题目解析:
词汇题,rigid意为严格的,严酷的。D选项strictly为同义词,意为严格的。对应原文:The north was developed as a rigidly hierarchical society in which status was determined, or was at least indicated, by the extent to which one owned, controlled, or labored on land; whereas the Mediterranean south developed a more fluid, and therefore more chaotic, world in which industry and commerce predominated and social status both reflected and resulted from the role that one played in the public life of the community.对应原文采取了分号结构,而分号之后用了whereas,表明分号前后的内容相对立。从内容上看,分号前是在讨论欧洲北部是怎么样一个阶级社会,而分号后则描述南方是一个更加流动的社会,两者呈现出完全不同的社会形态。而rigidly在原文中是用来修饰hierarchical society的一个程度副词,我们可以将选项带入看看哪一个词将这种相对的社会形态表现的最正确。A选项意为极端地和D的严格的代入都通,但是D更为合适,因为在原文中强调了社会地位是由哪些因素而决定的,和严格的社会等级相呼应;B选项意为正常的,C选项意为明显的,代入原文语义都不连贯,是错误答案。