不难看出,有3处明显的substitution: prehistorical - primitive, speak - expressing, validity - effective. 意识到这些同义代换就为判断是非打开了绿色通道,虽然原文中的prehistorical 被换成了题目中primitive,意思上略有差异,但在上述段落的背景下,考生应该能意识到这二者所指的是一样的。答案为:YES.
该题考察的核心是词汇,上述代换的词汇属于基本层面的单词,而且意思理解上也并不艰难,所以考生应该获得一个信息,雅思词汇并非总是求高,求难,掌握基本的实用词汇才是硬道理。
Q34. It has been suggested that humans brain size evolved gradually.
该题的题目相对容易,但定位需耗时稍长,直至全篇文章的倒数第四段,才在首句看到原文: The additional piece of evidence that makes this paradox all the more significant is that brain size did not just leap between human species in a direct line of ascent towards ourselves.
如果以brain size 作为关键词,找到上述出处也算是有据可依。原文中...did not just leap between human species... 出现的leap在意义上相当于evolve. 考生应当了解到,在理解乏术,判断无门的情况下,多读上下文,了解背景信息,避免断章取义是行之有效的方法。
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