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Excavations of the Roman city of Sepphoris have uncovered numerous detailed mosaics depicting several readily identifiable animal species: a hare, a partridge, and various Mediterranean fish. Oddly, most of the species represented did not live in the Sepphoris region when these mosaics were created. Since identical motifs appear in mosaics found in other Roman cities, however, the mosaics of Sepphoris were very likely created by traveling artisans from some other part of the Roman Empire.

Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?

AThe Sepphoris mosaics are not composed exclusively of types of stones found naturally in the Sepphoris area.
BThere is no single region to which all the species depicted in the Sepphoris mosaics are native.
CNo motifs appear in the Sepphoris mosaics that do not also appear in the mosaics of some other Roman city.
DAll of the animal figures in the Sepphoris mosaics are readily identifiable as representations of known species.
EThere was not a common repertory of mosaic designs with which artisans who lived in various parts of the Roman Empire were familiar.

正确答案: E

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假设题当只剩下两个选项不好区分的时候，就取非，看哪个能驳斥：
C： No motifs appear in the Sepphoris mosaics that do not also appear in the mosaics of some other Roman city.
取非：有主题出现在S马赛克之中，这种马赛克没有出现在其他罗马城市里。
这个不能驳斥：
（1）这个主题是不是原文说的马赛克呢？
（2）这种马赛克没有出现在其他城市，而主题出现在其他城市。无法驳斥原文结论。

There was not a common repertory of mosaic designs with which artisans who lived in various parts of the Roman Empire were familiar.
取非：有一个通用的图案，这个图案是住在不同地区的人都很熟悉的。
其实是提供了另外一种解释，因此可以驳斥结论。