【威学教育】王鑫托福阅读TPO29-1阅读文本

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1、【王鑫托福阅读】托福TPO全集之TPO29-1TPO29TP029-1CharacteristicsofRomanPottery1・Paragraph1indicateswhichofthefo11owingaboutRomanpottery?ARomanamphoraewereofmuchhigherqualityoverallthanotherRomanpottery・BRomanpotterycanbestbeappreciatedwhenactualpiecesarehandied・CRoma

2、npotterydeclinedslightlyinqualitywhentheuseoffastwheelsandIdinswasintroduced・DRomanpracticaltablewarespreadmorerapidlyacrosstheMediterraneanthanamphoraedid・2・Al1ofthefollowingarementionedinparagraph1ascharacteristicsofRomanpotteryEXCEPTAItwasusuallymade

3、withhigh-qualityclay・BItgenerallydidnotweighmuch・CItdidnotbreakaseasilyasotherancientpottery.DItsometimeshadimperfections.3.Accordingtoparagraph2,whichofthefollowingisNOTtrueofRomianvessels?ATheyweregoodcontainersfor1iquids.BTheirshapesallowedforeasysta

4、ckingandstoring.CTheysometimeshadshinysurfaces.DTheirtrueageisimmediatelyapparent・ThepotteryofancientRomansisremarkableinseveralways.ThehighqualityofRomanpotteryisveryeasytoappreciatewhenhandlingactualpiecesoftablewareorindeedkitchenwareandamphorae(thel

5、argejarsusedthroughouttheMediterraneanforthetransportandstorageofliquids,suchaswineandoil).However,itisimpossibletodojusticetoRomanwaresonthepage,evenwhenwordscanbebackedupbyphotographsanddrawing・MostRomanpotteryis1ightandsmoothtotouchandverytough,altho

6、ugh,likeallpottery,itshattersifdroppedonahardsurface.Itisgenerallymadewithcarefullyselectedandpurifiedclay,workedtothin-wa11edandstandstdizedshapesonafastwheelandfiredinaIdin(potteryoven)capableofensuringaconsistentfinish.Withhandmadepottery,inevitablyt

7、herearesiightdifferencesbetweenindividualvesselsofthesamedesignandoccasionalminorblemishes(flaws).ButwhatstrikestheeyeandthetouchmostimmediatelyandmostpowerfullywithRomanpotteryisitsconsistenthighquality.Thisisnotjustanaestheticconsiderationbutalsoaprac

8、ticalone.Thesevesselsaresolid(brittie,butnotfragile),theyarepleasantandeasytohandle(beinglightandsmooth),and,withtheirhardandsometimesglossy(smoothandshiny)surfaces,theyholdliquidswellandareeasytowash・Furthermore,theirregularands