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#74075
Complete Question Explanation
The correct answer choice is (B).
Read this question carefully and you will see that we are looking for evidence AGAINST one of the answer choices. That makes this a rare Cannot Be True question. Prephrasing this would be extremely difficult, but we are looking for an answer that is contradicted by, or otherwise disproved by, the text in the passage. Any answer that is true, or which could be true, is a loser.
Answer choice (A): The passage tells us that this is true, so it is incorrect. The issue is not when the moldboard plough was introduced, but whether cereal grain cultivation occurred prior to its introduction.
Answer choice (B): This is the correct answer choice. Closely related to answer A, this is the one that contradicts the facts presented in the passage rather than following from them. Despite the moldboard plough coming much later, the pollen evidence strongly suggests that cultivation of cereal grains was taking place in County Down as far back as 400AD.
Answer choice (C): No evidence is provided either for or against the idea of "cultivated continuously," so this answer is not disproved by the text of the passage. It may or may not be true, but we need an answer that cannot be true.
Answer choice (D): This is a true answer, supported by the text in the third paragraph (and ALL the answers have been about that paragraph, which was very friendly of the test makers since it means we didn't have to do a lot of re-reading in order to answer this question). Because it is true, it is an opposite answer and a loser.
Answer choice (E): We cannot be sure when cereal grain cultivation began, although significant patterns of it start around that time, suggesting that at least it did not become common until around then. This answer could be true, and is certainly not contradicted by the facts, and since we want something that is disproved by the passage that makes it a wrong answer.
The correct answer choice is (B).
Read this question carefully and you will see that we are looking for evidence AGAINST one of the answer choices. That makes this a rare Cannot Be True question. Prephrasing this would be extremely difficult, but we are looking for an answer that is contradicted by, or otherwise disproved by, the text in the passage. Any answer that is true, or which could be true, is a loser.
Answer choice (A): The passage tells us that this is true, so it is incorrect. The issue is not when the moldboard plough was introduced, but whether cereal grain cultivation occurred prior to its introduction.
Answer choice (B): This is the correct answer choice. Closely related to answer A, this is the one that contradicts the facts presented in the passage rather than following from them. Despite the moldboard plough coming much later, the pollen evidence strongly suggests that cultivation of cereal grains was taking place in County Down as far back as 400AD.
Answer choice (C): No evidence is provided either for or against the idea of "cultivated continuously," so this answer is not disproved by the text of the passage. It may or may not be true, but we need an answer that cannot be true.
Answer choice (D): This is a true answer, supported by the text in the third paragraph (and ALL the answers have been about that paragraph, which was very friendly of the test makers since it means we didn't have to do a lot of re-reading in order to answer this question). Because it is true, it is an opposite answer and a loser.
Answer choice (E): We cannot be sure when cereal grain cultivation began, although significant patterns of it start around that time, suggesting that at least it did not become common until around then. This answer could be true, and is certainly not contradicted by the facts, and since we want something that is disproved by the passage that makes it a wrong answer.