高考英语专题复习：原创语法填空题（附详解与翻译）
——改编自China Daily最新实时新闻6（历史遗址）
Xuetangliangzi site, Shiyan, Hubei province, from about 1 million years ago
湖北十堰薛塘梁子遗址，距今约100万年（2023.4.4）
The million-year-old human skull, 1、__(find) in May in Yunyang district (formerly Yunxian county) of Shiyan, is the 2、__(good) preserved skull fossil of its time ever discovered in the hinterland of Eurasian continent, 3、__(provide) key information in the study of Homo erectus.
The Xuetangliangzi site is famous 4、___ a milestone discovery of two hominid crania in 1989 and 1990. The two fossils, dating to between 800,000 5、___ 1.1 million years ago, 6、__(name) the No 1 and No 2 skulls of Yunxian Man by scientists, but they were found to be 7、__(severe) damaged.
However, the newly found No 3 skull is in 8、__ good condition and was buried in the same strata of the previous two. It will therefore fill in gaps of related 9、___(study) on the origins of human beings and offer monumental impetus to decode the relationship between the evolution of Homo erectus and Homo sapiens in East Asia.
Laboratory-based follow-up research of molecular biology is still ongoing, and other 10、__(science) approaches are being used to analyze the natural environment of its time.
答案：
1、found考察过去时             2、best考察最高级
3、providing考察非谓语        4、for考察介词
5、and考察between and          6、were named 考察被动
7、severely考察副词            8、a考察冠词
9、studies考察复数             10、scientific 考察形容词
译文：
今年5月，在十堰云阳区（原云县）发现了这具有百万年历史的人类头骨，是在欧亚大陆腹地发现的有史以来保存最完好的头骨化石，为直立人的研究提供了关键信息。
雪堂梁子遗址因1989年和1990年两个人类头骨的里程碑式发现而闻名。这两块化石可追溯到80万至110万年前，被科学家命名为云仙人的1号和2号头骨，但它们被发现严重受损。
然而，新发现的3号头骨状况良好，被埋在前两个头骨的同一地层中。因此，它将填补人类起源相关研究的空白，并为解读东亚直立人和智人进化之间的关系提供巨大的动力。
分子生物学的实验室后续研究仍在进行中，其他科学方法正在被用来分析当时的自然环境。
Zhaojiaxuyao site, Zibo, Shandong province, from 15,000 to 11,000 years ago山东淄博赵家须窑遗址，距今15000年至11000年（2023.4.4）
The 1、__(discover) of this site came as a surprise to archaeologists 2、___ were then i
n the process of unearthing a tomb believed 3、___(date) between the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) and the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220), in Linzi district of Zibo. The following excavations and studies revealed that it used to be 4、__ site of human activity in a much older time.
Specialists found the ruins of three 5、___(fireplace) and, surrounding them, more than 1,000 artifacts comprising 6、___(most) animal bones. There were also fragments of pottery, and stone and clamshell products.
The discovery of the Zhaojiaxuyao site is recognized 7、__ a major finding, because of 8、___(it)  significance to the study of the transitional period from the Paleolithic to Neolithic period in North China and even Northeastern Asia as a whole.
The fire pits and pottery have helped picture how people back then used fire, not only for survival, 9、___ also to create the surroundings of their camp which demonstrated a sense of territorial occupation. It suggests a change in the connection between the people and the land, whereby after gaining experience of adapting 10、_____(they) to th
e rules of nature, people of the time were beginning to reform it. It was a point at which they were ready to build settlements and step forward toward agriculture.
答案：
1、discovery 考察名词         2、who考察定语从句
  3、to be dated考察被动        4、a考察冠词
  5、fireplaces  考察复数       6、 mostly 考察副词
  7、as考察被动介词         8、its考察形容词性物主代词
9、but考察连词           10、themselves考察反身代词
译文：
这个遗址的发现令考古学家感到惊讶，他们当时正在淄博临济区发掘一座据信年代为战国（公元前475年至公元前221年）至汉代（公元前206年至公元220年）的陵墓。以下挖掘和研究表明，它在更古老的时期曾经是人类活动的场所。
专家们发现了三个壁炉的废墟，周围有1000多件文物，其中大部分是动物骨头。还有陶器碎片、石头和蛤壳制品。
赵家须窑遗址的发现被认为是一个重大发现，因为它对研究华北乃至整个东北亚旧石器时代到新石器时代的过渡时期具有重要意义。
火坑和陶器有助于描绘当时人们是如何用火的，不仅是为了生存，也是为了创造营地周围的环境，这表明了他们的领土占领感。这表明人与土地之间的联系发生了变化，在获得了适应自然规律的经验后，当时的人们开始对其进行改革。这是他们准备建造定居点并向农业迈进的时刻。
Bicun site, Xingxian county, Shanxi province, from 2200 BC to 1700 BC
比村遗址，山西省兴县，公元前2200年至公元前1700年（2023.4.3）
This prehistoric city ruins with rigid 1、___(structure) demonstrated characteristics of military fortification and offered crucial clues on the mingling of 2、__(vary) cultures across North China.
The site is about 50 kilometers 3、___ the Shimao site in Shaanxi province, 4、__ gigantic 4,000-year-old city ruins made of stone.5、___(Consequent)  , archaeologists considered Bicun site, also built using stones, 6、__(mark) the frontier of a regional power and probably played a crucial role in a complicated 7、____(defend) system.
The city gates of Bicun are also among the best-preserved and 8、___(much) exquisitely designed prehistoric ruins of their kind ever found in China. For example, the eastern city gate, 9、__ was composed of three erected earthen mounds covered by stones, spanned 78 meters from north to south and 48 meters from east to west. The architectural complex also showcased a strong capacity 10、___(mobilize) and coordinate social resources.
答案：
1、structures考察复数           2、various考察形容词

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