The oldest leather shoe

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题目与答案

1. Questions 1-8

   Do the following statements agree with the information in the reading text?

   In boxes 1-8 on your answer sheet, write

   1 The shoe discovered in Armenia is older than the Egyptian pyramids.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：TRUE

   原文定位：The 5,500-year-old shoe, some 1,000 years older than the Egyptian pyramids, was found by scientists excavating a huge cave, designated Areni-1, in Armenia near the border of Turkey and Iran

2. 10 The cave at Areni-1 was utilized by different civilizations over time, including _____ in the 14th century.

   答案：Mongols

   原文定位：Dr. Gregory Areshian of the University of California, Los Angeles, in the USA, said that the cave was also used by later civilizations, most recently by 14th-century Mongols

3. 11 The shoe, made from a single piece of leather, was found alongside artifacts indicating the cave was used for storing _____ .

   答案：ritual objects

   原文定位：The cave, first discovered in 1997, appears to have been used primarily by powerful people of high status for keeping the Chalcolithic community's ritual objects, as well as their harvest during the winter months each year

4. 12 Dr. Gregory Areshian initially underestimated the shoe's age, believing it to be _____ years old.

   答案：600 to 700

   原文定位：We initially thought that the shoe and other objects were about 600-700 years old

5. 13 The preservation of artifacts in the cave was aided by a thick layer of _____ covering the floor.

   答案：sheep dung

   原文定位：The floor of the cave was covered by thick layers of sheep dung, acting as a solid seal over the objects and preserving them beautifully over the millennia

6. 2 The cave where the shoe was found has been extensively documented since its discovery in 1997.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：NOT GIVEN

   原文定位：The cave, first discovered in 1997, appears to have been used primarily by powerful people of high status for keeping the Chalcolithic community's ritual objects, as well as their harvest during the winter months each year

7. 3 The artifacts found in the cave suggest it was primarily used for storing agricultural products.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
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   答案：FALSE

   原文定位：The cave, first discovered in 1997, appears to have been used primarily by powerful people of high status for keeping the Chalcolithic community's ritual objects, as well as their harvest during the winter months each year

8. 4 Dr. Gregory Areshian initially estimated the shoe's age to be much younger than its actual age.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：TRUE

   原文定位：Dr. Gregory Areshian of the University of California, Los Angeles, in the USA, said that the cave was also used by later civilizations, most recently by 14th-century Mongols, so he had assumed the shoe would be 600 to 700 years old;When separate laboratories at the University of Oxford in the UK and the University of California at Irvine in the USA carbon-dated the leather to 3653 to 3627 BC, he said, "We couldn't believe that a shoe could be so ancient

9. 5 The shoe was made from multiple pieces of leather sewn together.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
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   答案：FALSE

   原文定位：Made from a single piece of leather and shaped to fit the wearer's foot, it contained grass-its purpose uncertain, whether to keep the foot warmer or to maintain the shape of the shoe, perhaps a precursor to the modern shoe-tree

10. 6 The stable conditions in the cave contributed to the preservation of wheat and barley found there.
    • TRUE
    • FALSE
    • NOT GIVEN

    答案：TRUE

    原文定位：The stable, cool, and dry conditions in the cave resulted in exceptional preservation of the various objects that were found, which included large containers holding well-preserved wheat and barley, apricots, and other edible plants

11. 7 Diana Zardaryan, an Armenian PhD student, found the shoe alongside a complete pot.
    • TRUE
    • FALSE
    • NOT GIVEN

    答案：FALSE

    原文定位：The shoe's discovery was credited to Armenian PhD student Diana Zardaryan of the Institute of Archaeology, Armenia, who found it in a pit alongside a broken pot and wild goat horns

12. 8 The shoe was found with its original shoelaces intact.
    • TRUE
    • FALSE
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    答案：TRUE

    原文定位：Reflecting on the find, Ms. Zardaryan remarked, "I was amazed to find that even the shoe-laces were preserved

13. Questions 9-13

    Complete the summary below.

    Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer.

    Write your answers in boxes 9-13 on your answer sheet.

    9 The shoe discovered in Armenia dates back approximately _____ years, making it older than the Egyptian pyramids.

    答案：5,500;5500

    原文定位：The 5,500-year-old shoe, some 1,000 years older than the Egyptian pyramids, was found by scientists excavating a huge cave, designated Areni-1, in Armenia near the border of Turkey and Iran