GWD-32-Q12

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GWD32-Q12
Historical documents have revealed
that among the Timucua. Of Florida, a
Native American people, the best from
the hunt or the harvest was given to
5) families of high social status, even in
times of economic stress. Archae-
ological research suggests a similar
relationship between social status and
diet in the Dallas communities of eastern
10) Tennessee, prehistoric Native American
groups with a social organization and
economy similar to that of the Timucua.
The first real clue came when archae-
ologists discovered that skeletons of
15) higher-status individuals tended to be
several centimeters taller than those of
people of lower states.
In the largest Dallas communities,
some individuals were buried in the
20) earthen mounds that served as sub-
structures for buildings important to
civic and religious affairs. These
burials included quantities of finely
carried items made of nonlocal material,
25) denoting the high political standing of
those interred. Burials of lower-status
individuals contained primarily utilitarian
items such as cooking vessels and
chipped stone tools and are located
30) in more remote sections of the settle-
ments. The burials actually formed
a pattern, the tallest skeletons being
found in the mounds, and the heights
declining as burials became more
35) distant from the mounds. While it is
possible that taller people were simply
more successful in achieving high social
standing, it is more likely that a number
of stresses, including those resulting
40) from a relatively poor diet, which could
affect stature, were common among the
lower-status groups
Excavations indicate that where food
categories made up the bulk of the
45) population’s diet: agricultural crops
cultivated in the fertile alluvial soils
where the communities were located,
game, and wild edible plants, primarily
nuts. Information about dietary variation
50) among community members is derived
by analyzing trace elements in human
bone. Higher than normal levels of
manganese, strontium, and vanadium
probably indicate a less nutritious diet
55) heavily dependent on edible plants.
Very low concentrations of vanadium,
which is scarce in meats and some-
what lower in nuts than in other plant
resources, are good evidence of
60) meat consumption and thus a better
balanced-diet. As expected, vana-
dium was found in considerably greater
quantities in skeletons in the burials of
lower-status groups.
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Q12
In lines 35_38, the author of the passage raises the possibility that taller people achieved greater success most probably in order to

A. suggest that two explanations for a phenomenon are equally plausible
B. introduce empirical data supporting a position
C. anticipate an objection to an argument
D. question the usefulness of relying solely on physical evidence
E. point out a weakness in a traditional argument

答案是c

[dibert8]

文章結構: I) 介紹 Timucua 在 FL, 有類似的種族在 Dallas, TN ; II) 藉 Dallas 這一支作解說 I,現象一,提出可能的反對意見; III) 解說現象二,排除反對意見

Q12. 寫作技巧題
考句子本身的用意:反對意見
While it is
possible that taller people were simply
more successful in achieving high social
standing

(A) while 有輕重,一定不 equal
(B) 沒有數字 (empirical data)
(D) question 態度不對
(E) 沒有 tradiitonal argument