TPO4第1篇阅读 第6题的题干看不懂

The numbers of deer have fluctuated markedly since the entry of Europeans into Puget Sound country. The early explorers and settlers told of abundant deer in the early 1800s and yet almost in the same breath bemoaned the lack of this succulent game animal. Famous explorers of the north American frontier, Lewis and Clark arrived at the mouth of the Columbia River on November 14, 1805, in nearly starved circumstances. They had experienced great difficulty finding game west of the Rockies and not until the second of December did they kill their first elk. To keep 40 people alive that winter, they consumed approximately 150 elk and 20 deer. And when game moved out of the lowlands in early spring, the expedition decided to return east rather than face possible starvation. Later on in the early years of the nineteenth century, when Fort Vancouver became the headquarters of the Hudson's Bay Company, deer populations continued to fluctuate. David Douglas, Scottish botanical explorer of the 1830s, found a disturbing change in the animal life around the fort during the period between his first visit in 1825 and his final contact with the fort in 1832. A recent Douglas biographer states:" The deer which once picturesquely dotted the meadows around the fort were gone , hunted to extermination in order to protect the crops."

6.According to paragraph 3, how had Fort Vancouver changed by the time David Douglas returned in 1832?
A） The fort had become the headquarters for the Hudson's Bay Company.
B） Deer had begun populating the meadows around the fort.
C） Deer populations near the fort had been destroyed.
D） Crop yields in the area around the fort had decreased.

我的原始思路是这样的，题目问的是在1932年DD回来的时候，FV已经发生了哪些变化（我一直认定主角是FV）。根据题干1832定位到本段倒数第2句，但找不到FV，再向上找到倒数第3句，发现了FV。根据原文“Fort Vancouver became the headquarters of the Hudson's Bay Company"，对比后发现A是如此完美。BCD错是因为没提主角FV
但我有2个疑点我始终解不开
1）根据211原则，如果选项中有2个的含义截然相反，那么答案必定是其中1个。例如本题BC，B说鹿数量增加了而C说鹿已经灭绝，据此应该选B或C
2）A似乎跟本段的topic sentence无关，本段甚至全文都是在讲鹿的数量变化，而A跟鹿的数量变化毫无关系

原谅我的too young too naive，这题我一直搞不懂为何A是错的，莫非是题干理解有误？题干不是说在1932年DD回来的时候，FV已经发生了哪些变化么？跪求解释，跪求拍醒！！！

1. 这段主要是讲deer的数量变化，主要特点是fluctuate，所以这道题针对的并不是FV，而是deer的变化，所以即使A陈述的是正确的，那么和题想问的也没关系；
2. 题干中提到的DD returned in 1832 就表达出来一种找对比的信息，那么应该关注的是本段最后一句话，A recent这句，里面的once 和 hunted to extermination就是在暗示答案，once 对应了前一句（红色标注）中DD 1825 first arrive和 1832 final contact with fort，表达出一种对比，为了指出deer number的disturbing change，所以最后一句的隐含背景时间就是1832，当他最后一次contact with fort， 有了这样的变化

所以C选项更好，如有错误，望请指正

torchvip 发表于 2015-11-18 20:03
1. 这段主要是讲deer的数量变化，主要特点是fluctuate，所以这道题针对的并不是FV，而是deer的变化，所以即 ...

你排除A也是貌似基于A是跟本段主题无关
但是题干所问的问题该怎么理解呢？
1832年DD返回的时候，FV是怎么变化的？问的是FV的情况，回答难道不应该围绕FV来么？
例如这个问题：2015年你毕业的时候，体重发生了哪些变化？
A 体重增加20斤
B 身高保持不变
C 肤色变黑
D 肤色变白
问题问的是体重是如何变化的，答案难道不也应该围绕体重来展开么？
求解

FV可能在1825年以前就是总部，所以1825到1832它的地位一直没有变。我查了一下F，至少在1820s到1830s时它确实一直都是总部。

原文没有直接给出FV是在David Douglas那段时间才成为总部的，它可能已经作为总部很久了。

我不太能理解你们在说什么。。。
FV是地名地名地名，你标红字的那句就是说david第一次来和1832第二次来，发现整个fort的动物数量变化，最后一句引号里，说以前到处都是的deer都消失了。