雅思阅读真题解析-剑15Test1Passage1-Nutmeg-a valuable spice-判断题

雅思阅读真题解析-剑15Test1Passage1-Nutmeg-a valuable spice-判断题

判断题

Questions 5–7

Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 1?

In boxes 5–7 on your answer sheet, write

TRUE if the statement agrees with the information 

FALSE if the statement contradicts the information 

NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this

Q5

In the Middle Ages, most Europeans knew where nutmeg was grown.

分析

题干可以划定位词的有Middle Ages和Europeans。这道题考察“是非考点”，即Europeans是否知道后边的内容。

定位

2Nutmeg was a highly prized and costly ingredient in European cuisine in the Middle Ages, and was used as a flavouring, medicinal, and preservative agent. Throughout this period, the Arabs were the exclusive importers of the spice to Europe. They sold nutmeg for high prices to merchants based in Venice, but they never revealed the exact location of the source of this extremely valuable commodity.  The Arab-Venetian dominance of the trade finally ended in 1512, when the Portuguese reached the Banda Islands and began exploiting its precious resources.

答案

上文第 一句出现了European和Middle Ages。第三句中出现了they (指代前一句的Arabs) never revealed【从未透露】与题干中的Europeans knew是矛盾的，因为knew的前提是对方reveal。第三句中的the exact location of the source of 对应题干中的where，第三句中的this extremely valuable commodity（指代这句的主语nutmeg）对应题干中的nutmeg，所以原文与题干有一处存在矛盾，别的内容都对应，所以答案是FALSE。

有没有想说“除了Arabas 别人不能告诉欧洲人吗？”的同学？上文第二句说了the Arabs were the exclusive importers，这里的exclusive【专门的；独 家的】意味着只有Arabs知道，所以是的，没有别人告诉欧洲人。

Q6

The VOC was the world’s first major trading company.

分析

题干可以划定位词的有VOC和major trading company。这道题考察“是非考点”，即前者是否是后边的身份。

定位

4 In 1602, Dutch merchants founded the VOC, a trading corporation better known as the Dutch East India Company. By 1617, the VOC was the richest commercial operation in the world…

答案

上文第 一句出现了VOC，第二句中的VOC was the richest commercial operation in the world与题干相关， 但是这句中的richest和first没有必然的联系，richest和first可以并存，所以答案不是FALSE，而是NOT GIVEN。

Q7

Following the Treaty of Breda, the Dutch had control of all the islands where nutmeg grew.

分析

题干可以划定位词的有Treaty of Breda和Dutch。这道题考察“绝 对词”考点，即Dutch是否控制了所有的islands。

定位

5… After decades of fighting for control of this tiny island, the Dutch and British arrived at a compromise settlement, the Treaty of Breda, in 1667.

6 Intent on securing their hold over every nutmeg-producing island, the Dutch offered a trade: if the British would give them the island of Run, they would in turn give Britain a distant and much less valuable island in North America. The British agreed…

答案

这道题的定位有点小麻烦。定位词Treaty of Breda出现在第5段最后一句，当你发现这句内容不够用的时候可以接着看下一段。第6段第 一句出现了securing their hold over every nutmeg-producing island可以对应题干中的control of all the islands where nutmeg grew，第 一句中的intent on 【…的目的】还不能保证他们有没有达到这个目的，需要接着往后看。第二句中Dutch offered a trade,第三句the British agreed，所以Dutch 的目的达到了，他们的确控制了every island，所以原文与题目的内容一致，答案是TRUE。

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