事实信息题:20240915真题 passage1
(Climate Change in Early Urban Centers)
After four decades of research by climate specialists working together with archaeologists, a consensus has emerged that climate change toward a warmer and drier environment contributed to this disruption. Whether this was caused solely by human activity, in particular agriculture on a large scale, or was also related to cosmic causes such as the rotation of Earth's axis away from the Sun, is still a hotly debated topic. It was likely a combination of factors.
According to paragraph 2, experts have not yet agreed on whether the disruption in early urban centers was affected by
A. climate change.
B. a warmer and drier environment.
C. human activity.
D.cosmic causes.
思路解析
题目类型:事实信息题题
干扰选项:A/B、C
干扰类型:答非所问、信息不符
干扰项分析:
选项A:答非所问
选项A声称:“气候变化(climate change)作为导致早期城市中心崩塌的影响因素还没获得一致同意”。但是原文明确指出:“a consensus has emerged that climate change toward a warmer and drier environment contributed to this disruption”,即学界已达成共识,认为气候变暖变干是崩溃的促成因素。虽然气候变化(climate change)在文章中出现,但是题干要求回答“专家尚未达成一致的问题”,而选项A的内容属于学界已确认的共识,属于答非所问。
选项B:答非所问
选项B声称“气候变暖变干的环境(a warmer and drier environment)作为导致早期城市中心崩塌的影响因素还没获得一致同意”,但是原文明确指出:“climate change toward a warmer and drier environment contributed to this disruption”,即气候变暖变干的环境是气候变化的直接表现,其影响已被学界确认。该选项是A选项气候变化的进一步具体化描述,仍属于共识范畴,而非题干要求的争议内容,属于答非所问。
选项C:信息不符
选项C声称:“人类活动(human activity)作为导致早期城市中心崩塌的影响因素还没获得一致同意”,但是原文陈述:“Whether this was caused solely by human activity... or was also related to cosmic causes... is still a hotly debated topic”,即争议焦点在于人类活动是否为崩塌的唯·一原因,而非其是否参与影响。原文已经明确表达人类活动是原因之一,这和题干表达“人类活动不一定作为影响因素”产生对立,属于信息不符。
做题策略
1. 分析题干:分解题干问题、抓定位词
2. 原文定位
3. 理解定位词相关原文
4. 选项和定位句同义替换
正确答案:D
详细正确思路
1. 分析题干:分解题干问题、抓定位词
根据定位词的不可替换性,确定题目中定位词为“not yet agreed on”和“disruption in early urban centers”。
题目要求找到尚未达成共识的影响因素
2. 原文定位
关键词定位:题干中的核心信息为“experts have not yet agreed on”,需定位至原文中表示争议的句子:“Whether this was caused solely by human activity... or was also related to cosmic causes... is still a hotly debated topic.”
3. 理解定位词相关原文
共识(“a consensus has emerged”):气候变暖变干(climate change toward a warmer and drier environment)是导致崩塌的客观因素。
争议(“hotly debated topic”):崩溃的原因是否仅由人类活动(如大规模农业)引起,或需结合宇宙因素(如地轴旋转)。
4. 选项和定位句同义替换
同义替换识别:选项D(cosmic causes)对应原文“cosmic causes such as the rotation of Earth's axis away from the Sun”。
总结
本题需要考生在快速定位的基础上,精·准区分共识与争议:需严格区分原文中已明确的信息与未决问题,避免混淆。此外,对于捕捉限定词非常重要:如“solely”“also”等词汇直接影响选项的准确性,忽略这些词汇可能导致误判。考生还需要排除答非所问选项:即使选项内容在原文中出现,若与题目问题无关,仍需果断排除。