新GRE小短文阅读练习题二十八

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Creating ceramic works of art requires heating them to high temper-
/ |. x4 H$ `, d+ q. a# O6 v5 catures.  A test used to distinguish ancient ceramic works from recent
forgeries consists of heating a sample taken from the object and
measuring the amount of radiation given off.  This process allows
one to determine how long ago the object was last heated.
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9 j7 X4 w- }" ~$ SThe information in the passage, if correct, most strongly supports
% G! j1 ]/ w+ M( p  S6 O: Y" wwhich of the following?
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      If an ancient ceramic work of art has recently survived a hot
      fire, the heat test cannot distinguish it from a recent forgery.  
      If the heat test shows that a ceramic work of art was not made
      recently, the work is not a forgery.  
      Two samples taken from the same ceramic work of art and
* x4 [& u& J  V9 }! \/ C; i      subjected to the heat test at different times will give different
3 v! I+ J& b1 |$ ]  T4 b! d      indications of the time at which the work was made.  
      Recent forgeries of ancient ceramic works cannot be distin-
      guished from genuinely ancient works without the use of the
) g8 o! j$ C5 Z2 |/ L* P      heat test.  
      The temperatures to which samples are heated during the heat
) O, t0 H& f! j; O, n5 L6 {' A& \      test are  close to those to which ancient ceramic works of art
5 T9 d6 g; @- S6 J" b2 M6 p      were originally heated.  
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