专题06历史文化主题（二）进阶篇-2023年高考英语语法填空名校好题100篇

专题06-历史文化主题（二） ---进阶篇 Passage 1 （2022春·河北·高三校联考阶段练习）Ancient footprints discovered in New Mexico indicate that early humans arrived in North America around 23, 000 years ago, researchers reported Thursday. The first footprints ___1___ (find) in a dry lake bed in White Sands National Park in 2009. Scientists at the US Geological Survey recently analyzed seeds stuck in the footprints ___2___ (determine) their approximate age. ___3___ evidence suggested they were from 21, 130 to 22, 800 years ago. The findings may help scientists solve a mystery that has long attracted scientists: When did people first arrive in the Americas, after ___4___ (leave) Africa and Asia? Most scientists ___5___ (strong) believe that they came by way of a land bridge, now under water, that connected Asia to Alaska. According to various discoveries including stone tools and bones other researchers have offered a range of possible ___6___ (date) for human arrival in the Americas, from 13, 000 to 26, 000 years ago or more. “___7___ (we) study provides a more solid baseline for when humans were in North America, although they could have arrived even earlier,” they wrote in the journal Science, which published the study Thursday. “Fossil footprints are more ___8___ (rely) than cultural evidence. ___9___ we present here is evidence of a firm time and location.” Based ____10____ the size of the footprints, researchers believe that at least some were made by children and teenagers who lived during the last ice age. Passage 2 （2022春·全国·高三专题练习）The classical gardens of Suzhou, Jiangsu province, date back to the 6th century ___11___ the city was founded ___12___ the capital of the Wu Kingdom. Today, more than 50 of these gardens are still in ___13___ (exist), nine of which are regarded as the finest embodiments (化身) of Chinese “Mountain and Water” gardens. Built in the 11th century on the site of an ___14___ (early) destroyed garden, Canglang Pavilion has the longest history among all the existing cl