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题组47

Ⅰ　阅读

(2025·重庆巴蜀中学高考适应性月考)Across the flat plateau of AlUla in Saudi Arabia, shades of gray­brown soil are dotted with areas of dark rock—and a clearly defined circle of stones. Unmistakably constructed by humans, this structure, called “standing stone circles” by Archaeologists, was built around 7，500 years ago by a people we barely know for a purpose we have long misunderstood.

In 2019, archaeologists from the University of Western Australia began excavating (发掘) these standing stone circles. Their initial idea was that these were structures built by Neolithic nomads (新石器时代的游牧民) for some long­forgotten religious practices. However, excavating at multiple sites, they found what turned out to be archaeological pay dirt—domestic rubbish. The remains of discarded animal bones, household tools, and even jewelry, have reclassified the standing stone circles as Neolithic homes.

Standing stone circles seem to have sprung up around 5，800 to 5，500 BC. This coincided with a warmer climate in the region that brought more regular rainfall and a landscape of rich grasses and trees, good conditions for raising cattle and goats. But these were also good conditions for building permanent structures. More abundant vegetation meant less pressure to keep moving the animals to fresh grasslands, which made building homes more worthwhile. This, and the plateau's abundance of stones, may have encouraged the nomads to stay a while and build.

Excavations of these settlements are revealing something of this people's way of life. They kept cattle and goats for meat, but continued to hunt and gather to expand their diet with hare, fruits and nuts. The many grinding (磨碎) stones found on the sites suggest inhabitants were regularly grinding grains, but these were likely to be gathered rather than farmed. The plateau sites have also revealed tools made with materials from the sandstone valleys and jewelry shaped from shells from the Red Sea—these Neolithic people had a complex culture involving travel and probably exchange.

The revelation overturns many of our assumptions about Neolithic AlUla. Here were a people

more settled and more civilized than history has given them credit for. Their story is just beginning to be revealed, but already a very different picture of early AlUla is emerging.

1．What did the 2019 excavation finally identify the “standing stone circles” as?

A．Religious sites.   B．Natural wonders.

C．Rubbish stations.   D．Domestic buildings.

答案：D

解析：细节理解题。根据第二段中的“The remains of ... as Neolithic homes.(被丢弃的动物骨头、家用工具，甚至珠宝，重新将站立的石头圈归类为新石器时代的房屋。)”可知，该建筑是新石器时代游牧民建立的住宅建筑。故选D。

2．What was a contributing factor in the building of the standing stone circles?

A．The richness of plants.

B．The worsening climate.

C．The need to store goods.

D．The desire to raise more animals.

答案：A

解析：细节理解题。根据第三段中的“More abundant vegetation ... building homes more worthwhile.”可知，丰富的植被是促进游牧民定居的重要因素。故选A。

3．What is most likely to be known about Neolithic people's way of life in AlUla?

A．They had interactions with other groups.

B．They planted crops and kept cattle and goats.

C．They relied entirely on hunting and gathering for food.

D．They made tools and jewelry purely from local materials.

答案：A

解析：推理判断题。根据倒数第二段中的“these Neolithic people had a complex culture involving travel and probably exchange”可推知，新石器时期的沙特游牧民可能和其他地区的群体有往来。

故选A。

4．What is the purpose of the text?

A．To promote a historical site.

B．To provide some new insights.

C．To introduce an ancient population.

D．To argue for some long­held beliefs.

答案：B

解析：推理判断题。本文介绍了沙特一处新石器时代的建筑的发现推翻了考古学家之前对于沙特新石器时代游牧民的设想，让考古学家对该地区游牧民的生活方式有了新的认识。由此可推知，本文的写作目的是提供一些新的见解。故选B。

Ⅱ　完形填空

(2025·江苏省南通如皋市高三期中)Imagining a human being without historical sense is scary.  __1__  still is the thought of an entire generation operating from a position of historical ignorance. And yet that is exactly the  __2__  in which we find ourselves today.

The people and events of history may be  __3__  in the past, but how we talk about those things, what we write about them, and how we  __4__  them tell us a lot about who we are and what we  __5__  right now. Thinking of ourselves as a chapter in an unwritten history book is likely to force deep  __6__. Whose stories will we champion? What values will we defend? What models will we offer ensuing (随后的) generations? No other subject helps us to understand so  __7__  what it is to be human.

But the  __8__  isn't entirely surprising given the downgraded status of history in most schools. History is  __9__  its place in the curriculum with geography, but its attention to time, place and context is what makes it really __10__. In other words, history doesn't simply tell us how to be good citizens. It __11__ us with the knowledge we need to comprehend our world clearly, and the ability to  __12__  it accurately.

Clearly, in an age of “fake news”， we need to be  __13__  thinkers. There is no better subject than history to develop a(n)  __14__  of context and an ability to examine evidence. Just