2018 人教版 高中英语阅读训练 必修第二册.docx

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Zhoukoudianisasmallvillagesituatedabout50kilometerstothesouthwestofBeijing.Inthe1920s,archaeologistsdiscoveredsomeprehistorichumanbonestherewhichchangedpeople’sviewofChina’shistory.TheycamefromanunknownspeciesofmanandwerethefirstevidenceofhumanlifeinChinathousandsofyearsago.Theremainswerethreeteeth!

In1929,acompleteskullwasalsodiscovered.Eventually,archaeologistfoundalmost200items,includingsixskullsandmorethan150teeth.Thesediscoveriesprovedtheexistenceofahumanspecieswholivedintheareabetween700,000and200,000yearsago.FoursiteswhereBeijingManandhisrelativeslivedwerediscoveredonthenorthernfaceofLonggushan.Theylivedinthecavesinthearea.

However,thelifespanofBeijingManwasshort.About70%ofthepeopleprobablydiedbeforetheageof14.Fewerthan5%livedtotheageof50.Asheswerefoundalongsidethefossilswhichshowedtheyhadusedfireforcookingfoodandalsoforlight,warmth,andprotectionagainstwildanimals.Thisistheearliestevidenceoftheuseoffireanywhereintheworld.Theyalsomadetoolsofbonesandstones.Unfortunately,whenJapaninvaded(侵略)Chinain1937,excavations(挖掘)attheBeijingManSitestoppedandmostofthefossilsdisappeared,includingaBeijingManskull.AfterthePeople’sRepublicofChinawasestablishedin1949,theworkstartedagain.

ZhoukoudianwaslistedasaWorldHeritageSiteinDecember1987.IthasnotonlygivenusimportantinformationaboutprehistoricAsiansocieties,butalsoprovidedamazingevidenceabouttheprocessofevolution.Today,partsofthecaveshavebeenbadlyaffectedbyrain.Someareasarealmostcompletelycoveredinweeds,causingseriousdamage.Pollutionfromthenearbyfactorieshasalsocontributedtotheproblem.ThisisaveryseriousmatterandtheChineseAcademyofSciencesistryingtoraisepublicawarenessofit.

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