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雅思（阅读）模拟试卷102(题后含答案及解析)

题型有：1.ReadingModule

ReadingModule(60minutes)

Youshouldspendabout20minutesonQuestions1-13,whicharebasedon

ReadingPassage1below.RadiocarbonDatingTheProfileofNancy

AthfieldHaveyoueverpickedupasmallstoneoffthegroundandwonderedhowold

itwas?Chancesare,thatstonehasbeenaroundmanymoreyearsthanyourown

lifetime.Manyscientistssharethiscuriosityabouttheageofinanimateobjectslike

rocks,fossilsandpreciousstones.Knowinghowoldanobjectiscanprovidevaluable

informationaboutourprehistoricpast.Inmostsocieties,humanbeingshavekept

trackofhistorythroughwriting.However,scientistsarestillcuriousabouttheworld

beforewriting,oreventheworldbeforehumans.Studyingtheageofobjectsisour

bestwaytopiecetogetherhistoriesofourpre-historicpast.Onesuchmethodof

findingtheageofanobjectiscalledradiocarbondating.Thismethodcanfindtheage

ofanyobjectbasedonthekindofparticlesandatomsthatarefoundinsideofthe

object.Dependingonwhatelementstheobjectiscomposedof,radiocarboncanbea

reliablewaytofindanobject’sage.Onefamousspecialistinthismethodisthe

researcherNancyAthfield.Athfieldstudiedtheancientremainsfoundinthecountry

ofCambodia.Manyprehistoricremainswerediscoveredbythelocalpeopleof

Cambodia.Theseobjectswerethoughttobelongtosomeoftheoriginalgroupsof

humansthatfirstcametothecountryofCambodia.