Q5: According to the passage, the inhabitants of the Andean highlands resolved the problem of unequal resource distribution primarily in which of the following ways? A. Following self-sufficient agricultural practices B. Increasing commodity production from the ecological zones in the highland basins C. Increasing their reliance on long-distance trade networks D. Establishing satellite communities throughout the Andean highlands E. Establishing production forces in ecological zones beyond their parent communities Answer:E 选A,D选项不全面。E选项说超越他们的母基地之外建立production force,原文没有直接说beyond。 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Q6: The passage suggests that as a way of addressing the problem of different resource distribution in the preindustrial world, the practice of vertical economy differed from the use of long-distance trade networks in that vertical economy allowed A. commodities to reach the end consumer faster B. a wide variety of agricultural goods to reach the end consumer C. a single group to maintain control over the production process D. greater access to commodities from lower, warmer climatic zones E. greater use of self-sufficient agricultural techniques Answer:C 选C,D选项没有说出两者间的区别。 C -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Q7: The passage suggests that for an Andean highland village attempting to resolve the problem of unequal resource distribution, the strategy known as compressed verticality would probably be inappropriate for which of the following situations? A. The village’s location is such that it is difficult for the village to participate in long-distance trade networks. B. The village does not have the resources to establish permanent satellite communities in production zones beyond the home community. C. The warm-land crop regions nearest to the village are all below 6,000 feet. D. The location of the village does not provide ready access to an adequate variety of ecological zones. E. The nearest crop production zones are located below the village, while the nearest pasturelands are located above the village. Answer 选D,原文46-48行取非 |