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【題目】 Archeology （考古學(xué)）isn't the dusty science it was a generation ago. New technologies that once seemed out of sci-fi are now locating buried traces of buildings and revealing the ruins of cities.

For more than a decade, Sarah Parcak and her team have been on the front line of this revolution. They use satellite images to find and explore ancient sites around the globe. Now they're about to take on a new challenge as they focus Global Xplorer citizen-science project on India.

In 2017, Parcak launched an online platform, called Global Xplorer, to crowd source （群眾外包）the initial assessment of satellite images for signs of cultures from long ago. Anyone in the world with a computer and Internet access could help discover and protect remains of Peru's rich cultural heritage. The results have been surprising. About 80,000 participants from a hundred countries have identified 19,000 sites that were not in Peru's database. The platform for Peru is still running.

If all goes well, the work in India could last for years. "India has had relatively little archaeological work done," Parcak says. Also, the full extent of India's archaeological work has never been mapped completely. Parcak expects her project to make up that. “Wherever we end up going, the crowd's going to be able to see extraordinary things," Parcak says.

Thirty six India's cultural heritage relics are already listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Parcak thinks there could be tens of thousands of as yet unknown sites mapped as part of this project. The discoveries promise to be amazing across the land that has seen a parade of cultures come and go.

In the future, she hopes other countries will contact her to launch their own satellite surveys. The possibilities are huge. Parcak estimates that there are at least 12 million potential archaeological sites yet to be discovered. That means the sky is the limit for her project now that it has gotten off the ground successfully.

【1】What's the purpose of Parcak's project?

A.To interview citizens via the Internet.

B.To dig out more remains of ancient cities.

C.To build databases for unknown cultural heritage.

D.To identify unknown ancient sites through joint efforts.

【2】What do we know about the participants in Peru project?

A.They are Internet-equipped volunteers.

B.They are well-trained voluntary scholars.

C.They are mostly fans of archeology in Peru.

D.They are all archaeologists all over the world.

【3】Why is Parcak's project important to India?

A.India lacks thorough archaeological work.

B.Indians call for the protection of their rich cultures.

C.There's no amazing archaeological discovery in India.

D.India needs more relics listed as World Heritage Sites.

【4】What does the underlined sentence "The possibilities are huge. " in Paragraph 6 mean?

A.Parcak's project will become successful.

B.Few countries will start satellite surveys.

C.There will be amazing discoveries in India.

D.More archaeological sites will be identified.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】A

【4】D

【解析】

這是一篇夾敘夾議的記敘文。通過記敘薩拉創(chuàng)立現(xiàn)代考古平臺Global Xplorer的一些經(jīng)歷，來發(fā)表一些觀點(diǎn)。比如，考古不再是幾十年前灰頭土臉的科學(xué)，而是可以利用高科技來定位和發(fā)掘這些埋在城市廢墟底下的古跡了。

【1】

推理判斷題。這是推理判斷題類型里的目的意圖題。問帕卡克項目的目的是什么。首先定位在帕卡克項目第一次出現(xiàn)的地方：第一段末尾和第二段開頭兩句話：Now they're about to take on a new challenge as they focus Global Xplorer citizen-science project on India.現(xiàn)在他們即將接受一個新的挑戰(zhàn)，他們將把全球公民科學(xué)項目的重點(diǎn)放在印度。In 2017, Parcak launched an online platform, called Global Xplorer, to crowd source （群眾外包）the initial assessment of satellite images for signs of cultures from long ago.2017年，Parcak推出了一個名為Global Xplorer的在線平臺，用于對衛(wèi)星圖像進(jìn)行初步評估，尋找遠(yuǎn)古文明的跡象。從這些信息可以看出來帕卡克是想發(fā)動群眾的力量來尋找古跡，而網(wǎng)絡(luò)是最方便的路徑。這句意圖對很久以前的文化古跡衛(wèi)星圖像進(jìn)行初始評估也就是說通過群眾即大家的力量來辨別衛(wèi)星圖像。此意與D選項切合：To identify unknown ancient sites through joint efforts.通過聯(lián)合的力量來辨識不知名的古跡。故選D。

【2】

推理判斷題。通過題干中的participants in Peru project定位文章中的相應(yīng)位置。Anyone in the world with a computer and Internet access could help discover and protect remains of Peru's rich cultural heritage.文章中說全世界任何擁有電腦和能上網(wǎng)的人都幫助找出,并發(fā)現(xiàn)、保護(hù)秘魯豐富的文化遺產(chǎn)。這句話足以說明此題的答案全世界任何擁有電腦和能夠上網(wǎng)的人即是參與者participants，他們不需要培訓(xùn)，所以B選項排除；他們也不一定對在秘魯?shù)目脊鸥信d趣，所以排除C；他們是來自于全世界各地的考古學(xué)家，更是無中生有,可以排除。因此A選項：“They are Internet-equipped volunteers.他們都是網(wǎng)絡(luò)裝備好了的志愿者們”最切合題意。故選A。

【3】

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。審題得知帕卡克的項目對于印度很重要的原因是什么�？梢詾g覽信息得知定位于第四段：If all goes well, the work in India could last for years. 如果一切進(jìn)展順利，印度的考古工作得延續(xù)十年以上。"India has had relatively little archaeological work done," Parcak says.帕卡克說，“印度的考古工作做得相對來說比較少” Also, the full extent of India's archaeological work has never been mapped completely.此外，印度考古工作的全部范圍從未被完全繪制出來。因此可以推出印度的考古還是很欠缺的。而A選項：“India lacks thorough archaeological work.印度缺乏徹底的考古工作”切合題意。這里完全thorough和completely同義轉(zhuǎn)換得來的。所以推出此題答案為A選項。故選A。

【4】

詞義猜測題。此題實際為猜測句意題。此類題目一定要回扣文章，看句子的出處。句子的前一句是：In the future, she hopes other countries will contact her to launch their own satellite surveys. 將來，她希望其他國家會聯(lián)系她發(fā)起他們自己的衛(wèi)星調(diào)查。句子的后一句是： Parcak estimates that there are at least 12 million potential archaeological sites yet to be discovered.帕卡克估計至少有1200萬潛在的古跡遺址還沒有被發(fā)現(xiàn)。這么多的古跡遺址沒有被發(fā)現(xiàn)，其被發(fā)現(xiàn)的可能性是很高的。據(jù)此可推出D選項：More archaeological sites will be identified.更多的考古遺址會被確認(rèn)。這和文章意思切合。故選D。