GMAT/留學申請專業顧問 Donz 之資訊交流園地

在做 Support 題目時，一定要確認主題所陳述的重點，

For example:

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The spacing of the four holes on a fragment of a bone flute excavated at a Neanderthal
campsite is just what is required to play the third through sixth notes of the diatonic scale-the
seven-note musical scale used in much of Western music since the Renaissance.
Musicologists therefore hypothesize that the diatonic musical scale was developed and used
thousands of years before it was adopted by Western musicians.

Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the hypothesis?

A. Bone flutes were probably the only musical instrument made by Neanderthals.
B. No musical instrument that is known to have used a diatonic scale is of an earlier date than the flute found at the Neanderthal campsite.
C. The flute was made from a cave-bear bone and the campsite at which the flute fragment was excavated was in a cave that also contained skeletal remains of cave bears.
D. Flutes are the simplest wind instrument that can be constructed to allow playing a diatonic scale.
E. The cave-bear leg bone used to make the Neanderthal flute would have been long enough to make a flute capable of playing a complete diatonic scale.

Ans:  E

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這題的意思是說，考古學家在尼安德特的洞穴裡發現骨笛上有四個洞，

這四個洞是文藝復興的七音符之中 3~6 音符所需求的。

樂理學家假設音符概念是在西方音樂學家的千年之前就形成了。

在此講解同學最容易錯的答案 (A) 和 (D)， (A): bone flutes 尼安德特唯一的樂器，

(B): flutes 是最簡單可形成音符的吹奏樂器。

兩個答案都在強調 flute 和樂器關聯的獨特性。大部分同學會選的原因是因為，

同學普遍認為只要將笛子和音符樂器的關係連接，就會有加分作用。

但事實上，這題的重點，並不是強調笛子對樂器的獨特性，畢竟題目已經有闡述出笛子和音符的關聯，

我們應該要加強的是笛子和音符樂器的關聯性，而並非強調是否有其他樂器也可吹出音符。

這就好比我們在探討使用機經是否能考高分，我們要討論的是使用機經的加分或扣分效應，

並非討論機經是否為準備 GMAT 的唯一方法。

所以此題答案 (E): 此骨笛的長度可充分吹出完整音符 - 就是加強笛子和音符的關聯性。