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Few central textiles from the Timurid period (1370-1526 C.E.) have survived to be dated. However, scholars have long assumed that Timurid rugs with geometric patterns were replaced in royal courts by floral-patterned rugs only at the end of the 1400s, under the influence of the painter Behzad (circa 1455- circa 1536). Nevertheless, the presence of floral-patterned rugs in court scenes of from two paintings in a 1440s Timurid manuscript suggests that floral-patterned rugs were already being used at that time. Whether the occasional presence of geometric rugs in similar painting after the 1440s means the tradition of weaving rugs with geometric patterns also continued, or whether here the painters simply followed a well-established “formula”, is still an open question.

1.Which of the following statements best describes the function of the highlighted sentence in the context of the passage as a whole ?

1. It notes a fact about Timurid rugs that explains why they have been the subject of scholarly controversy.
2. It emphasizes the fragility of central Asian textiles from the period in question.
3. It situates Timurid rugs within the wider context of textile arts from the same period.
4. It suggests why the author is relying upon indirect evidence for the dating of trends in Timurid rugs.
5. It describes a constraint on the study of Timurid rugs that the author thinks has been overemphasized. 

2.According to the passage, after the 1440s, Timurid paintings of court scenes ?

1. generally followed well-established formulas
2. are more likely to have survived than Timurid textiles
3. were greatly influenced by the painter Behzad 
4. are frequently found in Timurid manuscripts 
5. sometimes showed rugs with geometric patterns 

3.The passage implies which of the following about the introduction of floral-patterned rugs in Timurid royal courts?

1. It explains the absence of any surviving geometric-patterned rugs.
2. It predates any influence wielded by the painter Behzad 
3. It occurred earlier than scholars have long thought.

文章結構：

開頭句讀完之後主幹事Few，dated，有個textiles的東西沒有被記載。然後往下看到however,可以大概預判成有記載喔！，因此看一下內容scholars have long assumed，所以開頭說沒有記載，然後however後面講說學者自行假設，所以後面that子句應該是講述記載的內容，簡單看過去geometric patterns were replaced in royal courts by floral-patterned，可以看到geometric被floral取代了，時間點是painter Behzad (circa 1455- circa 1536)，再往下看到Nevertheless，又是一個邏輯轉折詞，所以預判應該跟沒有記載有關，就是時間點無法確定，看到in a 1440s ，floral-patterned rugs were already being used at that time，看到這裡1440比上一句話的1455還早，所以時間點出現矛盾，可以確定文章邏輯又轉向『不知道』的形況了，再往下看一直到句尾沒有轉折詞了，所以內容也就先別看了

第一題：

考點在第一句和第二句之間，因為題目問的是the function of the highlighted sentence功能，所以不能只是讀懂highlighted sentence直接選（Ｂ），這樣完全中招，題目問功能不是問意思細節，所以要把後面的 However, 和 assumed考慮進去，所以反白句講到時間不能被確定，然後轉折句接著說可是學者自行假設，沒有東西我們就生一個出來， 所以沒有兩個論點互相打架，因為只有一個論點說沒辦法確認時間，然後下面接著說沒有自己生啊，所以（Ａ）controversy就不對了，然後（Ｃ）學者都已經假設replaced了怎麼會是 same period而且same period的證據在很後面這完全不是這句話的功能，唯有其中假設對應到 indirect evidence，別糾結了答案就是（Ｄ）

第二題：

就之前看過的內容無法辨識，因為時間點是after the 1440s這些內容出現在最後面趕快訂位到，Whether the occasional presence of geometric rugs in similar painting after the 1440s means the tradition of weaving rugs with geometric patterns also continued, or whether here the painters simply followed a well-established “formula”, is still an open question.，這當中有continued，還有well-established “formula”，但是給的結論是 an open question，不確定，所以（Ａ）跟generally起衝突了，不選，（Ｃ）不會大大被影響因為Ｂ畫家1445之後才出現選（Ｅ）

第三題：

承上時間軸選（Ｂ）（Ｃ）

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