2021届高考英语二轮复习短文故事精读与语法填空训练三

2021高考英语短文故事精读与语法填空训练（三）一：语法填空训练The first calender 最早的日历Future historians will be in unique p

2021高考英语短文故事精读与语法填空训练（三） 一：语法填空训练 Thefirstcalender最早的日历 Futurehistorianswillbeinuniquepositionwhentheycometo recordthehistoryofourowntimes.Theywillhardlyknowwhichfactsto selectfromthegreatmassofevidencethat(steady)accumulates. Whatismore,theywillnothavetorelysolelyonthe(write)word. Films,videos,CDsandCD-ROMSarejustsomeofthebewilderingamountof informationtheywillhave.Theywillbeable,asitwere,toseeandhearus inaction.Butthehistorianattemptingtoreconstructthedistantpastis always(face)withadifficulttask.Hehastodeducewhathecanfrom thefewscantycluesavailable.Evenseeminglyinsignificantremainscanshed interestinglightonthehistoryofearlyman. Uptonow,historianshaveassumedthatcalendarscameintobeingwiththe adventofagriculture,forthenmanwasfacedwitharealneedtounderstand somethingabouttheseasons.Recentscientific(evident)seemsto indicatethatthisassumptionisincorrect. Historianshavelongbeen(puzzle)bydots,linesandsymbols whichhavebeenengravedonwalls,bones,andtheivorytusksofmammoths.The nomadswhomadethesemarkingslivedby(hunt)andfishingduringthe lastIceAgewhichbeganabout35,000B.C.andendedabout10,000B.C.By correlatingmarkingsmadein(variety)partsoftheworld,historians havebeenabletoreadthisdifficultcode.Theyhavefoundthatitis (connect)withthepassageofdaysandthephasesofthemoon.Itis,infact,a primitivetypeofcalendar.Ithaslongbeen(know)thatthehunting scenesdepictedonwallswerenotsimplyaformofartisticexpression.They hadadefinitemeaning,fortheywereasnearasearlymancouldgettowriting. Itispossiblethatthereisadefiniterelationbetweenthesepaintings themarkingsthatsometimesaccompanythem.Itseemsthatmanwasmakingareal efforttounderstandtheseasons20,000yearsearlierthanhasbeensupposed.