Gwd-13-25 求助！！

genius1824

Q24 to Q26:


      Anthropologists studying the



       Hopi people of the southwestern

       United States often characterize

Line       Hopi society between 1680 and

  (5)      1880 as surprisingly stable, con-

sidering that it was a period of

diminution in population and

pressure from contact with out-

side groups, factors that might

(10)      be expected to cause signifi-

cant changes in Hopi social

arrangements.

      The Hopis’ retention of their

distinctive sociocultural system

(15)      has been attributed to the Hopi

religious elite’s determined

efforts to preserve their religion

and way of life, and also to a

geographical isolation greater

(20)      than that of many other Native

       American groups, an isolation

       that limited both cultural contact

and exposure to European

diseases.  But equally important

(25)      to Hopi cultural persistence may

have been an inherent flexibility

in their social system that may

have allowed preservation of

traditions even as the Hopis

(30)      accommodated themselves

to change.  For example, the

system of matrilineal clans was

       maintained throughout this per-

iod, even though some clans

(35)    merged to form larger groups

while others divided into smaller

descent groups.  Furthermore,

although traditionally members

      of particular Hopi clans appear

(40)     to have exclusively controlled

particular ceremonies, a clan’s

control of a ceremony might

shift to another clan if the first

became too small to manage

(45)      the responsibility.  Village

leadership positions tradition-

ally restricted to members of

one clan might be similarly

extended to members of other

(50)      clans, and women might assume

such positions under certain

unusual conditions.

Q25:

Which of the following can be inferred from the passage about the Hopis’ geographic situation between 1680 and 1880?



A.    It prevented the Hopis from experiencing a diminution in population.

It helped to promote flexibility within their social system.
It limited but did not eliminate contact with other cultural groups.
It reinforced the religious elite’s determination to resist cultural change.
It tended to limit contact between certain Hopi clans.

答案是B，但是我觉得是A，我觉得通过一段和二段的前部分可以infer出A，而B没有根据。。马上考了，紧急求救，NN帮忙指点指点。谢谢。。。

littlebluesks

這題答案C，選項A不選，理由是第一段就己經提到hopi族人面臨減少的問題

sealg

同意，选C con-

sidering that it was a period of

diminution in population and

pressure from contact with out-

side groups,

这里的pressure证明这个H族在于别的group交流时候受到限制。

而对于交流却并没有断绝（eliminate）

zhangws

T-4-37:GWD-13-26:
The passage is primarily concerned with

A.    reassessing a phenomenon in light of new findings

B.    assessing the relative importance of two factors underlying a phenomenon

C.    examining the assumptions underlying an interpretation of a phenomenon

D.    expanding on an explanation of a phenomenon

E.     contrasting two methods for evaluating a phenomenon


为什么选D，我选了B，定位不出而且回看原文没有发现依据选D。
还有首段，L9开始那个factors that....在整个句子中做什么成分？是considering 1.that...and 2. factors that....吗？如果这样，根据句子改错原理前后不对称？期待大家讨论