tpo17阅读问题

ailin1232UID: 3239593

In the fourteenth century, a number of political developments cut Europe's overland trade routes to southern and eastern Asia, with which Europe had had important and highly profitable commercial ties since the twelfth century. This development, coming as it did when the bottom had fallen out of the European economy, provided an impetus to a long-held desire to secure direct relations with the East by establishing a sea trade. Widely reported, if somewhat distrusted, accounts by figures like the famous traveler from Venice, Marco Polo, of the willingness of people in China to trade with Europeans and of the immensity of the wealth to be gained by such contact made the idea irresistible. Possibilities for trade seemed promising, but no hope existed for maintaining the traditional routes over land A new way had to be found.

2. According to paragraph 1 why was it necessary to find a new way for European merchants to reach the East?
○People in China were finally ready to trade with Europeans
○The European economy was failing because there was no trade with the East
○Traditional ways of trading with the East had becomevery costly
○Commercial routes over land had become blocked because of political events

这道题B 怎么不对啦？
原文“This development, coming as it did when the bottom had fallen out of the European economy, provided an impetus to a long-held desire to secure direct relations with the East by establishing a sea trade. ” 是说不是因为trade导致经济下落的么？“ coming as it did when the bottom had fallen out of the European economy”怎么解释？

New types of ships were needed, new methods of finding one's way, new techniques for financing so vast a scheme. The sheer scale of the investment it took to begin commercial expansion at sea reflects the immensity of the profits that such East-West trade could create Spices were the most sought-after commodities. Spices not only dramatically improved the taste of the European diet but also were used to manufacture perfumes and certain medicines. But even high-priced commodities like spices had to be transported in large bulk in order to justify the expense and trouble of sailing around the African continent all the way to India and China.

6. It can be inferred from paragraph 2 that spices from Asia were desirable in Europe in the Middle Ages because they
     ○were easily transported in large quantities
     ○could not be produced in European countries
      ○could be traded for products such as perfumes and medicines
      ○were expected to increase in value over time
这题选B 。为什么不选C?是因为这是infer题吗？

zen赵天泽UID: 3370843

第一道题，通过a new way 定位到本段最后一句，因为traditional way 没办法位置了，所以需要新开一条。对应答案C。关于B答案，文章说的是The development, as... 也就是因为这个development引起的经济跌落，并不是B所提到的路线。我是这么理解的。 这道题很好通过关键词直接定位，其实其他地方都可以不看了。
第二道题，通过desirable和文章中那个强转折BUT可以找到答案的出处，high-priced, had to be transported, 以及后面提到的长途运输。可以得出欧洲不产这个东西。perfumes and medicines只是文章中提到的spices的一种用处，和它的价值无关。
这道题我当时也做错了。我重看后是这么理解的。