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

这一题，主要区别在于by trying to与in trying to，为何in trying to好与 by呢？ 还有一个区别是划线最后的have had to与have themselves to之间的区别，为何这里不能用have themselves to呢？尤其是在划线前面已经出现了have themselves to的情况下？

没思路，不知道结合条件一及条件二如何得出X1的值...脑子不好使！

只能做到50的阶乘，乘以2的50次方，再加1 的结果 但是后面怎么思考就不清楚了，遇到这种题该如何去做，有什么直接的方法吗？

请May老师帮忙梳理一下这个题怎么用A排列或者C组合的方法算出答案，我每次遇到这种题似乎都有点毛病，不知道应该用A还是C还是结合...

条件一不是已经表明P是C的数量的两倍吗？而原文条件也说明了P或者C其中任意一个都可能为2/3的总量，而条件一表明P=2C 则总份额就是3C。C/（P+C）=1/3，可以得出答案啊，为什么不能选？

这题我认为主要考点在if与when的连用上以及consider后面接to be或者直接接noun。如果在BC选项it无指代可以排除，ADE三个选项中为何E是最优选项呢？这里情形我认为if和when都呢说得通，而且consider后面接noun或者to be在语法上没有问题。

这题正确选项E为什么which后面没有动词而是接的不定式形式，如果这样which后面就不是完整的句子了啊？

How many positive prime numbers are less than integer n? a) 14<n<20。 b) 13<n<17

这一题C，D两个选项中明显有一点不同就是一个用了but many scientist，一个用了and mant scientist. 从句意来看的话，这句话说了A提出了一个观点，但是很多科学家怀疑，然后转折P这个人之后测出来了。虽然D选项中P做的事情用过去时优于C选项中P用完成时，但我认为C选项连词用的比D好，为什么这题D选项优于C选项？