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New discovery traces history of China's distilled spirits to Shang Dynasty

新发现将中国蒸馏酒历史追溯至商朝

Liquid found inside an ancient bronze vessel (1)______ (confirm) to be distilled spirit on Wednesday, according to the Jinan Archaeological Research Institute. This discovery pushed back the history of this type of alcohol in China to more than 3,000 years ago.

The liquid was found in an owl - shaped bronze utensil (2)______ (date) back to the Shang Dynasty (c.1600BC - 1046BC). The utensil (3)______ (unearth) at the Daxinzhuang Ruins in Jinan in 2010. Archaeologists knew there was a small amount of liquid inside the container, but they didn't open it until recently as it (4)______ (seal) by rust.

An official surnamed Liu from the institute told the Global Times that the newly - confirmed distilled spirit dates back to over 3,000 years ago, and the utensil is currently (5)______ (store) at the institute.

A sample of the liquid was sent (6)______ the Joint International Research Laboratory of Environmental and Social Archaeology at Shandong University for testing. It was then confirmed to contain ethanol.

Fruit wine and rice wine, which only undergo fermentation without

distillation, will retain sugar and proteins and won't completely (7)______ (degradation) even when buried for a long time.

This discovery is of great (8)______ (significant) in the study of Chinese alcohol history. It provides new evidence (9)______ (show) the long - standing tradition of distilled spirits in China.

(10)______ (hopeful), more such important archaeological findings will emerge in the future, helping us better understand our history.

答案：

1. was confirmed（考查动词时态和语态，“Liquid” 与 “confirm” 是被动关系，且时间为 “on Wednesday”，用一般过去时的被动语态）
2. dating（考查非谓语动词，“dating back to...” 是现在分词短语作后置定语，修饰 “utensil”，表主动）
3. was unearthed（考查动词时态和语态，“utensil” 与 “unearth” 是被动关系，且时间为 “in 2010”，用一般过去时的被动语态）
4. was sealed（考查动词时态和语态，“it” 指代 “utensil”，与 “seal” 是被动关系，且根据语境用一般过去时的被动语态）
5. stored（考查动词被动语态，“utensil” 与 “store” 是被动关系，用被动语态 “be stored”，“is stored” 表示 “被存放”）
6. to（考查介词，“send sth. to...” 表示 “把某物送到……”，是固定搭配）
7. degrade（考查词性转换，作谓语，用动词形式 “degrade”，“won't” 后接动词原形）

8. significance（考查词性转换，“be of great significance” 表示 “具有重大意义”，用名词形式 “significance”）
9. to show（考查非谓语动词，此处用不定式作目的状语，表示提供新证据的目的是展示……）
10. Hopefully（考查词性转换，作状语，用副词形式 “Hopefully”，表示 “有希望地”）

The liquid remaining inside this bronze vessel, (1)______ (store) in a closed, oxygen - free environment for a long time, has been identified as containing only water, ethanol, ethyl acetate, and other components. Wu Meng, an associate researcher with the lab, told the Xinhua News Agency that this (2)______ (indicate) it is a type of distilled spirit.

Fang Qi, the dean of the School of Archaeology at Jilin University, told the Global Times on Wednesday that the new discovery fills (3)______ gap in the production of distilled spirits from the Shang Dynasty to the Han Dynasty (206BC - AD220) in China. This makes it a (4)______ (significance) archaeological discovery.

(5)______ China has a long history of brewing alcohol, with ancient Chinese using grains to make alcohol as early as the Neolithic period, there had been no record of early distillation of alcohol in China, Fang noted.

After about 3,000 years, the bronzeware had rusted while (6)______ (bury) in the ground. The rust tightly connected the lid (7)______ the