Passage 172
This passage discusses Mionan buildings constructed during the Bronze Age on the GreekIsland of Crete.
Although the term “Palace” is widely used and deeply ingrained in Minoan archaeology,Driesen has marked that term has been used to describe a number of quite different thingsand that there is no consensus on what the term signifies. The debate usually centers on thepresumed functions of the building. Evans assumes that the building known as Places hasseveral roles, including royal residences, administrative centers, economic centers,manufacturing centers, and cult centers. Over the years, each of those functions has beencalled into questions. For example, Schoep notes, “The use of the term Place carries with it awhole host of perhaps unhelpful baggage, which consciously or unconsciously encouragesinterpretation of the “Palace” as the residence of a royal elite, occupying supreme positionwithin a hierarchical social and political structure”, she suggests using the more neutral term“court-centered building” instead. The problem, however, come not from the architectural label one applies, but from making unwarranted assumptions about how the Palaces were used.
I use the word “Palaces” (capitalized to signal its arbitrariness) not to imply a range of functions but to refer to a group of buildings that share a set of formal elements.
3. The author would most likely agree with which of the following statements about the use ofthe term “Palace” in Minoan archaeology
A. It is useful largely as a matter of convention
B. It should be replaced by a more neutral term
C. It is the correct term for most of the Minoan buildings to which it has been applied.
D. It has only recently become popular among archaeologists.
E. It has been used to describe buildings that are formally dissimilar to one another.
答案选E，但我觉得A是对的。The author不是在文章最后一句说他认为Palace指的是a group of buildings that share a set of formal elements吗？E选项说的是formally dissimilar冲突了啊。另外只有文章第一句是客观陈述（Palace这个词在考古学里广泛应用），所以A应该是对的啊…作者: 啊GRE好难 时间: 2020-8-3 22:41:07