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GRE阅读题目解析:玛雅遗址

2016-12-22 12:22:00来源:网络

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  Excavations at a Mayan site have uncovered jewelry workshops located some distance from the center of the site on roads radiating outward from the center.

  对一处玛雅文明遗址的挖掘中,发现了若干珠宝工坊,散落于由遗址中心向外散射的路上,相隔一定的距离。

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  Since the nobility lived only in the area of the center, archaeologists conclude that these workshops made jewelry, not for the nobility, but for a middle class that must have been prosperous enough to afford it.

  因为贵族只住在中心区域,于是考古学家们认为,这些工坊不为贵族生产的珠宝,而是服务于一些,已经足够富裕到可以消费这些珠宝的中产阶级。

  1. The archaeologists' argument assumes which of the following about the artisans who worked in the workshops'

  (A) They were themselves prosperous members of a middle class.

  (B) They lived near their workshops.

  (C) Their products were not made from the same materials as was jewelry for the nobility.

  (D) They worked full-time at making jewelry and did not engage in farming

  (E) They did not take the jewelry they had made in the workshops to clients who were members of the nobility.

  选E

  题目问我们,考古学家们得出文中的结论,基于哪个关于工匠的假设,非常典型的GRE逻辑题的问法,建议结合分析性写作去理解它考察的目标。

  A 他们自己就是富裕的中产阶级。未知项。

  B 他们住在工坊附近。未知项。

  C 他们生产的珠宝,跟供给贵族的用料上有差别。乱聊项。

  D 他们是全职匠人不种地。啧啧啧项。

  E 他们不送货。

  显然是支撑考古学家论证的关键假设,如果这个假设不成立,那么论证就不成立。如果工匠们是送货的,那么就算离开城镇中心的贵族聚居区,也仍然可能是为贵族生产的,跟中产阶层无关。所以你看,考古学家们的结论,可以说相当不靠谱。

  扩展一个分析性写作的练习,请你思考这样一个问题:

  假定工匠们的确是为贵族生产珠宝,那么有什么可能的理由,让工坊的选址在某种程度上远离城镇中心的区域呢?

  可能的原因:

  1 身份问题。也许工匠的社会阶序相当低,属于某种“贱民”,没有资格在中心区工作和居住。

  2 交通问题。也许这样的选址离燃料供给路线更近,也许把贵重品加工作坊设在闹市区,无法有效保安。

  以上就是新东方在线GER频道为你带来的GRE阅读题目解析:玛雅遗址,更多精彩敬请关注新东方在线GRE频道。


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