题目解析：
【题目翻译】文章中“ties”这个短语的意思最接近于以下哪个选项？
A选项：values，意思是“价值”
B选项：experience，意思是“经历”
C选项：influences，意思是“影响”
D选项：connections，意思是“联系，连接”
【判定题型】：题目要求选出与所选单词意思最接近的选项，故判断本题为词汇题。
【关键词定位】词汇所在句“As archaeologist Belfer-Cohen notes, these burials may reflect an ancestor cult and a growing sense of community emotional ties and attachment to a particular place……”的意思是“据考古学家Belfer-Cohen记载，这些墓葬可能反映出了一种祖先崇拜，团队意识情感纽带的增强以及对特殊地区的一种依赖性……”
【选项分析】
A选项：values，意思是“价值”，意思不符，故排除。
B选项：experience，意思是“经历”，意思不符，故排除。
C选项：influences，意思是“影响”，意思不符，故排除。
D选项：connections，意思是“联系，连接”，意思最接近，故为正确答案。
As always, there is more to a major cultural change than simply a shift in economics. The Natufians made (and presumably wore) beads and pendants in many materials, including gemstones and marine shells that had to be imported, and it is possible that this ornamentation actually reflects a growing sense of ethnic identity and perhaps some differences in personal and group status. Cleverly carved figurines of animals, women, and other subjects occur in many sites, and Natufian period cave paintings have been found in Anatolia, Syria, and Iran. More than 400 Natufian burials have been found, most of them simple graves set in house floors. As archaeologist Belfer-Cohen notes, these burials may reflect an ancestor cult and a growing sense of community emotional ties and attachment to a particular place, and toward the end of the Natufian period, people in this area were making a strict separation between living quarters and burial grounds. In contrast with the Pleistocene cultures of the Levant, Natufian culture appears to have experienced considerable social change. 
