tpo29阅读及答案(2)
B.The quality of the amphorae used at the port was not very good.
C.The scale of the trade made it possible to waste quality amphorae sometimes.
D.The importing of oil from overseas gradually declined, reducing the need for potterycontainers.
10.The statement that "maps show the various spots where Roman pottery ofaparticular type has been found tell only part of the story" makes the point that
A.maps indicate where specific pottery styles have been found, but they do not indicatewhere these styles originated.
B.maps show the geographical spread of Roman pottery but not the people who had accessto it.
C.maps do not usually include pottery styles found in the remotest regions the Roman Empire.
D.archaeologist studying Roman pottery need to use a range of techniques in theirinvestigations.
11.The word "humble" in the passage is closest in meaning to
A.rural.
B.distant.
C.ancient.
D.modest.
12.The word "particular" in the passage is closest in meaning to
A.specific.
B.common.
C.ancient.
D.superior.
13. Look at the four squares [■] that indicate where the following sentence could beadded to the passage. Where would the sentence best fit? That is because residents ofa city did not usually discard used pottery at the same site over a long period of time.
■【A】Only rarely can we derive any "real" quantities from deposits of brokenpots. ■【B】However, there is one exceptional dump, which does represent a very large part of thesite's total history of consumption and for which an estimate of quantity has been produced. ■【C】On the left bank of the Tiber River in Rome, by one of the river ports of the ancient city,is a substantial hill some 50 meters high called Monte Testaccio. ■【D】It is made up entirely ofbroken oil amphorae, mainly of the second and third centuries A.D. It has been estimated thatMonte Testaccio contains the remains of some 53 million amphorae, in which around 6,000million liters of oil were imported into the city from overseas,imports into imperial Rome weresupported by the full might of the state and were therefore quite exceptional- but the size ofthe operations at Monte Testaccio, and the productivity and complexity that lay behindthem,nonetheless cannot fail to impress. This was a society with similarities to modernone-moving goods on a gigantic scal, manufacturing high-quality containers to do so, andoccasionally, as here, even discarding them on delivery.
14. Directions: An introductory sentence for a brief summary of the passage isprovided below. Complete the summary by selecting the THREE answer choices thatexpress the most important ideas in the passage. Some sentences do not belong in thesummary because they express ideas that are not presented in the passage or areminor ideas in the passage. This question is worth 2 points.
The pottery of the ancient RomanEmpire is remarkable.
A.Roman pottery is considered to be practical and of consistently high quality.
B.Roman pottery was transported over long distances, and different levels of society hadaccess to quality pottery.
C.Archaeologists looking for the remains of Roman pottery concentrate on urban sitesbecause that is where the oldest pieces of kitchenware and amphorae have been found.
D.Even though the exact quantity of pottery produced by the Romans is almost impossibleto calculate, it is certain that is was produced in large quantities.
E.People are not familiar with the whole range of pottery of Romans created because most ofthe available pieces represent only a limited number of styles and shapes.
F.It is still unclear to archaeologists what the role of the Roman state in the commercialsuccess of Roman pottery was.
tpo29阅读答案
1.对应原文第二句。A原文并没有对amphorae和pottery的比较。C原文提到了快速转轮和烧窑的使用，但并没说因此陶器质量就下降了。D提到了陶器在Mediterranean的广泛使用，但是没有种类间的比较。
2.只有C和原文的描写冲突。
3.四个选项分别对应红色标记部分。D选项对应的最后一句和原文矛盾，原文说一眼看上去这个pot是非常现代化的。但实际很古老了。因此its true age并不明显。D错误。
4.这一段的主题就是第一句，强调了massive quantity。因此后面提到work of archaelogists也是为了支持这个主题。因此选A。
5.Substantial是大量的，实质的等意。A是保护的;B是人工的;D是著名的。只有C是大的。所以选择C。而且这里也描述了50 meters high也是描述了它的大小。所以应选择与大小有关的。
6.这里介绍Monte Testaccil是在支持本段的论点。回到原文这段的第一句可以看到原文说"很难通过brokenpot来确定那个时期的pot产量，而Monte Testaccil确实个例外。所以也就是说可以通过这个dump遗址得到当时的quantities。选C
7.Entirely是完全的，整个的。A是明显的，B是完全的，C是基本的，D是大部分的。这里B最符合。
8.根据Tiber River定位，看到后面的描述说around 6000 million liters of oil were imported into cityform oversea。那么也就是说当时的进出口贸易非常繁华。对应答案D。
9.根据原文discarded定位到原文最后一句。如同现代工业社会一样，大量生产和需求，但是背后的生产力并不能满足之类的。所以在运送的时候也是如此。有时大量运送就难免会有打碎的。因此选择C。A原文没提到;B原文也没说，而且前文一直在说pot都是high quality的。D这里也没说到oil和pottery的关系。
10.这里说Map只是tell part of the story，那么证明能得到roman pottery的不仅是map描画的范围，应该会有更大的范围;从而来支持这一段的中心句，over substantial distances。A选项错误，styles是从罗马来的。C，D跟原文也没关系。而B符合，说maps在一定程度上说明了罗马陶器的地理散播，但并不是所有能得到陶器的人。
11.Humble谦虚的，简陋的。也可以通过and的并列形式推断词义，后面是isolated，与世隔绝的，那么也可以引申为，偏远的，落后的。所以humble应该是相近的意思。此处A是干扰项，乡村的，田园的。但是少了简陋那层意思。用D最合适。
12.Particular特别的，特指的。A是特别的，符合原文意思。这里也说得是什么的类型。可以依照上文推断。B是常见的，C是原始的，D是先进的。
13.这里要插入的句子中出现了that is because，那么that肯定是指代了前文的某个现象，然后用要插入的这句话进行解释。句子第一句说，很少有遗址可以表明这种陶器的产量，第二局说但是有一个例外。那么应该是先解释原因，再说例外的情况。That指代的就是第一句话描述的现象。因此插入第二个空。
14.A、B正确，对应文章第一段和第二段，第一段重点说high quality，第二段说不仅是审美考虑也是practical的。E正确，对于原文最后一段。