新高考英语题型精析精练与话题拓展：话题拓展05.考古发现(解析版).docxVIP

05.考古发现

养成良好的答题习惯，是决定高考英语成败的决定性因素之一。做题前，要认真阅读题目要求、题干和选项，并对答案内容作出合理预测;答题时，切忌跟着感觉走，最好按照题目序号来做，不会的或存在疑问的，要做好标记，要善于发现，找到题目的题眼所在，规范答题，书写工整;答题完毕时，要认真检查，查漏补缺，纠正错误。

一、阅读理解

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ThecooperationbetweentheTencent’sDigitalCultureLaboratory(DCL)andtheSichuan??InstituteofCulturalRelicsandArchaeologyisground-breaking.UsingdigitaltechnologiessuchasAI,bigdata,cloudcomputing,knowledgegraphsandcomputervision,thousandsofpiecesunearthedfromtheSanxingduiarebeingscanned,analyzedandcalculatedtodeterminewhetherorhowtheycanbepiecedbacktogether.

Thisgreatlyimprovesefficiency(效率)andpresentsnewsituationsthatmaynothavebeenpossiblethroughtraditionalmeans.A4,500-year-oldbronzestatuefromSanxingdui,forcenturiesinbrokenandbentpieces,nowappearsinitsimpressiveform.Therestoration(修复)isanimportantdevelopmentforarchaeology—it’sdigital.

Thebronzestatueshowsafour-leggedbeastwithaworshipperkneelingonitsback.Thebeastandthekneelingworshipperwereunearthedseparatelyfromtwodifferentholesin2021.Throughmarkingsonthebeast’sbackandtheworshipper’sknees,theteamguessedtheymayhavebeenpartofthesamestatue.3DmodelingandAIanalysisofsize,weightandbalancehelpedtheteamtodecidethatthetwobelongedtogether.Computervisionaidedinstraighteningthebentpartsandfillinginmissingpieces,suchasanearandanarm.

SanxingduiisbelievedtobepartoftheancientShuKingdom.ThereisnowrittentextonhowtheShupeoplelivedorwhytheydisappeared.Cluestotheirexistencecomefromrelics.??Whilesomerelicswerediscoveredinthelate1920s,detailedarchaeologicalexcavations(挖掘)beganonlyinthe1980swhenthefirsttwoholeswereunearthed.Sixmorecametolightin2021.Alluncoveredrelicssuggestacivilizationnotonlytechnologicallyadvanced,butalsoearlierthanfirstthought.

“Thereismoretotheworkwearedoingthanjustarchaeology.”