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The following paragraphs are given in a wrong order. For Questions 51 —— 55, you are re-
quired to reorganize these paragraphs into a coherent text by choosing from the list A.——[G ] and filling them into the numbered boxes. Paragraphs A. and [ E] have been correctly placed. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET.
A. Some archaeological sites have always been easily observable--for example, the Parthenon in Athens, Greece, the pyramids of Giza in Egypt; and the megaliths of Stonehenge in southern
England. But these sites are exceptions to the norm. Most archaeological sites have been located by means of careful searching, while many others have been discovered by vai Gorge, an early hominid site in Tanzania, was found by a butterfly hunter who literally fell into its deep valley in 1911. Thousands of Aztec artifacts came to light during the digging of the Mexico City subway in the 1970s.
another case, American archaeologists Rene Million and George Cow gill spent years systematically mapping the entire city of Teotihuacan in the Valley of Mexico near what is now
Mexico City. At its peak around AD 600, this city was one of the largest human settlements in the world. The researchers mapped not only the city' s vast and ornate ceremonial areas,but also hundreds of simpler apartment complexes where common people lived.
C. How do archaeologists know where to find what they are looking for when there is nothing visible on the surface of the ground? Typically, they survey and sample (make test excavations on) large areas of terrain to determine where excavation will yield useful information.
Surveys and test samples have also become important for understanding the larger landscapes that contain archaeological sites.
D. Surveys can cover a single large settlement or entire landscapes. In one case, many researchers working around the ancient Maya city of Cohan, Honduras, have located hundreds of small rural villages and individual dwellings by using aerial photographs and by making surveys on foot. The resulting settlement maps show how the distribution and density of the rural population around the city changed dramatically between AD 500 and 850, when Cohan collapsed.
[ E ] To find their sites, archaeologists today rely heavily on systematic survey methods and a variety of high-technology tools and techniques. Airborne , such as different types of radar and photographic equipment carried by airplanes or spacecraft, allow archaeologists to learn about what lies beneath the ground without digging. Aerial surveys locate general areas of interest or larger buried features, such as ancient buildings or fields.
[ F] Most archaeological sites, however, are discovered by archaeologists who have set out to look for them. Such searches can take years. British archaeologist Howard Carter knew that the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Stank human existed from information found in other sites. Carter sifted through rubble in the Valley of the Kings for seven years before he located the tomb in 1922. In the late 1800s British archaeologist Sir Arthur Evan combed antique dealers' stores in Athens, Greece. He was searching for tiny engraved seals attributed to the ancient
Mycenaean culture that dominated Greece from the 1400s to 1200s BC. Evans' s interpretations of these engravings eventually led him to find the Minoan palace at Knossos (Knoss6s) on the island of Crete, in 1900.
[ G] Ground surveys allow archaeologists to pinpoint the places where digs will be ground surveys involve a lot of walking, looking for surface clues such as small fragments of pottery. They often include a certain amount of digging to test for buried materials at selected points across a landscape. Archaeologists also may locate buried remains by using such technologies as ground radar, magnetic field recording, and metal detectors. Archaeologists commonly use computers to map sites and the landscapes around sites. Two and three dimensional maps are helpful tools in planning excavations, illustrating how sites look, and n resenting the results of archaeological research.
