TPO10 Reading 1 - 英檢

So admired were these pieces that they
encouraged the development of earthenware made in imitation of porcelain
and instigated research into the method of their manufacture.

6.The word instigate in the passage is closest in meaning to
為什麼答案是D:caused 完全不知道caused在這裡怎麼翻譯
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Paragraph 5 ： Just as painted designs on Greek pots may seem today to be
purely decorative, whereas in fact they were carefully and precisely worked out
so that at the time, their meaning was clear, so it is with Chinese pots. To
twentieth-century eyes, Chinese pottery may appear merely decorative, yet to the
Chinese the form of each object and its adornment had meaning and
significance. The dragon represented the emperor, and the phoenix, the empress;
the pomegranate indicated fertility, and a pair of fish, happiness; mandarin ducks
stood for wedded bliss; the pine tree, peach, and crane are emblems of long life;
and fish leaping from waves indicated success in the civil service examinations.
Only when European decorative themes were introduced did these meanings
become obscured or even lost.

11.Paragraph 5 suggests which of the following about the decorations on
Chinese pottery?

B:Their significance may have remained clear had the Chinese not come under
foreign influence.
為什麼是對的
B的意思我解讀是:中國陶瓷裝飾不被外國影響
但paragraph 5最後一句only when European...
不是在說因為歐洲的裝飾的引進 中國陶瓷裝飾的意義漸漸消失嗎?
這不是表示中國陶瓷裝飾被外國影響
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