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TPO29-1 Characteristics of Roman Pottery
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The pottery of ancient Romans is remarkable in several ways. The high quality of Roman pottery is very easy to appreciate when handling actual pieces of tableware or indeed kitchenware and amphorae (the large jars used throughout the Mediterranean for the transport and storage of liquids, such as wine and oil). However, it is impossible to do justice to Roman wares on the page, even when words can be backed up by photographs and drawing. Most Roman pottery is light and smooth to touch and very tough, although, like all pottery, it shatters if dropped on a hard surface. It is generally made with carefully selected and purified clay, worked to thin-walled and standardized shapes on a fast wheel and fired in a kiln (pottery oven) capable of ensuring a consistent finish. With handmade pottery, inevitably there are slight differences between individual vessels of the same design and occasional minor blemishes (flaws). But what strikes the eye and the touch most immediately and most powerfully with Roman pottery is its consistent high quality.
1. Paragraph 1 indicates which of the following about Roman pottery?
O Roman amphorae were of much higher quality overall than other Roman pottery.
O Roman pottery can best be appreciated when actual pieces are handled.
O Roman pottery declined slightly in quality when the use of fast wheels and kilns was introduced.
O Roman practical tableware spread more rapidly across the Mediterranean than amphorae did.
解析：对应原文第二句。A原文并没有对amphorae和pottery的比较。C原文提到了快速转轮和烧窑的使用，但并没说因此陶器质量就下降了。D提到了陶器在Mediterranean的广泛使用，但是没有种类间的比较。
【1】古罗马的陶器在诸多方面成就惊人。当把玩古罗马陶制餐具或厨房用具和双耳陶罐(遍及整个地中海地区用以运输或储存酒或油之类液体的大型陶罐)时，人们对其良好的质量赞不绝口。尽管有照片和画像的记录，却无法轻易的对罗马陶器做出公正评价。绝大部分罗马陶器都很轻很光滑也很坚韧，尽管，像所有陶器一样，当撞到坚硬地面时也容易破碎。它们一般由精心筛选和净化后的粘土在快速旋转的圆盘上制成壁薄而形状标准的坯子，然后放入陶器窑中烧结，并确保一气呵成。由于是手工制作，同一型号的陶器难免有微小差别和瑕疵。但罗马陶器让人瞠目结舌的最直接最有力的是它那一以贯之的高质量。
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Only rarely can we derive any “real” quantities from deposits of broken pots. However, there is one exceptional dump, which does represent a very large part of the site’s total history of consumption and for which an estimate of quantity has been produced. On the left bank of the Tiber River in Rome, by one of the river ports of the ancient city, is a substantial hill some 50 meters high called Monte Testaccio. It is made up entirely of broken oil amphorae, mainly of the second and third centuries A.D. It has been estimated that Monte Testaccio contains the remains of some 53 million amphorae, in which around 6,000million liters of oil were imported into the city from overseas, imports into imperial Rome were supported by the full might of the state and were therefore quite exceptional----but the size of the operations at Monte Testaccio, and the productivity and complexity that lay behind them, nonetheless cannot fail to impress. This was a society with similarities to modern one----moving goods on a gigantic scale, manufacturing high-quality containers to do so, and occasionally, as here, even discarding them on delivery.
6.According to paragraph 4, Monte Testaccio is particularly important for archaeologists because archaeologists were able to
O conclude how amphorae manufacturing increased rapidly after the second century A.D.
O find the locations where most of the amphorae in the Roman Empire were produced
O obtain relatively accurate calculations of the quantities of amphorae used over time in that place
discover that the Roman state had supported amphorae production
解题：这里介绍Monte Testaccil是在支持本段的论点。回到原文这段的第一句可以看到原文说“很难通过broken pot来确定那个时期的pot产量，而Monte Testaccil确实个例外。所以也就是说可以通过这个dump遗址得到当时的quantities。选C
【4】从陶罐碎片堆中我们很难推算出真正的数量。但也有例外。有一处遗址出土的陶器代表了其曾经的陶器消费的很大一部分，因此可以据此推测出其数量。罗马第伯尔河左岸上一座古代城市码头的旁边有一座约50米高的大山，叫做Monte Testaccio. 该山全部由公元二到三世纪的油罐碎片组成。据估计，Monte Testaccio山上约有5300万只油罐并由此从海外进口了约6亿升的油。向罗马帝国的进口由国家全力支持，因此也非常例外----但是Monte Testaccio的制作规模及其背后的生产力和复杂性却绝对不容忽视。
8.Paragraph 4 indicates which of the following about the port on the Tiber River near Monte Testaccio?
