3．A NATIONWIDE BESTSELLER
It's likely that everything you learned about America's ancient history is wrong．
The new book，1491，completely changes our understanding of the America before the arrival of Columbus in 1492．
DID YOU KNOW？
When Columbus landed there were probably more people in the Americas than there were in Europe．
The peoples of North America had such healthy life-styles that as late as the 19th century they continued to be the tallest people on earth．
Facts have shown that the Americas were populated as long as 33，000years ago.4，000years ago Mesoamerican farmers developed corn in a feat （技藝） of genetic engineering that still isn't completely understood．
COMMENTS ON 1491
"In the tradition of Jared Diamond & John MePhee，a totally new view of pre-Columbian America"．
-Richard Rhodes
"Attractively written and really absorbing，Charles C．Mann has produced a book that's part detective story，part epic（史詩(shī)）　and part tragedy（悲�。瓾e has taken on a vast topic：thousands of years，two huge continents，and cultures．"
-Charles Matthews，San Jese Mercary News
"Powerful and challenging"
-Alan Taylor，Washingto post
"A pleasure to read as well as a wonderful education"
-Howard Zinn

29．On the whole，1491 is a book mainly about America'sC．
A．life-styles              
B．population           
C．history         
D．a(chǎn)griculture
30．Which of the following is NOT TRUE about the comments on the book 1491？D
A．It is interesting and instructive．
B．It is attractive and culturally related．
C．It is challenging and revolutionary．
D．It is humorous and persuasive
31．From this passage，we can learnB．
A．people settled in the America a little earlier than 1492
B．North Americans were the tallest in the 18th century in the world
C．Mesoamencan farmers knew genetic engineering 5，000years ago
D．the population in the Americas was smaller than that in Europe in 1492．

分析 本文屬于說(shuō)明文閱讀，作者通過(guò)這篇文章主要向我們描述了一本暢銷書(shū)1491，具體介紹了書(shū)的內(nèi)容，和一些人對(duì)這本書(shū)的評(píng)論．

解答 29．C．細(xì)節(jié)理解題：從文章第一段的句子：It's likely that everything you learned about America's ancient history is wrong．可知1491這本書(shū)是關(guān)于美國(guó)歷史的．選C．
30．D．細(xì)節(jié)理解題：從最后一段的句子："A pleasure to read as well as a wonderful education"可知A是對(duì)的，倒數(shù)第三段的句子：可知B是對(duì)的，倒數(shù)第二段的句子："Powerful and challenging"可知C是對(duì)的，文章沒(méi)有說(shuō)這本書(shū)是幽默的能說(shuō)服人的，選D．
31．B．細(xì)節(jié)理解題：從文章第四段的句子：The peoples of North America had such healthy life-styles that as late as the 19th century they continued to be the tallest people on earth．可知北美人在18世紀(jì)在世界上是最高的．選B

點(diǎn)評(píng) 考察學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力，做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時(shí)一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進(jìn)行比較，再做出正確的選擇．在做推理判斷題不要以個(gè)人的主觀想象代替文章的事實(shí)，要根據(jù)文章事實(shí)進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．

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