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閱讀下列短文,從每題所給的四個選項 (A 、B 、C 和 D )中,選出最佳選項。
In 1841, a book was published which astonished the world. It was called “Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan”. The author John Loud Stephens had just returned from a long, difficult and dangerous journey through the thick rain forest of southern Mexico and Guatemala. He had once been there with Frederick Catherwood, an architect and artist, to search for the remains of a lost civilization known as the Mayas(瑪雅). Very little was known about the Mayas at that time, but Catherwood's drawing in the book showed incredible cities with temples, pyramids and other buildings as impressive as those of their northern neighbors, the Aztecs. These cities, however, were deserted. The inhabitants(居民) had disappeared almost a thousand years before.
Since that time, far more has been learned about this remarkable civilization. The Mayas had a highly-developed system of government and of agriculture, as well as an incredibly accurate system of measuring time. They were also wonderful engineers capable of moving huge blocks stone long distances and cutting them to accurate shapes and sizes.
And yet although the Mayas knew about the wheel, they never used it. Neither did they use metals other than copper. What is ever more surprising is that they suddenly abandoned many of their cities and built new ones in the jungle. Some time around AD 900, Mayan civilization collapsed(崩潰). By the year 1200, their last great capital,
Who were these strange people and the even stranger gods they worshipped? What brought about their sudden and mysterious collapse? Some writers have tried to prove that the Mayas had contact with visitors from space and even that they themselves came from another planet. Some people believe that their civilization came to an end because the Mayas never developed a proper resistance to local germs and diseases. All we really know is that when the first Europeans appeared off their coast in 1517, this great and mysterious culture was only a memory.
【1】Stephen's book astonished the world because .
A. it was the first time people heard about Mayas
B. the Mayas were excellent builders and farmers
C. he had experienced so may difficulties to find this lost civilization
D. it described that the Mayas used to be an advanced civilization
【2】 One of the most surprising findings about Mayas was that .
A. they developed accurate system measuring time
B. they knew how to build pyramids with stones
C. they deserted their cities and moved to new ones
D. they built cities which they never lived in
【3】At last Mayas disappeared from the world most probably in .
A. a thousand years before 1841
B. around AD 900
C. any year between 1200 and 1517
D. 1200
【4】What brought about Mayan sudden collapse?
A. Tropical germs and diseases.
B. European conquest.
C. Mysterious force from outer space.
D. No one knows for sure.
【答案】
【1】D
【2】C
【3】B
【4】D
【解析】
【1】D 細節(jié)理解題。根據第一段第五句“…but Catherwood's drawing in the book showed incredible cities with temples, pyramids and other buildings as impressive as those…”可知,Stephen的書中說,當時的瑪雅有不可思議的廟宇,金字塔等建筑,說明其文明相當發(fā)達。
【2】C 細節(jié)理解題。根據第三段第三句“What is ever more surprising is that they suddenly abandoned many of their cities and built new ones in the jungle. ”可知,他們遺棄了舊城,遷移到新城。
【3】B 細節(jié)理解題。根據第三段第四句“Some time around AD 900, Mayan civilization collapsed(崩潰).”可知,瑪雅文明大約公元900年消亡。
【4】D 推理判斷題。根據最后一段前幾個問句可知,對于瑪雅文明的隕落至今還沒有定論。
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刪除:把多余的詞用斜線(\)劃掉。
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注意:1.每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞;
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