该省山区的主要天然植被是( ) A.温带混交林和温带落叶阔叶林 B.温带落叶阔叶林和亚热带常绿阔叶林 C.亚寒带针叶林和温带落叶阔叶林 D.亚寒带针叶林和草甸草原 答案:A
One of the greatest mysteries on Earth is
the statues which stand on Easter Island. Easter Island, which was almost uninhabited
when it was discovered on Easter Day in 1722 by a Dutch captain, is the most
distant island in the world covered with hundreds of giant statues, each
weighing several tons and some standing more than 30 feet tall.
Who built these statues and why and how did they get there? Nobody
knows the answer for sure.
One theory suggests that Easter Island was first inhabited by
Polynesians, who traveled thousands of miles in their canoes(独木舟)in 400 A.D. However, the ocean currents(洋流)which carried them there
would not take them back, so that they could not leave.
The statues appear to have been made out of the top edge of the
walls of a volcano on the island. Then, it may have been rolled or dragged down
to the foot of the volcano(火山). Then, it was stood upright(直立)and ropes were tied around it, which was made to act as a pulley(滑轮). Over a period of months, a
statue could be walked for miles down to the ocean. Finally, it was placed in
line with other statues, all of them looking towards the center of the island.
This process was difficult. If a statue fell over, it was too heavy
to be pulled upright again, so the islanders went back and carved another
statue.
The population of Easter Island must have reached 11,000. Later, the
resources of the island were used up and people began fighting and eating each
other. Work on the statues stopped and the statues were knocked over. When the
first Europeans finally arrived on the island, most of these people had died
out.
1.This passage is mainly about
________ .
A. the discovery of Easter Island
B. the statues on Easter Island
C. the history of Easter Islanders
D. the earliest population on Easter Island
2. Which
of the following correctly tells of the possible working process after a statue
was made?
a. It was stood upright and ropes were tied around it.
b. It was walked for miles down to the ocean.
c. It was placed in line with other statues.
d. It was moved to the foot of the volcano.
A.
c-d-a-b
B. d-b-a-c C.
a-c-b-d D.
d-a-b-c
3. It’s not a fact that ________ .
A. Easter Island is the most distant island in the
world
B. Easter is the name of a holiday
C. not all the statues were placed in a line
D. the island was once rich in natural resources
4.The underlined word uninhabited
most probably means ________.
A.
mysterious
B. lost
C. unknown to the
world
D. with no
people living there