In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, many Western Pueblo settlements in what is now the southwestern United States may have possessed distinctly hierarchical organizational structures. These communities’ agricultural systems ―which were “intensive” in the use of labor rather than “extensive” in area ―may have given rise to political leadership that managed both labor and food resources. That formal management of food resources was needed is suggested by the large size of storage spaces located around some communal Great Kivas (underground ceremonial chambers). Though no direct evidence exists that such spaces were used to store food, Western Pueblo communities lacking sufficient arable land to support their populations could have preserved the necessary extra food, including imported foodstuffs, in such apparently communal spaces.
Moreover, evidence of specialization in producing raw materials and in manufacturing ceramics and textiles indicates differentiation of labor within and between communities. The organizational and managerial demands of such specialization strengthen the possibility that a decision making elite existed, an elite whose control over labor, the use of community surpluses, and the acquisition of imported goods would have led to a concentration of economic resources in their own hands. Evidence for differential distribution of wealth is found in burials of the period: some include large quantities of pottery, jewelry, and other artifacts, whereas others from the same sites lack any such materials.
According to the passage, which of the following is probably true of the storage spaces mentioned in line 14?
A.They were used by the community elite for storage of their own food supplies.
B. They served a ceremonial as well as a practical function.
C.Their size is an indication of the wealth of the particular community to which they belonged.
D.Their existence proves that the community to which they belonged imported large amounts of food.
E. They belonged to and were used by the community as a whole.
原文说“That formal management of food resources was needed is suggested by the large size of storage spaces located around some communal Great Kivas underground ceremonial chambers).” ，为什么B不对呢？谢谢大虾！
我第一次做的时候也选的B 但回头看时发现storage spaces located around some communal Great Kivas (underground ceremonial chambers). ceremonial chambers是用来解释communal Great Kivas 的 这并不代表在communal Great Kivas 周边发现的storage也是ceremonial的~相反得出E选项要从整段中推断 就像是计划经济 物品都是属于大家的 只是有专人来分配而已（management of food resources）~
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发表于 2009-6-30 13:34:00
