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【单选题】Tattoos didn’t spring up with the dawn of biker gangs and rook ’n’ roll bands. They’ve been around for a long time and had many different meanings over the course of history.
For years, scientists believed thatEgyptians and Nubians were the first people to tattoo their bodies. Then, in 1991, a mummy was discovered, dating back to theBronzeAge of about 3,300B、
C、"The Iceman," as the specimen was dubbed, had several markings on his body, including a cross on the inside of his knee and lines on his ankle and back. It is believed these tattoos were made in a curative effort.
Being so advance, theEgyptians reportedly spread the practice of tattooing throughout the worlD、The pyramid-building third and fourth dynasties ofEgypt developed international nations withCrete, Greece, Persia andArabi
A、The art tattooing stretched out ail the way to SoutheastAsia by 2,000B、
C、.Around the same time, the Japanese became interested in the art but only for its decorative attributes, as opposed to magical ones. The Japanese tattoo artists were the undisputed masters. Their use of colors, perspective, and imaginative designs gave the practice a whole new angle.During the first millenniumA、D、, Japan adoptedChinese culture in many aspects and confined tattooing to branding wrongdoers.
In theBalkans, the Thracians had a different use for the craft.Aristocrats, according to Herodotus, used it to show the world their social status.Although earlyEuropeans dabbled with tattooing, they truly rediscovered the art from when the world exploration of the post-Renaissance made them seek out new cultures. It was their meting with Polynesian that introduced them to tattooing. The word, in fact is derived from the Polynesian word tattau, which means "to mark.".
Most of the early Uses of tattoos were ornamental. However, a number of civilizations had practical applications for this craft. The Goths, a tribe of Germanic barbarians famous for pillaging Roman settlements, used tattoos to mark their slaves. Romans did the same with slaves and criminals.
In Tahiti, tattoos were a rite of passage and told the history of the person’s life. Reaching adulthood, boys got one tattoo to commemorate the event. Men were marked with another style when they got marrieD、
Later, tattoos became the souvenir of choice for globetrotting sailors. Whenever they would reach an exotic locale, they would get a new tattoo to mark the occasion.A、dragon was a famous style that meant the sailor had reached a "China station"At first, sailors would spend their free time on the ship tattooing themselves and their mates. Soon after, tattoo parlors were set up in the area, surrounding ports worldwide.
In the middle of the 19^th century, police officials believed that half of the criminal underworld La New YorkCity had tattoos. Port areas were renowned for being rough places full of sailors that were guilty of some crime or another. This is most likely how tattoos got such a bad reputation and became associated with rebels and delinquents. In Japan, tattoos were accepted as ______.A．a means of ornament
B．a symbol of magical power

C、a way of communication
D．a sign of success

网考网参考答案：A
网考网解析：
词义对应题。文章第三段中“decorative”一词的同义词为“ornamental”，而日本人开始对文身艺术产生兴趣，但仅限于其装饰性的特质。因此正确答案是A。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>