黃金閱讀 the rise of Teotihuacan - 英檢

問二個很小的問題,
今天想蠻久的

Paraghaph3

....Around this time, the largest of these centers, Cuicuilco, was serious
affected by a vocanic eruption, with much of its agriculture land covered by
lava. With Cuicuilco eliminated as a potential rival, any one of a number of
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這句我不是很懂,
"隨著Cuicuilco消除(主動態)像一個 潛在的對手"

正解是"隨著Cuicuilco失去競爭力"
是我哪個字的字意錯了嗎?

relatively modest towns might have emerged as a leading economic and political
power in Center Mexico.

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7. What can be inferred from paragraph 3 about Cuicuilco prior to 200 BC?

D. Its economy relied heavily on agriculture.

這題用刪去法大概可以答,
不過火山爆發造成 > 農地不見 > 造成沒落,

也不一定是這個城很依賴農業呀?
有可能很重商業,農業雖不重要,但農業沒了也活不成..

(還是我想太多........)



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