tpo两个阅读题求问

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tpo15 Mass extinction
Paragraph 2: The fossil record shows at least five mass extinctions in which many families of marine organisms died out. The rates of extinction happening today are as great as the rates during these mass extinctions. Many scientists have therefore concluded that a sixth great mass extinction is currently in progress.

2. According to paragraph 2, scientists base their belief that a mass extinction is going on at present on which of the following?
○The speed with which mass extinctions are happening today is similar to the speed of past extinctions.
○The number of species that have died out since the last extinction event is extremely large.
○Mass extinctions occur with regularity and it is time for another one.
○Fossil records of many marine species have disappeared.
这题我觉得c也对啊？

Tpo14
Paragraph 4: Nomadism also subjects pastoralist communities to strict rules of portability. If you are constantly on the move, you cannot afford to accumulate large material surpluses. Such rules limit variations in accumulated material goods between pastoralist households (though they may also encourage a taste for portable goods of high value such as silks or jewelry). So, by and large, nomadism implies a high degree of self-sufficiency and inhibits the appearance of an extensive division of labor. Inequalities of wealth and rank certainly exist, and have probably existed in most pastoralist societies, but except in periods of military conquest, they are normally too slight to generate the stable, hereditary hierarchies that are usually implied by the use of the term class. Inequalities of gender have also existed in pastoralist societies, but they seem to have been softened by the absence of steep hierarchies of wealth in most communities, and also by the requirement that women acquire most of the skills of men, including, often, their military skills.

10. According to paragraph 4, all of the following are true of social inequality in pastoralist societies EXCEPT:
○It exists and has existed to some degree in most pastoral societies.
○It is most marked during periods of military conquest.
○It is expressed in the form of a rigid hierarchy based largely on heredity.
○It is usually too insignificant to be discussed in terms of class differences.

为啥不选B啊？文中不是说“but except in periods of military conquest，。。”吗？

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2. 这题答案是什么？A？
C原文没体现。原文只解释了目前extinction rates和原来相似，说明物种灭绝的速度与从前近似。C项的"regularity"原文并没说，如果原文解释的是物种灭绝存在规律性，比如100年一次大灭绝，那么C项可以选。

10. Inequalities of wealth and rank certainly exist, and have probably existed in most pastoralist societies, but except in periods of military conquest, they are normally too slight to generate the stable, hereditary hierarchies that are usually implied by the use of the term class.

标蓝的插入语都先不读，这个句子的意思是说虽然有社会不平等，但是还不足以产生世袭的等级（hereditary hierarchies），所以C明显错误。
至于B项，我一开始也理解错了。“inequality的确存在，并且尤其在军事征服的地区为盛，但是不足以到产生阶级（class）的地步” 。暂时把except理解成“尤其”吧。我总觉得文章这里应该是especially……

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Irene1084 发表于 2013-7-5 21:02
2. 这题答案是什么？A？
C原文没体现。原文只解释了目前extinction rates和原来相似，说明物种灭绝的速度与 ...

我觉得rate相似就是 regularity啊 额

第二个那道题c 也不对 但是我觉得b 也不对。。

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ailin1232 发表于 2013-7-5 21:16
我觉得rate相似就是 regularity啊 额

第二个那道题c 也不对 但是我觉得b 也不对。。

C肯定是不对
我查了一下第二个题，还是觉得B有问题……

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ailin1232 发表于 2013-7-5 21:16
我觉得rate相似就是 regularity啊 额

第二个那道题c 也不对 但是我觉得b 也不对。。

OK我大概懂了。
你就这么想吧，那个句子中间插入语都不读，inequality在大部分地区都有，但too slight to generate hierarchies.  中间插入语讲"except"military conquest，说明military conquest时期和平时是不同的，即inequality较强盛，可以产生hierarchy。所以B的表述就正确了

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Inequalities of wealth and rank certainly exist, and have probably existed in most pastoralist societies, but except in periods of military conquest, they are normally too slight to generate the stable, hereditary hierarchies that are usually implied by the use of the term class.

看清楚那句话的they代表什么
如果你要从语法上分析必须是复数，只有inequalities，所以 except这句话表达的意思就是 during military conquest, the inequalities are to the most extensive stance.

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Irene1084 发表于 2013-7-5 21:40
OK我大概懂了。
你就这么想吧，那个句子中间插入语都不读，inequality在大部分地区都有，但too slight t ...

恩恩这回就很清楚啦!非常感谢哦！！

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crazyrobin 发表于 2013-7-5 21:57
看清楚那句话的they代表什么
如果你要从语法上分析必须是复数，只有inequalities，所以 except这句话表 ...

恩恩 我果然是they没有理解对， 它中间那个but 也好容易被理解错啊。。以为inequailities都存在，but不存在military时候呢== 谢谢啦！

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crazyrobin 发表于 2013-7-5 21:57
看清楚那句话的they代表什么
如果你要从语法上分析必须是复数，只有inequalities，所以 except这句话表 ...

无法接受你的解释，为什麽but except突然可以等于 during military conquest？还有什麽叫做 "most extensive stance" ，你这里的stance是什麽东西啊？

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Irene1084 发表于 2013-7-5 21:02
2. 这题答案是什么？A？
C原文没体现。原文只解释了目前extinction rates和原来相似，说明物种灭绝的速度与 ...

我从来没有听过 except能解作"尤其"，没有一本字典会这样解释，你别随便给except创造一个新的中文解释去暪骗你自己没法理解这个句子。

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baktbd 发表于 2014-5-12 22:54
我从来没有听过 except能解作"尤其"，没有一本字典会这样解释，你别随便给except创造一个新的中文解释去暪 ...

我一开始的解释确实不对，后面又回复了
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