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1、图例：黑色：一题重复绿色：两题重复蓝色：三题重复红色：四题及以上1.WovenbasketscharacterizedbyaparticulardistinctivepatternhavepreviouslybeenfoundonlyintheimmediatevicinityoftheprehistoricvillageofPaleaandthereforewerebelievedtohavebeenmadeonlybythePaleanpeople.Recently,however,archaeologistsdis

2、coveredsucha"Palean"basketinLithos,anancientvillageacrosstheBrimRiverfromPalea.TheBrimRiverisverydeepandbroad,andsotheancientPaleanscouldhavecrosseditonlybyboat,andnoPaleanboatshavebeenfound.Thusitfollowsthattheso-calledPaleanbasketswerenotuniquelyPalean.Writeare

3、sponseinwhichyoudiscusswhatspecificevidenceisneededtoevaluatetheargumentandexplainhowtheevidencewouldweakenorstrengthentheargument.a.Theauthor’sconclusioninthepassageisthatthenewfindinginanotherancientvillageimpliedthatthePaleanbasketswerenotuniquelyproducedinPal

4、ea.Thelogicbehindthisconclusionisthatfirst,theBrimRiverisverydeepandbroad;theonlywaytocrosstheriveristobyboat;andnoPaleanboatshadbeenfound,sothePaleancouldneverhavecrossedtheriver;SothebasketmustbemadeinLithos.b.Beyondtheauthors’logic,therearefewassumptionsthatco

5、uldbeinferred:firstly,theBrimRiverisverydeepandbroadatancienttime.Thereisnoanyhintoftimewhendescribingtheriverinthepassage,sowedon’tknowwhetherthisisthepresentBrimRiverortheancientriver.JordanRiver,theriverthatwascutoffandstandupinaheaptolettheIsraelpeoplecrossle

6、adingbyJoshuaintheOldTestamentandtheriverthatoncebaptizedJesusChristintheNewTestamenttimeisnowfacingrunningoutofwater.Similarly,whocouldsaythatariverthatwasbroadanddeepnowhadbeenagreatriverforthousandsofyears?c.EvenifweassumethattheBrimRiverwasbroadanddeepatthatt

7、ime,theauthorproposedanotherunjustifiablestatementthattheonlywaytocrosstheriverisbyboat,andthisisonlybecausetheriverisbroadanddeep.Theauthorclearlyunderestimatestheintelligenceofancientpeople:couldtheyhavebuiltanybridgeorsimilartobridgetohelpthemcrosstheriver?Ift

8、hereisnobridgelikething,willtheriverbefrozeninwintersotheycanwalkacrosstheriverontheice?Orcouldtheyuseothermethodlikeputtingthingsinthebasketandpushitacrossthe