[問題] pp test2 第三篇 Q28 (reading)

[shiaune]

Much of our knowledge of the earliest hunters and
gatherers is found by excavating abandoned living
sites. These groups of people favored lakeside
camps or convenient rock overhangs for protection
from predators and the weather, for availability of
abundant water, and for access to herds of game
and vegetable foods. Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania is
renowned for its prehistoric sites, which include small
lakeside locations used by early humans for a few
days or weeks before they moved on in their constant
search for game, vegetable foods, and fish.
Fortunately for archaeologists, the early hunters
and gatherers abandoned food bones and tools where
they dropped them. In Olduvai, the gently rising waters
of a prehistoric lake slowly covered the bone caches
and preserved them for posterity, with the tools lying
where they had fallen. Other ancient people lived by
the banks of large rivers. Their tools are
found in profusion in the gravel of riverbeds that were
subsequently jumbled and re-sorted by floodwater,
leaving a confused mass of artifacts, rather
than undisturbed floors of former dwellings for
archaeologists to uncover.
Caves that were occupied more than half a million
years ago were reoccupied again and again as
people returned to the locations they preferred. Many
natural caves and rock shelters contain deep deposits
of artifacts, called “occupation layers,” that can be
removed by meticulous excavation with a dental pick,
trowel, and brush. The sequence of occupation layers
can be uncovered almost undisturbed from the day of
abandonment.
In contrast to the archaeological evidence left
by hunters and gatherers, sites left by farmers were
generally larger because farmers were tied to their
herds and gardens and moved less often. Higher
population densities and more lasting settlements
left more conspicuous archaeological sites from later
millennia of human history. In many areas, farming
sites were occupied time after time over several
thousand years, forming deep mounds of refuse,
house foundations, and other debris from human
habitation. These sites, known as “tells,” require
large excavations and extensive earthmoving if
anything is to be understood about how towns and
settlements were laid out.

紅色是我覺得有關的text部分^^"

Q28.
It can be inferred from the passage that Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania differs from other prehistoric sites because it has
A) undisturbed deposits of artifact
B) an abundance of predators
C) no evidence of human habitation
D) access to lake water

Ans) A

這題的text部分把不會的字都查過了看不太懂它的意思, 請幫忙解答一下, 謝謝^^

[micki]

http://www.formosamba.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=2041

please review the rules and revise your subject....

[nexxt0722]

In Olduvai, the gently rising waters of a prehistoric lake slowly covered the bone caches and preserved them for posterity, with the tools lying where they had fallen. Other ancient people lived by the banks of large rivers. Their tools are found in profusion in the gravel of riverbeds that were subsequently jumbled and re-sorted by floodwater leaving a confused mass of artifacts, rather than undisturbed floors of former dwellings for archaeologists to uncover.

在Olduvai,史前湖泊和緩上升的水面慢慢地掩蓋了骨頭藏匿處,並且連同當初所遺留的工具一併為後代保存下來,而其他古代人種居住在大河的河岸,他們的工具在河床的石礫中被大量發現,但是水流早已將器具遺骸重新分類的亂七八糟,使得考古學家無法發現更早之前定居的人所遺留下來且未受破壞的堆積層

大致意思是這樣,翻的不通順請多多包函,所以可以看出選項A是正確答案

[micki]

我是指 規定上面有一條:

"reading請加註第N篇，如[問題]2003年10月第4篇Q30~Q39(reading)"

請修正.