阅读理解 For each question below, choose the answer that best completes the sentence. Then write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

单选题 17.A region can be considered a culture hearth because of all these things EXCEPT______.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】细节题。paragraph A第四句提到这些地区之所以被称为文化发源地是因为宗教、铁制工具和武器的使用、高度组织化的社会结构和农业都从这里起源和传播出去。只有“地理位置”一项没有提及。

单选题 18.Why is it difficult to define theories about cultural diffusion?

A、 Cultural diffusion theories are related to similar human burial sites.
B、 Cultural diffusion theories are at odds with mass migration theories.
C、 Cultural diffusion should be based on the borrowing of traits between cultures.
D、 Cultural diffusion theories can not explain simultaneous emergence of multiple cultures.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】细节题。paragraph D讲到文化扩散的理论在人类学界引发争议，因为其与大规模迁徙相矛盾。只有B项“文化扩散的理论与大规模迁徙不一致”符合文意。

单选题 19.According to this passage which of the following statements can NOT describe cultural diffusion?

A、 Attempts to explain similarities between two cultures by diffusion are often criticized for being ethnocentric.
B、 Languages, technologies and cultural differences that are common in one particular region are considered indigenous to that region.
C、 Cultural diffusion occurs without being linked to a mass exodus of people.
D、 When those cultural characteristics spread throughout the world to create cultural diversity, cultural diffusion comes into being.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】推断题。B项讲到一个特定地区语言、科技和文化差异被认为是当地所固有的。很显然和文化扩散没有关系，因此答案选B。