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普渡哥

   Throughout human history there have been many
   stringent taboos concerning watching other people
   eat or eating in the presence of others. There have been
   attempts to explain these taboos in terms of
5 inappropriate social relationships either between
   those who are involved and those who are not simultaneously
   involved in the satisfaction of a bodily need, or between
   those already satiated and those who appear to
   be shamelessly gorging. Undoubtedly such elements
10 exist in the taboos, but there is an additional element
   with a much more fundamental importance. In prehistoric
   times, when food was so precious and the on-lookers so
   hungry, not to offer half of the little food one had was
   unthinkable, since every glance was a plea
15 for life.
(124 words)


11. If the argument in the passage is valid, taboos
against eating in the presence of others who are
not also eating would be LEAST likely in a society that
(A) had always had a plentiful supply of food
(B) emphasized the need to share worldly goods
(C) had a nomadic rather than an agricultural
way of life
(D) emphasized the value of privacy
(E) discouraged overindulgence


12. The author‘s hypothesis concerning the origin of
taboos against watching other people eat emphasizes the
(A) general palatability of food
(B) religious significance of food
(C) limited availability of food
(D) various sources of food
(E) nutritional value of food


13. Select the sentence in the passage in which the author
suggests that past attempts to explain some taboos
concerning eating are incomplete.

普渡哥

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普渡哥

还有其他答案吗？超过5个就公布正确答案。
否则要等到晚上。。。

ZMFuibe

A，C， Undoubtedly such elements。。。