Archaeologists seeking the location of a legendary siege and destruction of a city are excavating in several possible places, including a middle and a lower layer of a large mound. The bottom of the middle layer contains some pieces of pottery of type 3, known to be from a later period than the time of the destruction of the city, but the lower layer does not.
19. Which of the following hypotheses is best supported by the evidence above?
(A) The lower layer contains the remains of the city where the siege took place.
(B) The legend confuses stories from two different historical periods.
(C) The middle layer does not represent the period of the siege.
(D) The siege lasted for a long time before the city was destroyed.
(E) The pottery of type 3 was imported to the city by traders.
这本书中将原文重心总结为:
中层:3类陶瓷(此陶瓷制造期限晚于占领发生日期),
底层:
A选项重心是关于底层,底层have nothing,所以超出了原文的逻辑范畴;
B. 重心是传说,无关
C. 重心是中层和占领,是有关选项
D选项重心是占领持续时间长,无关
E选项重心是3类陶瓷进口而来,是有关选项。