tpo27阅读第一篇答案(2)
A.printable
B.enjoyable
C.recognizable
D.available
11.Paragraph 4 suggests which of the following about the significances ofMesopotamian cylinder seals?
A.They were designed more for home than for legal use.
B.They demonstrate that their creators were professionals.
C.They were the first example of seals made from materials other than stone.
D.They were the first example of carved seals.
12.According to paragraph 4, one of the artistic achievements of the late Uruk culturewas
A.Its sophisticated sculpture and relief carving.
B.Its architecturally complex monuments.
C.Its invention of stamp seals carved from stone.
D.Its use of highly refined glassy stoneware.
13. Look at the four squares [■] that indicate where the following sentence could beadded to the passage. Where would the sentence best fit? When viewed on the curvedsurface of the cylinder, the image looked distorted, but the carved image served onlyas a mold.
Objects themselves suggest that they were the work of skilled professionals. In the late Urukperiod(3500-3100 B.C.E.), there first appeared a type of object that remained characteristicfor Mesopotamia throughout its entire history: the cylinder seal. ■【A】This was a smallcylinder, usually no more than 3 centimeters high and 2 centimeters in diameter, of shell,bone, faience (a glassy type of stoneware), or various types of stones, on which a scene wascarved into the surface. ■【B】When rolled over a soft material----primarily the clay of bullae(round seals), tablets, or clay lumps attached to boxes,jars, or door bolts----the scene wouldappear in relief, easily legible. ■【C】The technological knowledge needed to carved it was farsuperior to that for stamp seals, which had happened in the early Neolithic period(approximately 10,000-5000 B.C.E.). ■【D】From the first appearance of cylinder seals, thecarved scenes could be highly elaborate and refined, indicating the work of specialist stone-cutters. Similarly, the late Uruk period shows the first monumental art, relief, and statuary inthe round, made with a degree of mastery that only a professional could have produced.
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.
Uruk, located in ancientMesopotamia, flourished in the fourth millennium B.C.E. andwas the first cityin human history.
A.A variety of evidence indicates that Uruk, while it supported itself primarily by agriculture,also had specialized craft workers.
B.The monumental sculptures of Uruk were made by the specialist stone cutters who alsoproduced small-scale relief scenes on shell, bone and faience.
C.The large number, standardized sizes, and simple molded construction of a type of potteryproduced in Uruk demonstrate specialized, centrally organized mass production.
D.Cylinder seals from the late Uruk period are far superior to the stamp earlier Neolithic period.
E.Archaeological evidence from across the Near East indicates that Uruk was a center for theproduction and export of highly decorated pottery made by craft specialists in private homes.
F.The carved designs on cylinder seals produced in Uruk are of such technical and artisticexcellence that they could only have been produced by professional artisans.
tpo27阅读第一篇答案
1.找到句子主谓宾，主语是scholars，谓语assume，宾语是从句说“当地住民可以自给自足……”根据这些信息去对照选项，很容易得到D。A选项说不依赖于农业，与原文矛盾;B说学者不能确定农业产品是否够用，也不对;C的前半句就错了，并且原句也没有因果的逻辑关系，排除。
2.surpassing, 超出，优于。A. 在……之前;B. 超出;C.挑战;D比……长久。根据词义可选出B。从原文理解，这句话中出现了dominant size证明其占有主导地位，其size大于其他居民地，所以很容易得到“超过”的词义。
3.A对应于原文第二句后半句，B对应第一题的高亮句，C与原文矛盾，Uruk 是最大的settlement，D对应高亮句，说他们可以自给自足。
4.原文这句话前半句说被抛弃了，后面又说被发现了。中间的still有轻微的转折意味，所以应该是再说虽然被扔掉了，但是依然怎么样，然后被大量发现了。可以通过带入的方式来排除。A未售的，不对。B没用过的，也不通顺。C未受损的，通顺，选。 D未上色的，文章没提到，也跟原句逻辑不符。
5.A，原文说不知道为什么被抛弃了，错。B，原文说这种陶器长得都一样(made in a mold)，而且没有decoration。C，原文对其style进行了描述说它是一种很浅的用模具做得碗。因此可知它的style是很统一的。D正确对应原文“hence, in only a limited number of standard sizes”.
6.A原文并没说不从事农业的人有更高的社会地位。B原文第二句but…说有些人开始了specializedactivities，正确选。C对应原文第四句，说这种碗是“undecorated， utilitarian”，所以C错。 D原文第三句说到了growth of variety，而选项说单一，所以矛盾，不选。
7.根据textile production定位至第二句。已用红色部分标出。原文写到的，have been centrallyadministered。于此可判断B，D错误，C根据from later third millennium texts证明是被documented，所以C不对。正确答案为A，对应vital in the economy。
8.interpreted是解释的意思。A有文件证明;B是争论;C是显示;D是理解。这里带入后可以知道D选项最合适，has been interpreted as……后面是对metal producing workshop的作用进行了解释。
9.前面几段都提到了各种类型的mass production，这段第一句也又一次提到了certain goods were latermade by skilled artisian。A，D都不对，因为原文没有对比的逻辑。C也不符合上下文逻辑，文章本段主题也不是这个。B正确。
10.原词为清晰的意思。A是可排版的，B是有趣味的，C是可看清的，可辨认的，D是可利用的。C正确。根据那一句的词义，说出现的怎么样，也可以轻易退出应该用清晰的出现。
11.整段文章都在写cylinder seal ，本段的第一句话也就是中心句说Objects themselves suggest thatthey were the work of skilled professionals,证明这段是在举例说明去professional skill，因此选择B。
12.A
13.这里要插入的句子是说这个印章的表面非常的扭曲，但只是作为了一个模型。这里出现了转折。那证明后面应该会出现与其相反的态度的描述。A处刚开始描述印章的样子，到B处插入句子非常流畅，自然而然的说到了印章的表面。B处之后出现了转折说印在软质地材料上的图案非常清晰。逻辑合理。C，D逻辑都不通。
14.A正确，选，对应文章第一段的高亮句(第一题)和第二段第二句。B无明显错误，对应最后一段的倒数第三局，但只是细节，不选。C原文并没有说做这个monumental sculpture的人和做印章的是一样的人。D错误，highly decorated pottery与原文矛盾，原文第二段第四句说undecorated utilitarian pottery.E正确，选，对应原文第二段。F正确，选。对应原文最后一段。