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2022高考英语阅读加餐练之说明文（含答案详解）

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Monhunted.Womengathered.Butthediscoveryofawomanburied9,000yearsagointhe

AndesMountainswithweaponsandhuntingtoolschallengesthiswidelyacceptedview.The

woman,thoughttobebetween17and19yearsoldwhenshedied,wasburiedwithitemsthat

suggestedshehuntedbig-gameanimalsbyspear(矛)throwing.

Theobjectsaccompanyingpeopleindeathtendtobethosethataccompaniedtheminlife.

Althoughsomescholarshavesuggestedaroleforwomeninancienthunting,othershave

dismissedthisideaevenwhenhuntingtoolswereuncoveredinfemaleburials.

Toexaminewhetherthiswomanfoundatthissitewasanexception,theresearchers

individualswereburiedwithhuntingtools—11werefemaleand15weremale.Thesamplewas

sufficientto“justifytheconclusionthatfemaleparticipationinearlybig-gamehuntingwaslikely

nontrivial,”saidleadstudyauthorHaas.

Thefindingsaddtodoubtsabout“man-the-hunter”assumptionaboutearlyhumanssincethe

mid-20thcentury.Thattheoryassumesthatitwasmenwhowentoutandhunted,bringinghome

enrichthedict.

Butrecentresearchsuggestshuntingwasverymuchacommunity-basedactivity,needingthe

spearsusedatthattimehadlowaccuracy,encouragingparticipation,andusingitwasaskill

learnedfromchildhood.Womenmayalsohavebeenfreedfromchildcaredemandsby

“allo-parenting”—raisingchildrenwasajobsharedbymany.

“Ourfindingshavemademerethinkthemostbasicorganizationalstructureofancient

hunter-gatherergroups,andhumangroupsmoregenerally,”Haassaid.

1.Thediscoveryoftheburiedwomanshows__________.

A.shewaskilledbyabig-gameanimal

B.shemightusehuntingtoolswhenalive

C.womenweregoodatthrowingspears

D.womenwereburiedaloneafterdeath

2.Theunderlinedword“nontrivial”inParagraph3probablymeans“