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2025届人教版(2019)高考英语一轮话题复习高考题型通关练:话题23 对社会有突出贡献的人(学生版).pdf

2025届人教版(2019)高考英语一轮话题复习高考题型通关练:话题23 对社会有突出贡献的人(学生版).pdf

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话题23对社会有突出贡献的人

Ⅰ.阅读理解

TodayChinaistheworld’sbiggestconsumerofwheat.Butitwasn’talwaysthatway.

WheatonlycametotheareanowknownasnorthernChinatowardtheendofthe

Neolithic(新石器)period,some4,600yearsago.Initially,wheatdidn’tseemtobeso

deliciousandhadbeentreatedasacropofdesperationratherthanacooking

delight.ThefirstfarmersofnorthernChinaprimarilygrewmillet(粟),startingasearly

as11,500yearsago.BythetimeoftheTangDynasty,wheathadreplacedmillet,

becomingamajorcrop.Butrelativelylittlewasknownaboutexactlywhythisshift

occurred.

Inanattempttotracktheanswer,Iaccumulatedacollectionofnearly1,200data

pointscoveringmorethan50sitesfromthemid-Neolithic,about9,000yearsago,

tothecollapseoftheEasternHanDynastyin220AD.Thesiteswereacross8modern

provinces,rangingfromGansuProvinceinthenorthwesttoShandongProvinceinthe

east.

Onepossibleexplanationisamajorclimateshift,calledtheHoloceneEvent3,which

happened4,000to4,500yearsago.Atthattime,theclimatebecamecolderanddrier

acrosscontinents,causingdamagetocropproduction.

Ontopofthis,thelateNeolithicperiodwasalsoatimeofrapidpopulationgrowth

aroundtheworld.Withanever-increasingpopulationandunsteadycropproduction,

itisreasonabletoassumethatNeolithicfarmersinnorthernChinawerestruggling.

Wheat,itturnsout,actuallyneedsmorewaterthanmillet,makingitseemapoor

choiceforadryperiodofhistory.Butimportantly,itcanbesowedaftermillethasbeen

harvested.That,wethink,isthemostlikelyreasonwhythepeopleacrossnorthern

Chinastartedtogrowwheat.

Frommoreextremeweathertochangingcoastlines,climatechangehasalwaysbrought

unexpectedandsometimesdramaticchangestosocieties.Inthisinstance,the

consequenceoftheHoloceneEvent3innorthernChinaproved,eventually,delicious.

1.Whatcanwelearnaboutwheatfromthesecondparagraph?

A.Itreplacedmilletforitsgreattaste.

B.Itwasap

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