不要加那个 虽然，文中没有啊
Eradication of   the Alpine nomenclature is still proving a Herculean task.  

Eradication of   the Alpine nomenclature is  a Herculean task.   消除 A  很困难

另外
D选项的 general guide没有在文中出现    文中只是说piecing them together to  provide a complete Pleistocene succession

wsjandzjjUID: 3002956

4# sennil
恩..那个A项着实让我选不出来。
那个widely从哪看出来的？

sennilUID: 3137408

Herculean task 应该间接地表达了widely 的意思

咕叽`咕叽UID: 3299958

5# wsjandzjj 这题我也不会诶。。。虽然选出来了 但是是排除法诶。。。

wsjandzjjUID: 3002956

6# sennil
..这个只能说明这个task比较难吧。怎么会有widely的感觉...

sennilUID: 3137408

艰巨的任务有可能体现在了 那个错的观点被广泛接受的情况下（当然还有其他可能）

相对而言d选项可能性更小，完全推不出 general guide，加上作者也持 反对态度

以上只是个人见解啦， 求大神解答

airdlUID: 3192904

Yet this succession
was forced willy-nilly onto the glaciated parts of Northern
Europe, with hopes of ultimately piecing them together to 0 o: A3 ~" H# z/ P
provide a complete Pleistocene succession.
楼主看此句，前几天我也纠结过。
forced!!   
还有willy-nilly
webster collegiate的解释
adj&adv.   1  by compulsion: without choice
2   in a haphazard or spontaneous manner
我认为  作者观点是  这不适用在northern Europe

wsjandzjjUID: 3002956

Yet this succession
was forced willy-nilly onto the glaciated parts of Northern
Europe, with hopes of ultimately piecing them together to 0 o: A3 ~" H# z/ P
provide a complete Pleistocene success ...
airdl 发表于 2012-4-25 22:40

这句解释清晰很多~THX.

timicaoUID: 3131283

我也选了D，我现在也在纠结这题目

FrankLuoUID: 3544022

airdl 发表于 2012-4-25 22:40
Yet this succession
was forced willy-nilly onto the glaciated parts of Northern
Europe, with hop ...

确实是这样
被迫被用到了别的地方

所以认为不该applied as widely as

iDongJunUID: 3550168

B中best D中only E中any 用词过于绝对，排除
C中length 文中找不到重复，排除
选A  结合文章大致内容觉得也行的通，说了这个方法不好，又说了这个方法带来的希望，最后又说是个艰巨的任务。