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　　托福阅读句子简化题：Crafts in the Ancient Near East

　　【Paragraph 1】Some of the earliest human civilizations arose in southern Mesopotamia, in what is now southern　　Iraq, in the fourth millennium B.C.E. In the second half of the millennium, in the south around the city of Uruk, there was　an enormous escalation in the area occupied by permanent settlements. A large part of that increase took place in Uruktself, which became a real urban center surrounded by a set of secondary settlements. While population estimates are　notoriously unreliable, scholars assume that Uruk inhabitants were able to support themselves from the agricultural　production of the field surrounding the city, which could be reached with a daily commute. But Uruk’s dominant size in　the entire region, far surpassing that of other settlements, indicates that it was a regional center and a true city. Indeed, it　was the first city in human history.(Crafts in the Ancient Near East)

　　!　which of the sentences below best express the essential information in the highlighted sentence in the passage?　Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or leave out essential information.

　　○ Although scholars cannot accurately determine the size of the Uruk population, they know the citizens were not　dependent on agriculture.

　　○ scholars do not have enough evidence to determine whether the agriculture areas just outside of Uruk were large　　enough to feed the city’s population.

　　○ Because city populations cannot feed themselves, scholars think the surrounding farms provided food to the　　people in Uruk.

　　○ Scholars believe that the inhabitants of Uruk were able to support themselves from product grown in field　　surrounding the city

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