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joe11

Q4 to Q6:

      In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries,

many Western Pueblo settlements

in what is now the southwestern United

Line     States may have possessed distinctly

(5)        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 polit-

(10)      ical 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

(15)      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

(20)      sufficient arable land to support their

            populations could have preserved

            the necessary extra food, including

            imported foodstuffs, in such appar­ently

            communal spaces.

(25)            Moreover, evidence of special­ization

            in producing raw materials and

            in manufacturing ceramics and textiles

            indicates differentiation of labor within

            and between communities. The orga-

(30)      nizational 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 sur-

(35)      pluses, 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 buri-

(40)      als of the period:  some include large

            quantities of pottery, jewelry, and other

            artifacts, whereas others from the same

            sites lack any such materials.

Q5:
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.

Suggested answer is B.

Question:

  How to rule out D and E?

似水年华

我认为答案是E。in such appar­ently

            communal spaces.

B 肯定不对，是说他在ceremonial  House 旁边。

JerryGuan

我也错了。后来发现：

(15)      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

(20)      sufficient arable land to support their

            populations could have preserved

            the necessary extra food, including

            imported foodstuffs, in such appar­ently

            communal spaces.

L16 是ceremonial

L17-24 是Practical

故B对。

E答案文中未提到。

D并不是它们的存在prove了进口货物，而是

lacking

(20)      sufficient arable land to support their

            populations

证明了后面

gmatgamester

也是先错了E，对答案后仔细看了一下还是B对。我选E时其实有点想当然。

createdream

(B)  is open to question, because:

原文是：

             。。。storage spaces located

(15)      around some communal Great Kivas

            (underground ceremonial chambers).

很明显： Great Kiva 或 chambers 是 （B）中所说的“served a ceremonial as well as a practical function”， 而storage spaces只是around 它们，怎可能在它们四周就和它们一样呢？  俺要是站在780的NN旁边也成NN了吗？ 显然不是嘛。

createdream

以下是引用似水年华在2004-12-9 19:27:00的发言：

我认为答案是E。in such appar­ently

            communal spaces.

B 肯定不对，是说他在ceremonial  House 旁边。

同意！！

（B）所说符合chambers or Greate Kivas 而不是 storage spaces, storage spaces 只是在chambers or Greate Kivas四周。  俺站在750NN身边就也成NN了吗？显然不成立嘛.

whitesand

同意,createdream, 选E
but 为什么一会儿占在780NN身边,一会又站750NN身边去了? 偶都不知道该站拿哪个身边站才好了, 比B,E还难选.

concong

同意E

        may have given rise to polit-

(10) ical leadership that managed both

        labor and food resources.

lypwilliam

我也同意E，in such appar­ently  communal spaces.  选B不妥，尽管文章说没有证据表明位于地下活动室边上的大空间是用来装食物的，但文章可没说这些大空间用来served a ceremonial  function了，而是绞尽脑汁的证明这些空间肯定是装食物的。

如果选B，我想……我想站在790的NN身边……

hpp920

storage spaces located

(15)      around some communal Great Kivas

            (underground ceremonial chambers).

同意,我也选的E, 感觉ETS真是够赖的,尽找些孪生兄弟让我们猜( 考试的时候哪能看这么仔细呀!