题目内容
7.A new pollen (花粉) study showed that drought was responsible for the extinction(消失) of civilizations more than 3,000 years ago during the Bronze Age.The reason behind why the civilizations in and around modern-day Israel suddenly broke down more than 3,000 years ago has remained a mystery up until now.A new pollen study by Tel Aviv University researchers finally solved this Bronze Age mystery.
Prof.Israel Finkelstein showed that owing to serious climate changes,the entire world of the Bronze Age crumbled in a short period of time.The discovery was made on the basis of a high-resolution analysis of pollen grains taken from sediments (沉淀物) beneath the Sea of Galilee and the western shore of the Dead Sea.
Prof.Finkelstein received support from the European Research Council to conduct research aimed at reconstructing ancient Israel.Researchers of the part of the project that dealt with climate change extracted (提取) about 60 feet of samples of gray muddy sediment from the center of the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel.They had to drill through 1,000 feet of water and into 65 feet of the lake bed and were able to recover evidence dating over the past 9,000 years.
"Pollen is the most enduring organic material in nature,"explained Dr.Dafna Langgut,a pollen researcher who carried out the actual work of sampling."These grains tell us about the plants that grew near the lake in the past and therefore prove the climatic conditions in the region."
Researchers noted a sharp decrease in Mediterranean trees like oaks and pines in the Late Bronze Age.According to study experts,this could be because of repeated periods of drought.The droughts may have resulted in long famines,forcing people to migrate from north to south.
32.The underlined word"crumbled"in Paragraph 3 meansD.
A.settled
B.changed
C.established
D.disappeared
33.Prof.Finkelstein conducted the new pollen study toB.
A.earn some money
B.recreate ancient Israel
C.learn more about local plants
D.discover the ancient civilizations
34.By conducting the study,scientists foundB.
A.Mediterranean trees were rare in the Early Bronze Age
B.climate change was to blame for the lost civilization
C.people in the Late Bronze Age starved to death
D.droughts were rare during the Bronze Age
35.The text is most probably taken fromC.
A.a travel magazine
B.a history textbook
C.a newspaper report
D.an agricultural book.
分析 本文讲述的是经过花粉研究表明气候变得导致文明的消失
解答 DBBC
32 D 考查推理判断题.根据第三段提到Prof.Israel Finkelstein showed that owing to serious climate changes,the entire world of the Bronze Age crumbled in a short period of time可知Finkelstein教授说由于气候的变化,青铜器时代在短时间内消失,故选D项.
33 B 考查细节理解题.根据第四段提到Prof.Finkelstein received support from the European Research Council to conduct research aimed at reconstructing ancient Israel可知Finkelstein教授得到证据来进行研究,目的是重建古代的以色列,故选B项.
34 B 考查推理判断题.根据第三段提到Prof.Israel Finkelstein showed that owing to serious climate changes,the entire world of the Bronze Age crumbled in a short period of time可知Finkelstein教授说由于气候的变化,青铜器时代在短时间内消失,故选B项.
35 C 考查推理判断题.根据文章第一段A new pollen (花粉) study showed that drought was responsible for the extinction(消失) of civilizations more than 3,000 years ago during the Bronze Age.可知本文讲述的是经过花粉研究表明气候变得导致文明的消失,故这是篇科普类阅读,故选C项.
点评 首先对原文材料迅速浏览,掌握全文的主旨大意.因为阅读理解题一般没有标题,所以,速读全文,抓住中心主旨很有必要,在速读的过程中,应尽可能多地捕获信息材料.
其次,细读题材,各个击破.掌握全文的大意之后,细细阅读四六级每篇材料后的问题,弄清每题要求后,带着问题,再回到原文中去寻找、捕获有关信息.
要善于抓住每段的主题句,阅读时,要有较强的针对性.对于捕获到的信息,要做认真分析,仔细推敲,理解透彻,只有这样,针对题目要求,才能做到稳、准.
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