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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 （技艺） 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（史诗）　and part tragedy（悲剧）．He 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．agriculture
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 本文属于说明文阅读，作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了一本畅销书1491，具体介绍了书的内容，和一些人对这本书的评论．

解答 29．C．细节理解题：从文章第一段的句子：It's likely that everything you learned about America's ancient history is wrong．可知1491这本书是关于美国历史的．选C．
30．D．细节理解题：从最后一段的句子："A pleasure to read as well as a wonderful education"可知A是对的，倒数第三段的句子：可知B是对的，倒数第二段的句子："Powerful and challenging"可知C是对的，文章没有说这本书是幽默的能说服人的，选D．
31．B．细节理解题：从文章第四段的句子：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世纪在世界上是最高的．选B

点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力，做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句，和题干进行比较，再做出正确的选择．在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实，要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断．

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