Archaeology as a profession faces two major problems. First, it is the poorest of the poor. Only paltry sums are available for excavating and even less is available for publishing the results (5) and preserving the sites once excavated. Yet archaeologists deal with priceless objects every day. Second, there is the problem of illegal excavation, resulting in museum-quality pieces being sold to the highest bidder. (10) Iwould like to make an outrageous suggestion that would at one stroke provide funds for archaeology and reduce the amount of illegal digging. Iwould propose that scientific archaeological expeditions and governmental (15) authorities sell excavated artifacts on the open market. Such sales would provide substantial funds for the excavation and preservation of archaeological sites and the publication of results. At the same time, they would break the illegal (20) excavator's grip on the market, thereby decreasing the inducement to engage in illegal activities. You might object that professionals excavate to acquire knowledge, not money. Moreover, ancient artifacts are part of our global cultural heritage, (25) which should be available for all to appreciate, not sold to the highest bidder. Iagree. Sell nothing that has unique artistic merit or scientific value. But, you might reply, everything that comes out of the ground has scientific value. Here we part company. (30) Theoretically, you may be correct in claiming that every artifact has potential scientific value. Practically, you are wrong. I refer to the thousands of pottery vessels and ancient lamps that are essentially duplicates of (35) one another. In one small excavation in Cyprus, archaeologists recently uncovered 2,000 virtually indistinguishable small jugs in a single courtyard. Even precious royal seal impressions known as I'melekh handles have been found in abundance (40) —more than 4,000 examples so far. The basements of museums are simply not large enough to store the artifacts that are likely to be discovered in the future. There is not enough money even to catalog the finds; as a result, they 368 (45) cannot be found again and become as inaccessible as if they had never been discovered. Indeed, with the help of a computer, sold artifacts could be more accessible than are the pieces stored in bulging museum basements. Prior to sale, each could be (50) photographed and the list of the purchasers could be maintained on the computer. A purchaser could even be required to agree to return the piece if it should become needed for scientific purposes. It would be unrealistic to suggest that illegal (55) digging would stop if artifacts were sold on the open market. But the demand for the clandestine product would be substantially reduced. Who would want an unmarked pot when another was available whose provenance was known, and that was dated (60) stratigraphically by the professional archaeologist who excavated it? The primary purpose of the passage is to propose (A) an alternative to museum display of artifacts (B) a way to curb illegal digging while benefiting the archaeological profession (C) a wayto distinguish artifacts with scientific value from those that have no such value (D) the governmental regulation of archaeological sites (E) a new system for cataloging duplicate artifacts

如果n是19的话n+1才是20。那a20不是应该等于a19+19吗，为什么会加20呢？条件二给的公式不是说a(n+1)=a(n)+n吗？我算的是1+2+...+19+19这样

@陆旭老师 第39题要怎么做呢？

@唐小梅老师 这道题用您的方法咋做呀？

@英吉老师 第715题的b选项为啥不算说了原文解释的对立面。是不是因为它主要讲的是electricity不是fossil fuel？ e选项这个地方算是要知道的常识吗？因为当时排除掉e选项就是因为自己脑袋里根本没有这个概念，感觉与原文无关。但是一旦听你说了，接受了说这个设定我是能理解的。所以以后再碰到这种不确定的情况，就默认判定这个选项是可行的，然后再去结合文章看是否支持原文逻辑链吗？

@陆旭老师 当出现overlapping info时，应该用matrix比较好还是用韦恩图比较好？

@英吉老师 如果这道题选了a，算是犯了什么错误？

请问老师这道题是不是答案给错了？不应该是4+8+12+...+200求和吗

想问一下小梅老师这道题的思路

想问一下小梅老师这道题如何快速得出答案？感觉自己解题思路有问题 2分钟内无法解答 类似题有没有什么快速切入的技巧？

A为什么不行？