Years before the advent of plate tectonics―the widely accepted theory, developed in the mid-1960's, the holds that the major features of Earth's surface are created by the horizontal motions of Earth's outer shell, or lithosphere―a similar theory was rejected by the geological community. In 1912, Alfred Wegener proposed, in a widely debated theory that came to be called continental drift, that Earth's continents were mobile. To most geologists today, Wegener's The origin of Continents and Oceans appears an impressive and prescient document, containing several of the essential presumptions underlying plate tectonics theory: the horizontal mobility of pieces of Earth's crust; the essential difference between oceanic and continental crust; and a causal connection between horizontal displacements and the formation of mountain chains. Yet despite the considerable overlap between Wegener's concepts and the later widely embraced plate tectonics theory, and despite the fact that continental drift theory presented a possible solution to the problem of the origin of mountains at a time when existing explanations were seriously in doubt, in its day Wegener's theory was rejected by the vast majority of geologists. Most geologists and many historians today believe that Wegener's theory was rejected because of its lack of an adequate mechanical basis. Stephen Jay Gould, for example, argues that continental drift theory was rejected because it did not explain how continents could move through an apparently solid oceanic floor. However, as Anthony Hallam has pointed out, many scientific phenomena, such as the ice ages, have been accepted before they could be fully explained. The most likely cause for the rejection of continental drift―a cause that has been largely ignored because we consider Wegener's theory to have been validated by the theory of plate tectonics―is the nature of the evidence that was put forward to support it. Most of Wegener's evidence consisted of homologies―similarities of patterns and forms based on direct observations of rocks in the field, supported by the use of hammers, hand lenses, and field notebooks. In contrast, the data supporting plate tectonics were impressively geophysical―instrumental determinations of the physical properties of Earth garnered through the use of seismographs, magnetometers, and computers. 我选了E considerable overlap前面是despite XXX说明这个是个成就，他和后面的反对W的观点的事情是相反的。所以感觉D说用这个词的目的是解释为啥W理论。请老师辨析DE！谢谢！

如果n是19的话n+1才是20。那a20不是应该等于a19+19吗，为什么会加20呢？条件二给的公式不是说a(n+1)=a(n)+n吗？我算的是1+2+...+19+19这样

@陆旭老师 第39题要怎么做呢？

@唐小梅老师 这道题用您的方法咋做呀？

@英吉老师 第715题的b选项为啥不算说了原文解释的对立面。是不是因为它主要讲的是electricity不是fossil fuel？ e选项这个地方算是要知道的常识吗？因为当时排除掉e选项就是因为自己脑袋里根本没有这个概念，感觉与原文无关。但是一旦听你说了，接受了说这个设定我是能理解的。所以以后再碰到这种不确定的情况，就默认判定这个选项是可行的，然后再去结合文章看是否支持原文逻辑链吗？

@陆旭老师 当出现overlapping info时，应该用matrix比较好还是用韦恩图比较好？

@英吉老师 如果这道题选了a，算是犯了什么错误？

请问老师这道题是不是答案给错了？不应该是4+8+12+...+200求和吗

想问一下小梅老师这道题的思路

想问一下小梅老师这道题如何快速得出答案？感觉自己解题思路有问题 2分钟内无法解答 类似题有没有什么快速切入的技巧？

A为什么不行？