3. Which of the following is mentioned in the passage as a disadvantage of storing artifacts in museum basements（第二个原因）?
(A) Museum officials rarely allow scholars access to such artifacts.
(B) Space that could be better used for display is taken up for storage.
(C) Artifacts discovered in one excavation often become separated from each other.
(D) Such artifacts are often damaged by variations in temperature and humidity.（E）
(E) Such artifacts’ often remain uncatalogued*3E and thus cannot be located*3E once they are put in storage.
4. The author mentions the excavation in Cyprus (lines 31-34) to emphasize which of the following points?
(A) Ancient lamps and pottery vessels are less valuable, although more rare, than royal seal impressions.（太具体，不能提到例子中的细节）
(B) Artifacts that are very similar to each other present cataloguing difficulties to archaeologists.是下一段的内容（不能用非出题段落的内容）
(C) Artifacts that are not uniquely valuable, and therefore could be sold, are available in large quantities.
(D) Cyprus is the most important location for unearthing large quantities of salable artifacts.讲例子的目的的时候不能提到例子本身（地名），排除（C）
(E) Illegal sales of duplicate artifacts are wide-spread, particularly on the island of Cyprus.同D（不够深化，太具体）
5. The author’s argument concerning the effect of the official sale of duplicate artifacts on illegal excavation is based on which of the following assumptions?
(A) Prospective purchasers would prefer to buy authenticated artifacts.把结论再说一遍：愿意买官方卖的文物，不愿意卖非法的
(B) The price of illegally excavated artifacts would rise.
(C) Computers could be used to trace sold artifacts.
(D) Illegal excavators would be forced to sell only duplicate artifacts.（A）
(E) Money gained from selling authenticated artifacts could be used to investigate and prosecute illegal excavators.
6. The author anticipates which of the following initial objections（预期反对） to the adoption of his proposal?
(A) Museum officials will become unwilling to store artifacts.
(B) An oversupply of salable artifacts will result and the demand for them will fall.
(C) Artifacts that would have been displayed in public places will be sold to private collectors*6C.
(D) Illegal excavators will have an even larger supply of artifacts for resale.（C）
(E) Counterfeiting of artifacts will become more commonplace.
7. The author implies that which of the following would occur if duplicate artifacts were sold on the open market（作者的主张）?
I. Illegal excavation would eventually cease completely太绝对.
II. Cyprus与本题没有关系 would become the primary source of marketable duplicate artifacts.
III. Archaeologists would be able to publish the results*7 of their excavations more frequently than they currently do.
(A) I only
(B) III only
(C) I and II only
(D) II and III only（B）
(E) I, II, and III
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