Buried cities of the amazon rainforest

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题目与答案

1. 1 The English adventurer Percy Fawcett ignored advice from local guides.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：NOT GIVEN

   原文定位：In a letter to his wife sent on 29 May 1925, Percy Fawcett, an English adventurer, reported that he was about to depart without the assistance of guides on an expedition into previously unexplored areas of the Amazon rainforest in central Brazil

   同义替换：「ignored advice from local guides」↔「」

2. ·lack of evidence of buildings due to the humid climate

   ·large vessels found were probably used to keep a supply of 10_____ available for inhabitants.

   答案：water

   原文定位：So it is likely these containers were for water in the places where the people settled permanently

   同义替换：「vessels」↔「containers」

3. ·earliest European claim of finding villages in Amazonian rainforest made in the year 11_____ .

   答案：1542

   原文定位：The first European to explore the Rio Xingu region was the Spaniard Francisco de Orellana, who, in 1542, reported seeing large settlements on the riverbanks

   同义替换：「earliest」↔「first」，「claim」↔「reported」

4. ·satellite imagery shows that 12_____ connected settlements.

   答案：roads

   原文定位：These lie in an area of 20,000 square kilometres, and were once linked by roads

   同义替换：「connected」↔「linked」

5. ·each settlement was arranged with a 13_____ in its centre.

   答案：plaza

   原文定位：The settlements were all laid out in the same pattern around a plaza, showing evidence of sophisticated planning

   同义替换：「arranged」↔「laid out」

6. 2 There is now evidence that people lived in settlements in the region where Fawcett went missing.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：TRUE

   原文定位：Now, more than 80 years later, anthropologist Michael Heckenberger;have discovered the remains of 28 settlements;the same area where Fawcett disappeared

   同义替换：「evidence」↔「remains」，「area where Fawcett disappeared」↔「region where Fawcett went missing」

7. 3 In the Amazonian rainforest the reddish or yellowish soil contains a considerable proportion of nutrients.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：FALSE

   原文定位：But paradoxically, the soils here are highly acidic and contain few nutrients;Only plants that are perfectly adapted to draw their nutrients from decaying plants and animals can survive in the reddish or yellowish earth that dominates this area

8. 4 Terra preta is a type of soil that occurs naturally in the Amazonian rainforest.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：FALSE

   原文定位：But researchers have discovered that some parts of the rainforest contain plots of a man-made miracle soil, known as terra preta

9. 5 Terra preta is mostly found close to flowing water.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：TRUE

   原文定位：The fertile pockets are concentrated near riverbanks, and the present-day inhabitants of the rainforest are still making use of them

   同义替换：「Terra preta」↔「The fertile pockets」，「mostly found close to flowing water」↔「concentrated near riverbanks」

10. 6 In recent years, the current inhabitants of the Amazonian rainforest have stopped farming the terra preta soil.
    • TRUE
    • FALSE
    • NOT GIVEN

    答案：FALSE

    原文定位：The fertile pockets are concentrated near riverbanks, and the present-day inhabitants of the rainforest are still making use of them

    同义替换：「current」↔「present-day」

11. Amazonian rainforest study

    Agricultural evidence for early human settlements

    ·terra preta found in region

    ·terra preta

    - is made from human refuse

    - its 7_____ lasts a long time

    答案：fertility

    原文定位：One of the many miracles of terra preta is that it does not become depleted, but retains its fertility for many years

    同义替换：「lasts a long time」↔「for many years」

12. Theories about settlements

    ·inhabitants would have grown 8_____ and grain to eat.

    答案：fruit

    原文定位：Instead, they settled in villages, surrounding themselves with orchards providing fruit and fields providing cereals sufficient to feed a large population

    同义替换：「grain」↔「cereals」

13. ·population of each settlement may have been more than 9_____ .

    答案：1000

    原文定位：Settlements comprised over 1000 people, Neves believes

    同义替换：「more than」↔「over」