新课标2025届高考英语一轮复习专题三阅读理解考点二十史地人文类含解析.docVIP

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TheNazcaLinesareaseriesoflargeancientgeoglyphs(地画)intheNazcaDesert,insouthernPeru．Itisrangingfromgeometricpatternstodrawingsofdifferentanimalsandstylizedhumanlikeforms．Theancientlinescanonlybetrulytakeninfromhighintheair,leavinggenerationspuzzledastohowthesepreciseworkscouldhavebeencompletedlongbeforethedocumentedinventionofhumanflight．

TheLineswerefirstspottedwhencommercialairlinesbeganflyingacrossthePeruviandesertinthe1920s．Whobuiltthemandwhatwastheirpurpose?Aretheyroads,starpointers,maybeevenagiganticmap?Ifthepeoplewholivedhere2,000yearsagohadonlyasimpletechnology,howdidtheymanagetoconstructsuchprecisefigures?Didtheyhaveaplan?Thesemarkingsarelikeavastpuzzle．

TheNazcaLinesarethemostoutstandinggroupofgeoglyphsintheworld．TherearealsohugegeoglyphsinEgypt,Malta,theUnitedStates(MississippiandCalifornia),Chile,Holiviaandinothercountries．ButtheNazcageoglyphs,becauseoftheirnumbers,characteristics,dimensionsandculturalcontinuityastheyweremadeandremadethroughoutacertainhistoryperiod,formthemostimpressivearcheological(考古学的)group．

TheNazcaplainisuniqueforitsabilitytopreservethemarkingsuponit,duetothecombinationoftheclimate(oneofthedriestonEarth,withonlytwentyminutesofrainfallperyear)andtheflat,stonygroundwhichminimizestheeffectofthewindatgroundlevel．Withnodustorsandtocovertheplainandlittlerainorwindtoerode(腐蚀)it,linesdrawnheretendtostaydrawn．Thesefactors,combinedwiththeexistenceoflightercoloredsubsoilbeneaththedesertsurface,provideavastwritingpadthatissuitedtotheartistwhowantstoleavehismarketernal．

1．WhatcanweknowabouttheNazcaLinesfromthefirsttwoparagraphs?

A．Theyarebuiltasabigmap．

B．Theyareformedbynature．

C．Theyareanc