3 . Nine 1700-year-old brick tombs have been discovered in northwest China’s Xinjiang. Experts say that they can
_______valuable clues for the research of exchanges(交换;交流) between the central Chinese government at that time and
_________Western Regions.
It is the
_______time ancient tombs with typical characteristics of China’s main Han nationality have been found in the Uygur ethnic region(自治区).
_________from Beijing, Shanxi and Xinjiang concluded that the tombs were
_________between the middle and late third century and fourth century.
The tombs were unearthed during the
_______of a road earlier this year in Kuqa county, 740 km from Xinjiang’s capital Urumqi and part of the
_______Qiuci State. Qiuci State, which
_______between the second century BC and 860 AD, was one of the 36 states in the Western Regions.
The tombs would help archaeologists with research into the political, economic and cultural
_______between the Central Plains government and states in the west, and on the cultural
________of the Central Plains on the Western Regions.
Archaeologists from the Xinjiang institute have dug nine tombs since August 22,
__________bodies of more than 30 people, some ancient
________and more than 60 pottery(陶器) jars. It is thought there are another three tombs to be
________.
The people buried in the tombs were
________either people from the western regions deeply influenced by the Han culture or the Han residents(居民)in the
__________.
1. A.tell | B.provide | C.show | D.represent |
2. A.nearby | B.middle | C.faraway | D.few |
3. A.second | B.last | C.first | D.near |
4. A.Scientists | B.People | C.Officials | D.Archaeologists |
5. A.built | B.found | C.buried | D.studied |
6. A.construction | B.destruction | C.digging | D.repair |
7. A.ancient | B.big | C.far | D.near |
8. A.appeared | B.disappeared | C.lies | D.existed |
9. A.exchanges | B.businesses | C.development | D.studies |
10. A.model | B.atmosphere | C.influence | D.change |
11. A.finding | B.destroying | C.studying | D.protecting |
12. A.paper | B.silk | C.pearls | D.coins |
13. A.moved | B.dug | C.studied | D.picked |
14. A.surely | B.probably | C.certainly | D.nearly |
15. A.west | B.country | C.region | D.tomb |