O It was built around the third century A.D.
O It was close to areas where large quantities of oil were produced.
O It was in use only for a very short period of time.
It had impressive level of commercial activity.
解题：根据Tiber River定位，看到后面的描述说around 6000 million liters of oil were imported into city form oversea。那么也就是说当时的进出口贸易非常繁华。对应答案D。
【4】从陶罐碎片堆中我们很难推算出真正的数量。但也有例外。有一处遗址出土的陶器代表了其曾经的陶器消费的很大一部分，因此可以据此推测出其数量。罗马第伯尔河左岸上一座古代城市码头的旁边有一座约50米高的大山，叫做Monte Testaccio. 该山全部由公元二到三世纪的油罐碎片组成。据估计，Monte Testaccio山上约有5300万只油罐并由此从海外进口了约6亿升的油。向罗马帝国的进口由国家全力支持，因此也非常例外----但是Monte Testaccio的制作规模及其背后的生产力和复杂性却绝对不容忽视。
9.The statement in paragraph 4 that amphorae delivered to the port near Monte Testaccio were occasionally discarded support which of the following?
O Traders at the port were often careless.
O The quality of the amphorae used at the port was not very good.
O The scale of the trade made it possible to waste quality amphorae sometimes.
O The importing of oil from overseas gradually declined, reducing the need for pottery containers.
解题：根据原文discarded定位到原文最后一句。如同现代工业社会一样，大量生产和需求，但是背后的生产力并不能满足之类的。所以在运送的时候也是如此。有时大量运送就难免会有打碎的。因此选择C。A原文没提到;B原文也没说，而且前文一直在说pot都是high quality的。D这里也没说到oil和pottery的关系。
【4】从陶罐碎片堆中我们很难推算出真正的数量。但也有例外。有一处遗址出土的陶器代表了其曾经的陶器消费的很大一部分，因此可以据此推测出其数量。罗马第伯尔河左岸上一座古代城市码头的旁边有一座约50米高的大山，叫做Monte Testaccio. 该山全部由公元二到三世纪的油罐碎片组成。据估计，Monte Testaccio山上约有5300万只油罐并由此从海外进口了约6亿升的油。向罗马帝国的进口由国家全力支持，因此也非常例外----但是Monte Testaccio的制作规模及其背后的生产力和复杂性却绝对不容忽视。
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Roman pottery was transported not only in large quantities but also over substantial distances. Many Roman pots, in particular amphorae and the fine wares designed for use at tables, could travel hundreds of miles----all over the Mediterranean and also further afield. But maps that show the various spots where Roman pottery of a particular type has been found tell only part of the story. What is more significant than any geographical spread is the access that different levels of society had to good-quality products. In all but the remotest regions of the empire, Roman pottery of a high standard is common at the sites of humble villages and isolated farmsteads.
10.The statement that “maps show the various spots where Roman pottery of a particular type has been found tell only part of the story” makes the point that
O maps indicate where specific pottery styles have been found, but they do not indicate where these styles originated
O maps show the geographical spread of Roman pottery but not the people who had access to it
O maps do not usually include pottery styles found in the remotest regions the Roman Empire
O archaeologist studying Roman pottery need to use a range of techniques in their investigations
解题：这里说Map只是tell part of the story，那么证明能得到roman pottery的不仅是map描画的范围，应该会有更大的范围;从而来支持这一段的中心句，over substantial distances。A选项错误，styles是从罗马来的。C，D跟原文也没关系。而B符合，说maps在一定程度上说明了罗马陶器的地理散播，但并不是所有能得到陶器的人。
【5】罗马陶器不仅运输数量庞大而且其运输距离遥远。很多罗马陶罐，尤其是双耳陶罐和桌上餐具可能被运输了几百英里----遍及整个地中海乃至更远。但是显示各种罗马陶器出土地点的地图只是故事的一部分。比地理上的广阔分布更重要的是社会的不同阶层都能够使用这种高质量的陶罐。在帝国的几乎所有的偏远地区，高质量的罗马陶器在其最凋敝的村庄和偏远田野中都随处可见。
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