The People of Abu Hureyra

题目与答案

1. The People of Abu Hureyra

   Background

   ·The tribe lives from 31_____ years ago

   答案：10000

   原文定位：The first tribe in this area dates back;10000;years;

   同义替换：「lives from」↔「dates back」

2. ·Research time of biggest tombs in Nubia is from 32_____ to 1973.

   答案：1972

   原文定位：Research conducted by members of the expedition from;1972 to 1973;showed that although the tombs had been plundered and burned;the fragments of pottery and optics found were numerous, varied, and of high quality

   同义替换：「biggest」↔「far larger than any previously」

3. ·Painting found on 33_____ indicated unified Egypt.

   答案：temple walls

   原文定位：They were found on many temple walls in Nubia, signifying the unification of Upper Egypt

   同义替换：「indicated」↔「signifying」

4. Research on Corpses:

   ·Research on some bones of 34_____ .

   答案：children and women

   原文定位：The expedition examined a total of;107;skeletons from children and women

   同义替换：「bones」↔「skeletons」，「research on」↔「examined」

5. ·Study of female corpse: teeth, 35_____ .

   答案：fingers and bones

   原文定位：Additionally, archaeologists investigated the fingers and bones of women to find answers to these questions

   同义替换：「study」↔「investigated」，「female」↔「women」

6. ·Picture showed enlarged 36_____ of a Egyptian officer.

   答案：big toe

   原文定位：We even have a clear enlargement of a photograph of his big toe

   同义替换：「picture showed」↔「enlargement of a photograph」，「officer」↔「administration」

7. ·Researchers are finding Nubian 37_____ affected by floods.

   答案：people's homeland

   原文定位：Researchers are in pursuit of the Nubian people's homeland, lost to floods

   同义替换：「finding」↔「in pursuit of」，「affected by」↔「lost to」

8. Teeth and food:

   The reason why teeth were abrading is that grain didn`t remove out 38_____ .

   答案：small stones

   原文定位：Evidently, small stones in the grain were not separated, and therefore the teeth were damaged

   同义替换：「didn’t remove out」↔「were not separated」，「abrading」↔「damaged」

9. During harvest, grain was put on the 39_____ for milling.

   答案：ground

   原文定位：After collection, the grain was placed on the ground, ready for milling

   同义替换：「put」↔「placed」

10. Because their food didn`t have 40_____ Egyptians did not have normal teeth decay.

    答案：sugar

    原文定位：normal cavities were rare because of the absence of sugar;Egyptians had no sugar

    同义替换：「did not have」↔「absence」，「decay」↔「cavities」