1216身高的人是不是GWD32-Q12

Historical documents have revealed

that among the
                        Timucua. Of Florida, a

Native American people, the best from

       the hunt or the harvest was given to

5)   families of high social status, even in

times of economic stress. Archae-

ological research suggests a similar

relationship between social status and

diet in the Dallas communities of eastern

10)  Tennessee, prehistoric Native American

groups with a social organization and

economy similar to that of the Timucua.

The first real clue came when archae-

ologists discovered that skeletons of

15)                higher-status individuals tended to be

several centimeters taller than those of

people of lower states.

In the largest Dallas communities,

some individuals were buried in the

20) earthen mounds that served as sub-

structures for buildings important to

civic and religious affairs. These

burials included quantities of finely

carried items made of nonlocal material,

25)  denoting the high political standing of

those interred. Burials of lower-status

individuals contained primarily utilitarian

items such as cooking vessels and

chipped stone tools and are located

30)  in more remote sections of the settle-

ments. The burials actually formed

a pattern, the tallest skeletons being

found in the mounds, and the heights

declining as burials became more

35)  distant from the mounds. While it is

possible that taller people were simply

more successful in achieving high social

standing, it is more likely that a number

of stresses, including those resulting

40) from a relatively poor diet, which could

affect stature, were common among the

lower-status groups

Excavations indicate that where food

categories made up the bulk of the

45)  population’s diet: agricultural crops

cultivated in the fertile alluvial soils

where the communities were located,

game, and wild edible plants, primarily

nuts. Information about dietary variation

50)  among community members is derived

by analyzing trace elements in human

bone. Higher than normal levels of

manganese, strontium, and vanadium

probably indicate a less nutritious diet

55)  heavily dependent on edible plants.

Very low concentrations of vanadium,

which is scarce in meats and some-

what lower in nuts than in other plant

resources, are good evidence of

60)        meat consumption and thus a better

balanced-diet. As expected, vana-

dium was found in considerably greater

quantities in skeletons in the burials of

lower-status groups.

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Q12

In lines 35_38, the author of the passage raises the possibility that taller people achieved greater success most probably in order to

A.     suggest that two explanations for a phenomenon are equally plausible

B.     introduce empirical data supporting a position

C.     anticipate an objection to an argument

D.     question the usefulness of relying solely on physical evidence

E.      point out a weakness in a traditional argument