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新蔡县高三2024年12月份月考英语试题

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一、听力(共两节，满分30分)略

二、阅读理解(共两节，共20小题.每小题2.5分，满分50分)

第一节(共15小题；每小题2.5分，共37.5分)

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Archaeologistshavediscoveredavastandhighlycomplexsystemofancientcitiesdatingbacknearly3,000years

intheAmazonrainforest.Completewithacomplexnetworkoffarmlandandroads,thediscoveryistheoldestandlargest

ofitskindintheregion.

LocatedinEcuador’sUpanoValley,thestructureslieintheeasternfoothillsoftheAndesmountains.Aftermore

than20yearsofresearch,theancienturbancenterswereonlydiscoveredwhentheEcuadoreangovernmentemployed

lidar(激光雷达)technology.

“Ihaveexploredthesitemanytimes,butlidargavemeanotherviewoftheland,”archaeologistStéphenRostain,

leadauthorofthestudyanddirectorofresearchattheFrenchNationalCenterforScientificResearch(CNRS),toldLive

Science.“Onfoot,youhavetreesintheway,andit’sdifficulttoseewhat’sactuallyhiddenthere.”

AteamofresearchersfromFrance,Germany,EcuadorandPuertoRicoconductedalidarsurveythatcovered

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roughly300km.Thesurveyrevealedalandscapefulloforganizedhumanactivities,includingmorethan6,000

rectangularearthenplatforms,aswellasagriculturalterracesanddrainagesystems.

Accordingtothestudy,thesestructuresformedatleast15distinctsettlements,whichwereconnectedbyasystem

ofwide,straightroads.Co-authorAntoineDorison,anarchaeologistattheCNRS,saidthatthissociety’scomplexityis

especiallyevidentinthiswebofstreets,whichwerecarefullyconstructedtocrossatrightanglesratherthanfollowthe

landscape.

Inrecentyears,lidarhasbeenavitaltoolfordiscoveringtra