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1、托福阅读真题集锦（三）PASSAGE5Perhapsthemostobviouswayartisticcreationreflectshowpeopleliveisbymirroringtheenvironment—thematerialsandtechnologiesavailabletoaculture.Stone,wood,treebark,clay,andsandaregenerallyavailablematerials.Inaddition,dependingonthelocality,otherresourcesmayb
2、eaccessible:shells,horns,gold,copper,andsilver.Thedifferentusestowhichsocietiesputthesematerialsareofinteresttoanthropologistswhomayask,forexample,whypeoplechoosetouseclayandnotcopperwhenbothitemsareavailable.Althoughtherearenoconclusiveanswersyet,thewayinwhichasocietyv
3、iewsitsenvironmentissometimesapparentinitschoiceanduseofartisticmaterials.Theuseofcertainmetals,forexample,maybereservedforceremonialobjectsofspecialimportance.Orthebeliefinthesupernaturalpowersofastoneortreemaycauseasculptortobesensitivetothatmaterial.Whatisparticularl
4、ymeaningfultoanthropologististherealizationthatalthoughmaterialsavailabletoasocietymaytosomeextentlimitorinfluencewhatitcandoartistically,thematerialsbynomeansdeterminewhatisdone.WhydotheartistsinJapanesesocietyrakesandintopatterns;andtheartistsinRomansocietymeltsandtof
5、ormglass?Moreover,evenwhenthesamematerialisusedinthesamewaybymembersofdifferentsocieties,theformorstyleoftheworkvariesenormouslyfromculturetoculture.Asocietymaysimplychoosetorepresentobjectsorphenomenathatareimportanttoitspopulation.AnexaminationoftheartoftheMiddleAgest
6、ellsussomethingaboutthemedievalpreoccupationwiththeologicaldoctrine.Inadditiontorevealingtheprimaryconcernsofasociety,thecontentofthatsociety'sartmayalsoreflecttheculture'ssocialstratification.1.Accordingtothepassage,gold,copper,andsilverare(A)moredifficulttohandlethanw
7、oodand(B)oftheirstablesocialconditions(C)oftheuniquestylisticfeaturesoftheirart(D)availableonlyinspecificlocations2.Theword"conclusive"inline7isclosestinmeaningto(A)definitive(B)controversial(C)concurrent(D)realistic3.Theword"apparent"inline8isclosestinmeaningto(A)attra
8、ctive(B)logical(C)evident(D)distinct4.Whydoestheauthormentionthe"supernaturalpowersofastoneortree"inline10?(A)