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當地面上什麼東西都看不到，考古學家怎麼知道該去哪裡尋找他們要找的東西呢?通常，他們會在大片區域做測量和取樣(做實驗性的挖掘)來決定在哪裡挖掘會得到最有用的資訊。測量和取樣對於瞭解包含考古遺址的更廣闊地貌也變得非常重要。
一些考古遺址很容易被發現一例如，希臘雅典的帕特農神廟，埃及的吉薩金字塔以及英格蘭南部的巨石陣。但是這些遺址是特例。，大多數考古遺址是通過認真的搜尋才找到的，而還有許多其他的遺址是意外發觀的。奧杜威峽谷，坦尚尼亞的早期原始人類遺址，是被一個捉蝴蝶的人發現的，他l911年跌入奧杜威峽谷的深谷。數以千計的阿茲特克文物是在20世紀70年代挖掘墨西哥城的地鐵時發現的。
然而，大多數考古遺址都是在考古學家的努力尋找之下發現的。這樣的尋找可能需要好幾年的時間。英國考古學家霍華德·卡特通過在其他遺址得到的資訊得知埃及法老圖坦卡蒙墓的存在。卡特在帝王谷的碎石中仔細搜尋了七年，終於在1922年找到了他的墳墓。在19世紀末期.英國考古學家阿瑟·埃文爵士把希臘雅典的古董商店梳理了一遍。他在尋找於公元前l5世紀到l3世紀統治希臘的古邁錫尼文明的'小印章。埃文對這些雕刻的解讀最終使他1900年發現了克里特島的克諾索斯的米諾斯王宮。
為了發現遺址，考古學家現在嚴重依賴系統的測量方法和各種各樣的高科技工具和技術。機載技術，例如由飛機或太空飛船攜帶的各種各樣的雷達和拍照裝置使考古學家們能夠無需挖掘就瞭解到地下埋藏著什麼。航空勘測可以發現遺址所在的大致區域，或者更大的埋藏特徵，例如古建築或田野。
地面測量使考古學家精確地找到挖掘應該會成功的地點。大多數地面測量包括大量的步行、尋找地面的線索，例如陶器的細小碎片。它們經常包括在一片區域內選取定點進行挖掘取樣。考古學家還能通過使用諸如地面雷達、磁場紀錄和金屬探測器等技術找到遺蹟。考古學家通常使用計算機繪製遺址地圖以及附近的地形圖。二維或三維的地圖對規劃挖掘、展示遺址樣貌和展示考古研究結果來說都是有用的工具。
測量可能包括單一的大型定居點或者完整的地形。曾經.許多研究者通過航空拍攝和徒步測量，在宏都拉斯的古代科潘瑪雅城發現了幾百處小村莊和定居點。最後生成的定居地地圖展示了當科潘瓦解時，圍繞城市的農村人口的分佈和密度如何在公元500年至850年之間戲劇性地變遷。
在另外一個案例中，美國考古學家雷內·米利翁和喬治·考吉爾花費數年時間系統地繪製了位於墨西哥峽谷、鄰近今天墨西哥城所在地的特奧蒂瓦坎古城的地圖。在公元600年前後，這座古城處於鼎盛時期，併成為當時全世界最大的人類定居點之一。研究者不僅繪製了城市廣闊而華麗的禮儀區域，還包括了幾百處普通人居住的簡單的公寓建築。
答案及解析51.C【解析】本題是總分關係題。該空格位於文章的起始。空格之後的A項提到“一些考古遺址很容易發現”，“但是這些遺址是特例。大多數考古遺址是通過認真的搜尋才找到的，而許多其他的遺址是意外發現的。”而E項提到“為了發現遺址，考古學家現在嚴重依賴系統的測量方法和各種各樣的高科技工具和技術”，可見空格處所填入的句子應該起到總領全文的作用，即概括地
說明考古學家使用測量和取樣的方法進行考古發現，瀏覽所有選項，只有C項適合作為主題段，先提出全文要解決的問題，然後給出總括性的解釋。
52.F【解析】本題是順接關係題。該空格位於全文第三段。第二段作者提到“一些考古遺址很容易發現”，“但是這些遺址是特例”並舉例說明肉眼可見的遺址，以及“大多數考古遺址是通過認真的搜尋才找到的，而許多其他的遺址是意外發現的”，並舉例說明、意外發現的遺址，而第四段E段轉而談論考古學家運用何種方法進行考古發現，由此可以推斷此段意義與前段構成順接關係，空格處可能會舉例說明“大多數考古遺址是通過認真的搜尋才找到的”，F項提到“大多數考古遺址都是在考古學家的努力尋找之下發現的。這樣的尋找可能需要好幾年的時間”，並用兩個例子進行支撐。
53.G【解析】本題是順接關係題。該空格位於全文第五段。空格之前的E段指出“為了發現遺址，考古學家現在嚴重依賴系統的測量方法和各種各樣的高科技工具和技術”，並舉例說明了“機載技術”和“航空勘測”兩種測量方法，而G段繼續介紹地面測量和計算機繪製遺址地圖以及附近的地形圖在考古過程中的重要作用，與前段構成順接關係。‘
54.D【解析】本題是順接關係題。該段位於全文第六段。空格之前已經介紹了除了少數特例之外，大多數考古遺址都是在考古學家的努力尋找之下發現的，並且介紹了考古學家運用各種測量方法和先進的科學技術做出考古發現，而D段繼續介紹測量的不同方式，包括單一的定居點或者包括完整的地域風貌，並舉例說明考古學家如何通過測繪單一定居點的方式完成考古發現。
55.B【解析】本題是順接關係題。該空格位於全文第七段。空格之前的D段已經介紹了考古測量可以包括單一的定居點或者完整的地域風貌，並舉例說明考古學家如何通過測繪單一定居點的方式完成考古發現，B項中的in another case正是空格之前D段中in one case的順接關鍵詞，同時該段也舉例介紹了另外一種測量方式，即通過測繪完整的地域風貌完成考古發現。
