The opening of a new exhibition building at the Sanxingdui Museum, in Guanghan, Sichuan province, made the place
For those who can not go to Guanghan, an immersive (沉浸式的) exhibition
The exhibition journey begins
1. What was the man doing when he found the statue?
A.He was fishing. | B.He was swimming. | C.He was hunting. |
A.In the 1300s. | B.In the 1600s. | C.In the 1800s. |
A.He’ll keep it to himself. |
B.He’ll give it to a museum. |
C.He’ll make money from it. |
Originally unearthed in the late 1920s, the Sanxingdui Ruins have been regarded as one of the world’s greatest archaeological
One iconic (标志性的) exhibit is the four-meter-tall bronze sacred tree,
Divided into three themed areas, the exhibition hall makes use of a range of new technologies
More than 3,000 stone tools have been unearthed during the latest work at the Piluo site, a large-scale Paleolithic site
The Piluo site,
The latest stage, kicking off in July, was the third of its kind and covered about 150 square meters,
According to
The
5 . Stonehenge is hiding a secret: the source of one of its stones.
Researchers know that the prehistoric circle’s outer stones come from nearby areas in England. But even after a century of study, the Altar Stone near the center of Stonehenge remains difficult to understand.
The Altar Stone belongs to a group of Stonehenge building blocks known as the bluestones, which came from areas far from Stonehenge. Researchers have found that some of the bluestones come from as far as 225 kilometers away.
“It’s a massive job of transport,” says Richard Bevins, an earth scientist at Aberystwyth University in Wales. His team is looking for the source of the Altar Stone. Uncovering the stone’s origins could suggest which ancient groups of people contributed to the building.
Scientists have been working to find the rock’s origins since 1923. A report about the Altar Stone’s minerals back then suggested it might have come from a set of rocks in Wales near where other bluestones cane from. Bevins’ team decided to revisit the rock’s riddle with modern techniques.
In 2021, the team analyzed (分析) the Altar Stone’s chemical makeup using X-rays. The X-ray method showed that the Altar Stone has high levels of the element barium (钡). But the stone’s makeup didn’t seem to match the rocks in Wales.
In the new study, the team collected 58 samples (样本) from a wider area in England and Wales. Of the 58 sample stones, four had high barium levels similar to the Altar Stone. The team then compared the overall mineral makeup of those four stones with the Altar Stone. But none were a match.
“Maybe we’ve been looking in the wrong area, and maybe we’ve possibly been looking at rocks of the wrong age,” Bevins says, “It’s not clear exactly how old the Altar Stone is.” So scientists may need to consider stone sources that are younger than the ones they have looked at so far.
1. Where do the outer stones of Stonehenge come from?A.Wales, | B.Scotland. | C.Ireland. | D.England. |
A.Its sample. | B.Its finding. | C.Its preparation. | D.Its application. |
A.Date the Altar Stone. | B.Make the 1923 report public. |
C.Sell the sample stones. | D.Move their office to the UK. |
A.It looks pretty young. | B.It was built by the locals,. |
C.Its origin remains unknown. | D.Its makeup is the same as others’. |
6 . 听下面一段较长对话,回答以下小题。
1. How old are the paintings?A.About 500 years old. | B.About 1,000 years old. | C.About 17,000 years old. |
A.A professor. | B.A tour guide. | C.A painter. |
A.In a cave. | B.In a hotel. | C.In a college. |
7 . 阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
The recent opening of a new exhibition building at the Sanxingdui Museum, in Guanghan, Sichuan province, made the place
For those who cannot make it to Guanghan,
It provides a time-travel experience for both an educational and artistic appeal. The journey begins
On show
Images of these objects found at Sanxingdui and their
8 . 听下面一段对话,完成填空。
Well, the cave was first discovered in
9 . 听下面一段较长对话,回答以下小题。
1. Where are the speakers?A.In a hotel. | B.In a cave. | C.In a university. |
A.Around 500 years old. | B.Around 1 ,000 years old. | C.Around 17,000 years old. |
A.A professor. | B.A painter. | C.A hotel owner. |
10 . 听双语新闻—语法填空
Dinosaur footprints discovered in Hebei
More than 4,300 dinosaur footprints have been discovered in Zhangjiakou, North China’s Hebei province, the most found in one spot in the country, according to the Department of Natural Resources of Hebei, which recently disclosed
From the footprints,