# History of the Turenne - 科目：雅思听力真题（Part 4） - 考频：中频 - 最近考试：2021.10.23/2018.1.6/2013.6.8/2012.4.12 - 题目数：4 - 来源页：https://www.yaquan.site/paper/f68b7d2f-df8f-4175-9a9e-5c3531b425ab（在线机考练习与音频请访问该页面） - 数据更新：2026-10-29 ## 题目原文 00:00:00,400 Part four. You will hear part of a lecture for history students about a relic in Turenne, a town in southern France. First, you have some time to look at questions thirty-one to forty. 00:00:52,980 Now listen carefully and answer questions thirty-one to forty. 00:00:58,080 Okay. In this lecture, we are going to learn the history of Turenne, which is a county in southern part of France. 00:01:06,060 We will also be looking at some archaeological findings as they are the basis of what we know today. 00:01:12,880 The history of this area can date back to twenty-five hundred years ago. In the earliest years, there were just small settlements where people lived a very simple life. 00:01:23,560 Slowly, the place grew into a town and became livelier, and business activities began to emerge. 00:01:31,320 According to Peter Rocher, a French archaeologist, this place was an important agricultural county since a long time ago. 00:01:40,800 In his findings, there were buried pieces of grain and broken utensils, which were the evidence of ancient Romans who traded their pottery for grains with people in Turenne. This also proves that the business activities were quite active in this area back then. However, it is something else that gave us a much better idea of what life was like in Turenne about two thousand years ago. 00:02:08,539 In the 1500s, a French man found what seemed to be the remains of a castle when he was digging a well. There were bricks and stones that looked like part of a building. 00:02:21,540 In the seventeenth century, a group of British archaeologists came to Turenne to study the relics. 00:02:28,980 Later, Swedish government also sent a team of archaeologists. The two teams did a thorough survey of the whole area together. It was hard work which took them several months to dig out the ruins of old buildings and recover the area to what it originally looked like. 00:02:51,320 The outcome of their work was surprising for all of them. It was a very big area of buildings and facilities for different purposes, which was a very good proof that a civilization existed from so long ago. In the northeastern part of the area, archaeologists found signs of a local market. There were stone stands that sellers used to place their commodities, and they even found silver coins, which were the currency back then. 00:03:21,240 It further proved that the business was flourishing in ancient Turenne. 00:03:27,040 About one mile to the east, in the eastern part of that region, archaeologists found the remains of a building. 00:03:34,900 From the words on a stone, they knew the building was called Cast. It looked like an old workshop, and archaeologists found tools for making textiles. 00:03:46,360 It was a very important evidence that this industry was established about more than two thousand years ago, which was situated in the central area, was a big round building where there was something like a fountain. The team found buckets near it. This showed that it had been the place where people collected water. We could imagine the scene that dozens of people were standing by this fountain with buckets in their hands. What surprised the archaeologists most was that there was an ancient theater in the northeastern part. 00:04:21,440 There was a stage and several stone seats uncovered. 00:04:25,960 Right next to the theater, archaeologists unearthed a long stone. 00:04:31,300 Then more stones were found, and they extended across a deeper area. 00:04:36,860 From this, we could conclude that these stones were from an old bridge on the river. Architects were very skilled back then. They used their wisdom to conquer technical obstacles, but people used their wisdom much more than Millie for practical purposes. 00:04:54,740 In the southwestern area, what seemed to be like a garden was uncovered. There were pots and wooden basins. It must have been a very beautiful place, full of plants and flowers of different colors. 00:05:08,780 More importantly, there were two statues of lions just beside the gate. It means French people admired the power of this beast at that time so that they used stones to make these statues. 00:05:23,000 Not far from Dolby House, also in the central area, there was an elevated area, but its lower area in the center. 00:05:31,720 Through a lot of careful research, archaeologists came to the conclusion that this was a Roman bath. It's where rich people went to enjoy a comfortable and relaxing hot bath. Next to the bath, there was a sculpture of a woman who was like pouring water into the bath. Across from it, on the other side of the bath pool, people can see the sculpture of the Roman emperor who ruled this area for many years. 00:05:59,850 These discoveries are good material for us to study the history of Turenne and Southern France. What we're going to do now is... 00:06:09,210 That is the end of part four. You now have half a minute to check your answers. ## 题目与答案 ### 31. ·2500 years ago, in Peter Rochet`s findings: Roman trading 31_____ for grains in Turenne. ·2500 years ago, in Peter Rochet`s findings: Roman trading 31_____ for grains in Turenne. **答案**：pottery 原文定位：In his findings, there were buried pieces of grain and broken utensils, which were the evidence of ancient Romans who traded their pottery for grains with people in Turenne ### 32. ·In the 1500s, a French found the remains of a 32_____ . ·In the 1500s, a French found the remains of a 32_____ . **答案**：castle 原文定位：In the 1500s, a French man found what seemed to be the remains of a castle when he was digging a well ### 33. ·After that, British and Swedish archaeologists conducted a full 33_____ in this area. ·After that, British and Swedish archaeologists conducted a full 33_____ in this area. **答案**：survey 原文定位：The two teams did a thorough survey of the whole area together 同义替换：「conducted」↔「did」；「full」↔「thorough」 ### 34-40. | Places | Location | Details | | --- | --- | --- | | Local 34_____ | Northeastern region | stone stands and 35_____ | | Cast building | Eastern region | evidence of producing 36_____, proving the industry once existed | | Dowe House | Central region | people come to collect 37_____ | | Ancient Theatre | Northeastern region | face next to the stone: 38_____ on the water | | The Garden | Southwestern region | the statues of 39_____ | | Roman Bath | Central region | Sculptures of a woman and Roman 40_____ | | Places | Location | Details | | --- | --- | --- | | Local 34_____ | Northeastern region | stone stands and 35_____ | | Cast building | Eastern region | evidence of producing 36_____, proving the industry once existed | | Dowe House | Central region | people come to collect 37_____ | | Ancient Theatre | Northeastern region | face next to the stone: 38_____ on the water | | The Garden | Southwestern region | the statues of 39_____ | | Roman Bath | Central region | Sculptures of a woman and Roman 40_____ | **答案**：market|||coins|||textiles|||water|||bridge|||lions|||emperor 原文定位：In the northeastern part;found signs of a local market;stone stands;and they even found silver coins;tools for making textiles;people collected water;stones were from an old bridge on the river;two statues of lions;sculpture of the Roman emperor --- 以上内容由鸭圈雅思真题库（www.yaquan.site）提供，收录近期雅思考试真题回忆，支持在线机考模式免费练习。