Coastal archaeology of Britain

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题目与答案

1. 14 What has caused public interest in coastal archaeology in recent years?
   • A The rapid development of England’s coastal archaeology
   • B The rising awareness of climate change
   • C The discovery of an underwater forest
   • D The systematic research conducted on coastal archaeological findings

   答案：B The rising awareness of climate change

   原文定位：In the 1980s and 1990s,scientific researches into climate change and its environmental impact spilled over into a much broader public debate as awareness of these issues grew;the prospect of rising sea levels over the next century,and their impact on our current coastal environments,have been a particular focus for concern

2. 15 What does the passage say about the evidence of boats?
   • A There’s enough knowledge of the boatbuilding technology of the prehistoric people.
   • B Many of the boats discovered were found in harbours.
   • C The use of boats had not been recorded for a thousand years.
   • D Boats were first used for fishing.

   答案：C The use of boats had not been recorded for a thousand years.

   原文定位：The prehistoric sewn-plank boats such as those from the Humber estuary and Dover all seem to belong to the second millennium BC;after this there is a gap in the record of a millennium,which cannot yet be explained, before boats reappeared,but built using a very different technology

3. 16 What can be discovered from the air?
   • A Salt mines
   • B Roman towns
   • C Harbours
   • D Fisheries

   答案：D Fisheries

   原文定位：Elaborate wooden fish weirs, often of considerable extent and responsive to aerial photography in shallow water,have been identified in areas such as Essex and the Severn estuary

4. 17 England lost much of its land after the Ice Age due to the rising sea level.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：TRUE

   原文定位：The dominant process affecting the physical form of England in the post-glacial period has been the rise in the altitude of sea level relative to the land,as the glaciers melted and the landmass readjusted. The encroachment of the sea,the loss of huge areas of land now under the North Sea and the English Channel

5. 18 The coastline of England has changed periodically.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：FALSE

   原文定位：although the rise in relative sea level is comparatively well documented,we know little about the constant reconfiguration of the coastline.This was affected by many processes, mostly quite localised,which have not yet been adequately researched

6. 19 Coastal archaeological evidence may be well-protected by sea water.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：TRUE

   原文定位：Nevertheless,its physical environment means that preservation is often excellent,for example in the case of the Neolithic structure excavated at the Stumble in Essex

7. 20 The design of boats used by pre-modern people was very simple.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：FALSE

   原文定位：Boats were some of the most complex artefacts produced by premodern societies

8. 21 Similar boats were also discovered in many other European countries.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：NOT GIVEN

   原文定位：The prehistoric sewn-plank boats such as those from the Humber estuary and Dover all seem to belong to the second millennium BC

9. 22 There are few documents relating to mineral exploitation.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：TRUE

   原文定位：Other industries were also located along the coast, either because the raw materials outcropped there or for ease of working and transport: mineral resources such as sand,gravel,stone, coal,ironstone,and alum were all exploited. These industries are poorly documented,but their remains are sometimes extensive and striking

10. 23 Large passenger boats are causing increasing damage to the seashore.
    • TRUE
    • FALSE
    • NOT GIVEN

    答案：TRUE

    原文定位：The larger size of ferries has also caused an increase in the damage caused by their wash to fragile deposits in the intertidal zone

11. Which THREE of the following statements are mentioned in the passage?
    • A How coastal archaeology was originally discovered.
    • B It is difficult to understand how many people lived close to the sea.
    • C How much the prehistoric communities understand the climate change.
    • D Our knowledge of boat evidence is limited.
    • E Some fishing grounds were converted to ports.
    • F Human development threatens the archaeological remains.

    答案：B It is difficult to understand how many people lived close to the sea.,D Our knowledge of boat evidence is limited.,F Human development threatens the archaeological remains.

    原文定位：We are not yet in a position to make even preliminary estimates of answers to such fundamental questions as;what percentage of the population at any time lived within reach of the sea;The most striking evidence for use of the sea is in the form of boats, yet we still have much to learn about their production and use;Boatbuilding must have been an extremely important activity around much of our coast, yet we know almost nothing about it;the very varied natural and human threats to the resource;Human threats include the redevelopment of historic towns and old dockland areas, and the increased importance of the coast for the leisure and tourism industries;Redevelopment of harbour sites and other development and natural pressures along the coast are subjecting these important locations to unprecedented threats