【Multiple choice questions】

Comprehension

1 In assuming that calendars came into being with the advent of agriculture, historians made the mistake of _____ .

a. relying solely on the written word

b. disregarding the markings that early man had been responsible for

c. supposing that nomadic man had no reason to understand the seasons

d. not connecting the passage of days with the phasesof the moon

2 The scientific evidence that has recently come to light is that _____ .

a. nomads engraved the bones and tusks of the animals they killed

b. noads lived by hunting and fishing

c. nomads travelled widely in various parts of the world

d. the markings made by variousnomadic groups all have a definite pattern

3 The paintings which have been found on the walls of nomadic dwelling places _____ .

a. have taught historians something about the nomadic way of life

b. have no other content than their artistic merit

c. are not thought to be connected with an ancient calendar system

d. are invariably accompanied by odd dots, lines and symbols

Structure

4 It _____ as if they could see nad hear us in action. (ll.6-7)

a. was b. were c. should be d. will be

5 Even _____ seem insignificant remains can shed interesting … (ll.8-9)

a. they b. which c. what d. those to

6 Historians are now able to read this difficult code _____ markings made in … (ll.15-16)

a. with correlating b. having correlated c. which correlates d. for they correlate

7 _____ be a definite relation between these paintings and the …(ll.19-21)

a. It could b. There can c. There may d. It might

Vocabulary

8 Historians have long tried to _____ dots, lines and … (l.13)

a. puzzle b. puzzle out c. riddle d. detect

9 By correlating markings made in _____ parts of the world … (ll.15-16)

a. different b. several c. many d. other

10 ---- historians have been able to read _____ . (l.16)

a. these puzzling signs b. this hard law c. thesedifficult signals d. this uneasy letter

11 Until recently historians assumed that calendars _____ with the advent of agriculture. (l.10)

a. came to existence b. came toexisting c. cme to exist d. were existential

come to +动词原形： come to record ; come to exist ; come into existence

12 The people who lived by hunting and fishing during the last Ice Age _____ .(ll.14-15)

a. wandered from place to place b. lived in villages c. first learnt to write d. learnt how to farm the land

【Key to Multiple choice questions】

1. B 2. D 3. A 4. D 5. C 6. B 7. C 8. B 9. A 10. A 11. C 12. A

§ Lesson 39 Nothing to worry about 不必担心

【New words and expressions】 生词和短语

●rough adj. 崎岖不平的

●boulder n. 大石块

●pit v. 使得坑坑洼洼

●perturb v. 使不安

●underestimate v. 低估

●swerve v. 争转变

●scoop v. 挖出

●hammer v. （用锤）击打，锤打

●ominously adv. 有预兆的，不祥的

●rip v. 划破，撕，扯

●petrol n. 汽油

●stretch n. 一大片（平地或水）

●obstacle n. 障碍

●clump n. 丛，簇

●fissure n. （石、地的）深缝

●renew v. 重复

●pleading n. 恳求

●gear n. （汽车）排档

●astride prep. 骑，跨

●crack n. 缝隙

●zigzag n. “之”字形

●shallow adj. 浅的

●grind (ground, ground ) v. 磨擦

●halt n. 停

●dashboard n. （汽车上的）仪表盘

■rough adj. 崎岖不平的

Eg: We’d better not take the rough road.

be rough on sb. 对某人苛刻，无礼

Don’t be rough on your friends.

cut up rough 发脾气