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

请问为什么不是A？❓

请问此题为什么不是B而是E？

为什么不是C？

@May 老师，想请问一下GMAT考试数学部分，代数题目多吗？在整个31道题中，大概会占多少比例？考察点是有规律地按比例出现吗？有的话，几何、应用题等又分别占比多少？谢谢！

请唐塘老师解答下这道主旨题如何通过范围大小作答是?D和C比的时候比不出来. 其他几个可以说说思路吗 我对比下老师的思路和我排除的思路

金老师，有两个问题烦请帮忙解答。@金栩竹 1. 语法基础课，定语从句，例8，答案选C，主语是A pair of architects，谓语动词不是应该用单数形式嘛？ 2. 为什么说GMAT中不会出现which指代整句？

金栩竹老师，不好意思，因为我有几道题目想并在一起比较一下，所以还是通过截图来提问了hhh,第一道问过的这题，老师你说可以通过it无所指来去掉选项，但是it不是很明确地指代前面的43 percent嘛，老师你不是说代词只要看到有可以指代的就可以pass吗，还有compared with 后面是不是得紧跟要比较的对象，不能是a dacade ago，而且compared with a dacade ago是不是不能想成是省略一部分内容啊？就是类似于than以前后省略一部分，只留下状语这样。 第二题，比较对象是数字，所以不能用those指代人对嘛？ 第三题，为啥c不对啊？谢谢老师!

金栩竹老师，我想请教一下这个题目，能麻烦讲一下每个选项到底哪个和哪个在比，哪里错了嘛，我就是遇到xxx percentage of xxx，这种不知道怎么比较，到底对象是数字还是人

金栩竹老师，请问having done不能限制性修饰名词这是什么意思？E 选项不看别的错误点，只看having done 和were butchered不能平行，是因为时态不能平行:现在完成时和过去时不能平行还是因为主动与被动态不能平行呢？

请问唐塘老师这道题,由于我看的录播无法听到此作业题讲解时提问. 这道题你在讲的时候说用UG定位然后通过读文章发现并不是实验的结果然后再看上面一句. 我当时做题时直接用的是Theoretical economist的观点定位可以吗? 因为这和之前你讲的那个K`s objextion to M`theory差不多应该定位M的理论. 你要想undermine和object.那得和Theoretical economists说的内容沾边. 请问这样思考对吗?