11.In 1929,a peasant in Sichuan Province uncovered jade (玉器) and stone artifacts(手工藝品) while repairing a ditch(溝渠) located about 24miles from Chengdu.But their significance wasn't understood until 1986,when archaeologists unearthed two pits(大坑) of Bronze Age treasures.The discovery suggests an impressive technicality(手工技藝),said Peter Keller,a geologist and president of the Bowers Museum in California,which is currently hosting an exhibit of some of these treasures.
The treasures came from a lost civilization,now known as the Sanxingdui,a city on the banks of the Minjiang River.
"It's a big mystery,"said Keller,who is not involved in the current study.
"Archaeologists now believe that the culture disappeared sometime between 3,000and 2,800years ago,"Niannian fan,a river science researcher at Tsinghua University in Chengdu,China,said.
"The current explanations for why it disappeared are war and flood,but both are not very convincing,"Fan told Live Science.
But about 14years ago,archaeologists found the remains of another ancient city called Jinsha near Chengdu.The Jinsha site,though it contained none of the bronzes of Sanxingdui,did have a gold crown covered with fish,arrows and birds similar to golden objects found at Sanxingdui.That has led some scholars to believe that the people from Sanxingdui may have relocated to Jinsha.
Fan wondered whether an earthquake may have caused landslides that dammed the river high up in the mountains and rerouted it to Jinsha.That catastrophe may have reduced Sanxingdui's water supply,spurring its people to move.
And some historical records support their assumptions.In 1099B.C.,ancient writers recorded an earthquake in the capital of the Zhou Dynasty,in Shanxi Province,F(xiàn)an said.Though that spot is roughly 250miles from the historic site of Sanxingdui,the latter culture didn't have writing at the time.So it's possible the earthquake epicenter(震中) was actually close to Sanxingdui-but it just wasn't recorded there.
Around the same time,geological sediment(沉積物) suggest massive flooding occurred,and the later-han Dynasty document The Chronicles of the Kings of Shu records ancient floods pouring from a mountain in a spot that suggests the flow being rerouted,F(xiàn)an said.
Together,the findings hint that major earthquake triggered a landslide that dammed the river,rerouting its flow and reducing water flow to Sanxingdui,F(xiàn)an said.
56.In the first paragraph,the author wants toA.
A.introduce the topic of a lost civilization
B.tel us how beautiful the jade and stone artifacts look
C.remind us to pay attention to the earthquake
D.inform us we can easily find treasures in a ditch
57.According to the passage,the following statements are true EXCEPT thatB.
A.Bowers Museum is exhibiting some of Bronze Age treasures
B.Peter Keller is the lead researcher on the study of Sanxingdui
C.some scholars think that the people from Sanxingdui may have moved to Jinsha
D.some findings support the idea that an earthquake caused a landslide,which dammed the river,rerouting its flow and reducing water flow to Sanxingdui
58.Which of the following is the most probable explanation of mystery of the disappearance of Sanxingdui's civilization?C
A.War.B.Flood.C.Earthquake.D.Hurricane.
59.Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word"spurring"in the seventh paragraph?A
A.Forcing.
B.Allowing.
C.Supporting.
D.Favoring.
60.What type of writing is this passage?C
A.Science fiction.
B.An official document.
C.A newspaper report.
D.A research report.
分析 本文主要介紹了三星堆的發(fā)現(xiàn)以及和它可能有密切關(guān)系的金沙遺址的發(fā)現(xiàn),并對(duì)它們形成的原因進(jìn)行了分析.
解答 56.A 細(xì)節(jié)題.根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容,In 1929,a peasant in Sichuan Province uncovered jade (玉器) and stone artifacts(手工藝品) while repairing a ditch(溝渠) located about 24miles from Chengdu…The discovery suggests an impressive technicality(手工技藝),which is currently hosting an exhibit of some of these treasures.第一段主要通過(guò)講述1929年在成都附件一個(gè)農(nóng)民發(fā)現(xiàn)了大量的玉器和手工藝品,由此揭開了一個(gè)隱藏已久的被遺忘了的古代文明,結(jié)合選項(xiàng),故選A
57.B 細(xì)節(jié)題.根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容,The discovery suggests an impressive technicality(手工技藝),said Peter Keller,a geologist and president of the Bowers Museum in California,which is currently hosting an exhibit of some of these treasures.三星堆的發(fā)現(xiàn)表明古代就存在令人印象深刻的手工技藝,Peter Keller一位考古學(xué)家說(shuō)到.他是美國(guó)加利福利亞州Bowers Museum 的帶頭人,而這個(gè)博物館目前正展覽著該發(fā)現(xiàn)的一些重要藏品.結(jié)合選項(xiàng),可知B錯(cuò)誤.
58.C 細(xì)節(jié)題.根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容,So it's possible the earthquake epicenter(震中) was actually close to Sanxingdui-but it just wasn't recorded there.由此可知,三星堆有的出現(xiàn)有可能是一場(chǎng)沒有被記載下來(lái)的地震而引發(fā)的,故選C
59.A 詞義猜測(cè)題.根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容,That catastrophe may have reduced Sanxingdui's water supply,spurring its people to move.那場(chǎng)突如其來(lái)的地震災(zāi)難減少了三星堆的水源供給,迫使那里的人們搬離,結(jié)合選項(xiàng),故選A
60.C 文章類型題.根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容,本文主要介紹了三星堆的發(fā)現(xiàn)以及和它可能有密切關(guān)系的金沙遺址的發(fā)現(xiàn),并對(duì)它們形成的原因進(jìn)行了分析.從文章看,對(duì)該事件進(jìn)行了報(bào)告,結(jié)合選項(xiàng),答案為C
點(diǎn)評(píng) 本文是一個(gè)故事類閱讀,題目涉及多道細(xì)節(jié)理解題,做題時(shí)結(jié)合原文和題目有針對(duì)性的找出相關(guān)語(yǔ)句進(jìn)行仔細(xì)分析,結(jié)合選項(xiàng)選出正確答案.推理判斷題也是要在抓住關(guān)鍵句子的基礎(chǔ)上合理的分析才能得出正確答案,切忌胡亂猜測(cè),一定要做到有理有據(jù).