問題詳情
Questions 46-50Feather cloaks are the most spectacular of all objects of native Hawaiian manufacture. In thehighly stratified society of the islands before their discovery by Captain James Cook in 1788, thecloaks were visual symbols of power and prestige, worn only by ranking male chiefs on stateoccasions and in battle. They were never very numerous, but powerful chiefs often acquiredseveral through inheritance or as battle prizes.Although the feathers were gathered by the common people to defray part of their taxes andwomen were permitted to clean and sort them, only men of high rank, surrounded by sacredtaboos, were allowed to make the cloaks. The manufacturing process involved tying smallbunches of red, yellow, green, or black feathers with olona fiber. Large cloaks like the royal robeworn by Kamehameha I, the first king of all the islands, required some half-million feathers.Today these cloaks are ethnological treasures, but to the early ship captain they were littlemore than seemingly plentiful curiosities that the Hawaiians highly valued but gave away ortraded for such trifles as iron knives. In turn, the Europeans traded these curiosities. This practicebegan with Cook’s officers, who traded the cloak in Leningrad in exchange for provisions.In 1825, Lord Byron, commander of the British ship Blonde, predicted that “the splendidwar-cloak” would soon be more easily found in Europe than in Hawaii. Brigham found only fivein Hawaii when he made his featherwork survey in 1899. Today twenty of the fifty known cloaksare still in the British Isles.
【題組】46.The early ship captains who visited Hawaii were _______.
(A) aware of the historical and cultural significance of the feather cloaks
(B) convinced of the usefulness of the feather cloaks
(C) inclined to overestimate the availability of the feather cloaks
(D) curious about what the native thought of the feather cloaks
參考答案
答案：C
難度：困難0.366864
統計：A(37),B(24),C(62),D(46),E(0)
用户評論
【已考上107正式英文老師:】評論
Today these cloaks are ethnological treasures, but to the early ship captain they were little more than seemingly plentiful curiosities that the Hawaiians highly valued but gave away or traded for such trifles as iron knives. In turn, the Europeans traded these curiosities. This practice began with Cook’s officers, who traded the cloak in Leningrad in exchange for provisions. 應該是因為這句，表示早期的船長比夏威夷人更認為羽毛斗篷是珍貴的，所以不會拿去交換鐵刀。
【李大同】評論
我動用經濟學理解力，少數部落的價格概念，其實因為市場小，價格不透明。會發生彈珠或步槍買下Manhaton這樣的案例。而此處卻是歐洲人也同樣的搞錯了。...(Cook's officer) traded the cloak in Leningrad in exchange of provisions.庫克船長的船上軍官，再Leningrad把大衣(羽毛頭冠)拿來換補極品這樣就能懂得歐洲人的疑惑Ｃ ...overestimate the availability......高估其供應量plentiful curiosities 大量的異國珍寶此處是可數名詞，不是好奇心 curiosity