Unit 5 Into the Unknown Starting out & Understanding ideas 练习-2023-2024学年高二英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第四册

Starting out & Understanding ideas I. 阅读下列左栏中的句子并在右栏中选出画线单词的词性及英文释义（每项限用一次）。 1. The ancient city was buried in the sand for centuries. 2. One use of early astronomy was to create calendars. 3. The Victorians regarded the railways as bringing progress and civilisation. 4. The scientists have dismissed these reports of UFO sightings. 5. The Ancient Chinese built early canals to help with transportation and commerce.  6. In the ninth century, the Maya abandoned the great city of Tikal after hundreds of years of prosperity and expansion. 7. The late 1800s were a time of growth for the nation. They were also a time of expansion into new territory. 8. While the castle's exterior remains in excellent condition, its interior fell into ruin without any record surviving of how the inner rooms were organised. a. n. the scientific study of stars, planets, and other objects in outer space b. v. to put something under the ground c. n. the state of being collapsed or destroyed d. v. to leave a thing or place, especially because it is impossible or dangerous to stay e. n. a state of human society that is very developed and organised f. v. to decide that something is not important and not worth thinking or talking about g. n. an act of increasing or making something increase in size, amount or importance h. n. a long channel of water which is artificially made either for boats to travel along or for taking water from one area to another 1. ________   2. ________   3. ________   4. ________ 5. ________ 6. ________   7. ________   8. ________ II. 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 The Yangshao culture was a Neolithic (新石器时代的) civilisation 1. ________ existed extensively along the valleys of the Wei River and the middle Yellow River in northern China. The Yangshao culture dates from around 5000 BC to 3000 BC and was one of the 2. ________ (early) settled cultures in China. It was named after Yangshao, the first 3. ________ (represent) village of this culture, which was discovered i