TPO71阅读真题+题目+答案下载：Minoan Palaces

TPO71阅读真题+题目+答案下载：Minoan Palaces

The Minoan culture on the island of Crete in the Aegean Sea flourished from about 3000 to 1100 B.C. In what is known as the Palace Period (ca. 2000-1450 B. C.), power was centralized in palaces and, later, in villas. According to one authority, the five primary economic functions of Minoan palaces during much of the Palace era were (1) production of manufactured goods, (2) consumption of food and manufactured goods. (3) regulation of local and internal exchange. (4) regulation of international and external exchange, and (5) use as depositories (storage facilities)

The production and storage of manufactured goods are evident from the archaeological digs at Phaistos and Mallia. important palace sites, Excavations of the earliest phases at Phaistos (those from the so-called First Palace Period, which ended about 1700 B. C. ) revealed two areas dedicated to economic activity. Unit A contained several large storage vessels originally filled with foodstuffs, including liquids such as wine and oil, Nearby Unit B was the palace workshop. Here, excavators found tools used for stone working (a lapidary workshop), several loom weights (a weaving workshop), and two potter’s wheels (a ceramics workshop). Clay sealings from a smaller room in Unit B may indicate where finished products were processed for storage or export. By the Second Palace Period (roughly 1700-1450 B. C. ), there were even more food storage vessels present and an archive room (a room for storing documents)

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1、(单选题) All of the following are mentioned in paragraph 1 as possible functions of Mmoan palaces EXCEPT

A.providing a market for agncullural and other products

B.providing protection against internal and external threats

C.producing finished goods from raw materials

D.controlling trade

2、(单选题) According to paragraph 2, what change had taken place at Phaistos by the Second Palace Period?

A.The vessels used for storing food were larger

B.More types of food were being stored

C.New kinds of tools were being used in the workshops

D.A room for storing written records had been added

3、(单选题) The phrase “potential for”' in the passage is closest in meaning to

A.cost of

B.likelihood of

C.concern about

D.frequency of

4、(单选题) In paragraph 3, why does the author mention that the bronze smithy gave off unpleasant fumes ?

A.To show that the manufacturing industries of the Palace Period had certain drawbacks

B.To help explain why the palace walls were extended enough to bring the bronze smithy inside

C.To support the idea that the palace must have had a strong interest in controlling what happened in the bronze smithy

D.To explain why archaeologists believe that the bronze smithy was located outside the palace walls

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