Anthropologists studying the Hopi people of the southwestern United States often characterize Hopi society between 1680 and 1880 as surprisingly stable, considering that it was a period of diminution in population and pressure from contact with outside groups, factors that might be expected to cause significant changes in Hopi social arrangements.
The Hopis' retention of their distinctive sociocultural system 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 than that of many other Native American groups, an isolation that limited both cultural contact and exposure to European diseases. But equally important 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 accommodated themselves to change. For example, the system of matrilineal clans was maintained throughout this period, even though some clans merged to form larger groups while others divided into smaller descent groups. Furthermore, although traditionally members of particular Hopi clans appear 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 the responsibility. Village leadership positions traditionally restricted to members of one clan might be similarly extended to members of other clans, and women might assume such positions under certain unusual conditions.
Which of the following can be inferred from the passage about the Hopis' geographic situation between 1680 and 1880?
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1 点明主旨：1680-1880是人口减少和遭受来自外来的压力的时期，随时都会给Hopi社会结构带来巨大的改变。但是Hopi people的社会结构惊人的稳定。
2 解释了社会结构稳定的原因：
是religious elite 的努力，以及地理位置偏僻。
3 但是社会结构稳定的一个很重要的因素是社会系统在面对变革时候的内在灵活性
Which of the following can be inferred from the passage about the Hopis' geographic situation between 1680 and 1880?
定位：The Hopis' retention of their distinctive sociocultural system 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 than that of many other Native American groups, an isolation that limited both cultural contact and exposure to European diseases. geographical isolation 社会稳定的因素之一
A It prevented the Hopis from experiencing a diminution in population.
定位无涉及a diminution in population，第一段内容
B It helped to promote flexibility within their social system
原文retention ，非promote
C It limited but did not eliminate contact with other cultural groups.
定位句改写
D It reinforced the religious elite's determination to resist cultural change.
religious elite's 是社会稳定的因素之一，与题干定位没有因果联系
E It tended to limit contact between certain Hopi clans.
无涉及certain Hopi clans
Correct：C
定位句改写哪里有提到not eliminate啊？
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2022-09-06 11:08:06
B选项少个flexibility也是醉了。。少这个词直接把意思弄没了啊，希望能加强审核啦~
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2019-10-23 23:21:44
1026018uoq回复 GMAT750进LSE
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2019-10-25 16:00:51
Sharonwwww回复GMAT750进LSE
修改了个鬼啊，都2021了还是少个flexibility，这句话翻来复期都读不懂觉得有问题真的是把我看醉了！！上网搜了别处的原题才发现少个词！
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2021-01-08 13:32:45
说了limit但是没说eliminate呀……
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2018-07-29 15:45:43
ottoyean回复考到770不是梦
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2019-11-07 16:49:40
geographic situation 是本题的关键定位 在这一段时间内 geographic的定位只有这句话：and also to a geographical isolation greater than that of many other Native American groups, an isolation that limited both cultural contact and exposure to European diseases. 依照此 很轻易就可以选出正确答案 即C imited but did not eliminate contact with other cultural groups. 其他选项均为层次或者文章未提及
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2017-11-07 13:25:26
The Hopis' retention of their distinctive sociocultural system----这改写我也是醉了 ！！
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2017-08-27 10:38:57
默默回复xiaoyi
错误答案意思相反
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