剑桥雅思13Test2阅读P1答案+解析（二）

## 剑桥雅思真题13Test2阅读P1-Bringing cinnamon to Europe答案+解析 **Reading Passage 1, Questions 10-13** 10.True 11.False 12.Not given 13.False 10.The Portuguese had control over the cinnamon trade in Ceylon throughout the 16th century. 答案：True 题干翻译：在整个16世纪，葡萄牙人都控制着锡兰岛的肉桂贸易。 题目解析：第 3 段最后 2 句话“In 1518, the Portuguese built a fort on Ceylon, which enabled them to protect the island, so helping them to develop a monopoly in the cinnamon trade and generate very high profits. In the late 16th century, for example, they enjoyed a tenfold profit when shipping cinnamon over a journey of eight days from Ceylon to India.”这里题干说的是葡萄牙人在整个 16 世纪都控制着肉桂贸易。定位到第 3 段结尾处，这里提到的是关于葡萄牙人对肉桂贸易的控制，直到 16 世纪末都控制着，如果还没有办法知道是否正确，其实我们可以看下一段，Dutch 是 17 世纪初才到达的，所以可以确定这里的答案是 TRUE。 11.The Dutch took over the cinnamon trade from the Portuguese as soon as they arrived in Ceylon. 答案：False 题干翻译：荷兰人在到达锡兰岛的时候就从葡萄牙人手中夺去了肉桂生意的控制权。 题目解析：第 4 段第 4 句“ By 1640, the Dutch broke the 150-year Portuguese monopoly when they overran and occupied their factories.” 这里题干说的是荷兰人一到达，就取代了葡萄牙的肉桂贸易。上题我们看了第 4 段的第一句话中说荷兰人是 17 世纪初到达的，但是这里第 4 句话说到直到 1640 才打破葡萄牙肉桂贸易的垄断，所以并不是一到达就取代的，答案是 FALSE。 12.The trees planted by the Dutch produced larger quantities of cinnamon than the wild trees. 答案：NOT GIVEN 题目翻译：荷兰人种植的树木生长的肉桂数量要比野生树木的肉桂数量 题目解析：第 5 段最后一句“ Eventually, the Dutch began cultivating their own cinnamon trees to supplement the diminishing number of wild trees available for use.”题干说的是荷兰人种的肉桂比野生的树产量更大，这里文章中说到荷兰人培养肉桂树只说是因为野生树木的减少，并没有对比关于产量的问题，所以是 NOT GIVEN。 13.The spice trade maintained its economic importance during the 19th century. 答案：False 题干翻译：19世纪，香料贸易仍然维持着它的经济重要性。 题目解析：第 6 段最后一句“ Not only was a monopoly of cinnamon becoming impossible, but the spice trade overall was diminishing in economic potential, and was eventually superseded by the rise of trade in coffee, tea, chocolate, and suga”题干中说的是这种香料的贸易在 19 世纪一直维持经济重要性。我们按照题目的顺序原则接着上题往后看，说到肉桂贸易的重要性是在最后一段的最后一部分，说不仅仅肉桂的垄断是不可能的，这种香料贸易整体的经济潜力也在下降，所以很明显和题干相反，答案是 FALSE。