扫描二维码，直接登录
题库 / OG2016-CR-48
Archaeologist: Researchers excavating a burial site in Cyprus found a feline skeleton lying near a human skeleton. Both skeletons were in the same sediment at the same depth and equally well-preserved, suggesting that the feline and human were buried together about 9,500 years ago. This shows that felines were domesticated around the time farming began, when they would have been useful in protecting stores of grain from mice.
Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the archaeologist's argument?
Archaeologists have not found any remains of stores of grain in the immediate vicinity of the burial site.
The burial site in Cyprus is substantially older than any other known burial site in which a feline skeleton and a human skeleton appear to have been buried together.
Paintings found near the burial site seem to show people keeping felines as domestic companions, but do not show felines hunting mice.
In Cyprus, there are many burial sites dating from around 9,500 years ago in which the remains of wild animals appear to have been buried alongside human remains.
Before felines were domesticated, early farmers had no effective way to protect stores of grain from mice.
情景：调查者在Cyprus的遗迹中的一个人的骷髅旁边发现了一个猫科动物的骷髅。两个骷髅应该是9500年前一起埋的。这表明，猫科动物在务农时期就被养了。
推理：由于前提给出了一个现象，结论给出了这个现象的一种解释，所以本题是果因推理。
顺序的因果逻辑：因为猫科动物在务农时期就被养了，所以在Cyprus的遗迹中的一个人的骷髅旁边发现了一个猫科动物的骷髅
（果）前提：在Cyprus的遗迹中的一个人的骷髅旁边发现了一个猫科动物的骷髅
（因）结论：猫科动物在务农时期就被养了
选题方式：果因推理有两个评估方向，简而言之，即，要么给“在Cyprus的遗迹中的一个人的骷髅旁边发现了一个猫科动物的骷髅”另一个原因，要么给出因果联系问题。
选项分析：
A选项：考古学家在遗迹的周围没有发现任何的谷物残留。本选项充其量可以反驳结论，但是和推理文段中的因果无关。
B选项：Cyprus的遗迹比任何一个发现人和猫的骷髅在一起的遗迹都要古老。本选项和推理文段的因果没有联系。
C选项：在遗迹周边发现的画看起来表现了人们确实养猫，但是没有表现出猫吃老鼠。本选项承认了结论，但是没有提及原因。
D选项：Correct. 在Cyprus的遗迹中，有很多在9500年前左右的遗址中发现人类周围躺着很多野生动物。本选项同时提及了因和果，即，即使骷髅放在一起，也有可能是野生动物，而不是养的东西。属于CQ2：因果联系问题。
E选项：在猫被养以前，农民们没有有效的方式来防止谷物被老鼠吃。本选项和推理文段的因果没有联系。
This shows that felines were domesticated around the time farming began,when……后边的when用于修饰前边的主句，所以结论句应该属于shows that 后边的半句。以后找结论句时要注意句子主次关系！！！
AC选项错误差不多——没找到不代表没有
A没有在附近找到谷物不代表附近没有
C 没有显示猫是否捉老鼠，猫有可能捉也有可能不捉，有两个可能。
C只是部分反驳，承认了猫被家养，只是原因不是抓老鼠。D是完全反驳，说一起埋葬的wild animal，只是碰巧是只猫
C 没有同时提及因果
D 同时提及因果
AC选项错误差不多——没找到不代表没有 A没有在附近找到谷物不代表附近没有 C 没有显示猫是否捉老鼠，猫有可能捉也有可能不捉，有两个可能。
excavating挖掘，feline猫科动物，domesticated驯养的（(of an animal) tame and kept as a pet or on a farm. eg：domesticated dogs）
果因推理（多适用于考古类题目），错选C，注意找结论句的时候分清句子主次。
结论：This shows that felines were domesticated around the time farming began,
D:出现wild animals 反驳 domesticated 。
看仔细看仔细
搞错重点，结论是猫被养，不是抓老鼠。而且没有看到正确选项D中的wildlife。
二刷，结论句又找错了，找到状语从句去了
结论找错了， 结论是猫被养了，不是养猫来抓老鼠
果因推理
果：埋在一起 果：feline被饲养
因：feline被饲养 因：他们会抓老鼠
P：研究者发现一个猫的骨架和人的骨架埋在一起
C：猫在那个时候已经被驯服并且被用于保护谷物不被老鼠吃
Another possibility: The feline is wild rather than domesticated.
注意到底什么是结论。主句是结论，而不是状语从句等修饰语
个人觉得本题是：相关因果推理。
Attention：看到题目中有most一定要看完看细选项
A 确实能削弱结论，但是when引导的状语从句不是Conclusion的中心
D felines were dometicated才是重点，名定谓状的排序在CR也适用。
结论是：felines were domesticated around the time farming began，后面的when是用来修饰the time farming began 的subordinate clause。C：可能反驳了猫不抓老鼠，但没法反驳main conclusion.
D: wild animals 与 domesticate
有点迷惑这道题的结论：This shows that felines were domesticated around the time farming began, when they would have been useful in protecting stores of grain from mice.
后面的when不算是结论吗？