A选项:本文只提到一个methodology
B选项:没提到historical origins;本文提到在使用过程中可能的问题,而不是 inherent drawbacks,(provide a disinterested commentary on events or people;are shaped by narrative devices and storytelling conventions, as well as by other cultural and historical factors, in ways that the storytellers may be unaware of. )
D选项:并未讨论criticism
E选项:并未提到女权主义的影响,主旨题不要关注这些细节
第二段:certain adaptations。。。(certain adaptations enable them to regulate blood pressure more effectively in those orientations.)
第三段:One such adaptation is ...(Such a location requires that blood circulated to the tail of the snake travel a greater distance back to the heart, a problem) solved by another adaptation.
所以是两个具体的例子来说明上段的现象
A选项:本文提到怎样适应环境,没提缺点;
B选项:The problem confronting terrestrial snakes is best illustrated by what happens to sea snakes when removed from their supportive medium.
C选项:文中没提到:effectiveness of an organism's adaptation; only 极端词;
D选项:文中只提到物种适应不同环境,没提适应相同的环境;
E选项:没提到不同物种很少用同样方式适应同样环境
A选项:并未提及作者的个人经历
B选项:并未提及intended audience
C选项:unlike most standard histories第一段提及,指出其相比口头论述的缺点。
E选项:并未提及口头描述与标准历史之间的差别