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In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, many Western Pueblo settlements in what is now the southwestern UnitedStates may have possessed distinctly hierarchical organizational structures. These communities' agricultural systems—which were "intensive" in the use of labor rather than "extensive" in area—may have given rise to political leadership that managed both labor and food resources. That formal management of food resources was needed is suggested by the large size of storage spaces located around some communal Great Kivas (underground ceremonial chambers). Though no direct evidence exists that such spaces were used to store food, Western Pueblo communities lacking sufficient arable land to support their populations could have preserved the necessary extra food, including imported foodstuffs, in such apparently communal spaces.
Moreover, evidence of specialization in producing raw materials and in manufacturing ceramics and textiles indicates differentiation of labor within and between communities. The organizational and managerial demands of such specialization strengthen the possibility that a decision-making elite existed, an elite whose control over labor, the use of community surpluses, and the acquisition of imported goods would have led to a concentration of economic resources in their own hands. Evidence for differential distribution of wealth is found in burials of the period: some include large quantities of pottery, jewelry, and other artifacts, whereas others from the same sites lack any such materials.
According to the passage, which of the following is probably true of the storage spaces mentioned in highlight text?
They were used by the community elite for storage of their own food supplies.
They served a ceremonial as well as a practical function.
Their size is an indication of the wealth of the particular community to which they belonged.
Their existence proves that the community to which they belonged imported large amounts of food.
They belonged to and were used by the community as a whole.
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正确答案是E。由文章可知，这些存储空间出现在社区伟大凯瓦（Great Kivas）的地下宗教厅周围，建议这些空间用于存储食物，这表明这些空间不属于社会高层，而是 to and were used by the community as a whole。
apparently communal space！！！！
做的时候纠结了B：
这个ceremonial指的是Great Kivas，而文中说的这些spaces是around它的，所以不能说这些spaces也是ceremonial
没有提到过是elite使用的！无中生有
况且后面一句话说 的apparently communal
communal
adj. 公共的; (尤指居住在一起的人)共享的，共有的，共用的; (集体中)不同群体的，各团体的;
读句子读完整！！
Though no direct evidence exists that such spaces were used to store food, Western Pueblo communities lacking sufficient arable land to support their populations could have preserved the necessary extra food, including imported foodstuffs, in such apparently communal spaces.
communal spaces,因此可推出E
它们的存在只证明了人们有用这些地方存储食物，而不是它们的存在证明了人们进口了食物，D不对
That formal management of food resources was needed is suggested by the large size of storage spaces located around some communal Great Kivas
ceremonial, 仪式的
Western Pueblo communities lacking sufficient arable land to support their populations could have preserved the necessary extra food, including imported foodstuffs, in such apparently communal spaces.
"apparently'表明了作者的态度，认为storage spaces摆明了是公用的
没有仔细读周围相关内容。最后一段最后一句
in such apparently communal spaces.
瞎说，答案在这句，很明显 to support their populations
Western Pueblo communities lacking sufficient arable land to support their populations
原文in such apparently communal spaces 等于在暗示 used by the community as a whole.
没看到关键词定位：located around some communal Great Kivas 和in such apparently communal spaces.
storage spaces located around some communal Great Kivas
communal adj.〔为同一群体所〕共有的，公共的，社区的; 种族间的; 教派间的; 群体的，团体的.
communal=community as a whole
这篇阅读的结论真能成立吗？ 粮食不够吃，存在劳动分工，就一定存在等级政治制度吗
located around some communal Great Kivas (underground ceremonial chambers). ......around！！！
第一段最后是关键词，communal space
定位句：Though no direct evidence exists that such spaces were used to store food, Western Pueblo communities lacking sufficient arable land to support their populations could have preserved the necessary extra food, including imported foodstuffs, in such apparently communal spaces.