Thediscoveryofadwarfed(矮个的)”humanbeing”wholivedinFlores.Indonesia,upto18,000yearsagoischangingthewaywethinkaboutthehumanfamily.This“FloresHuman”wasthreefoottallandherbrainwassmallerthanthato|小学英语问答-字典翻译问答网

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Thediscoveryofadwarfed(矮个的)”humanbeing”wholivedinFlores.Indonesia,upto18,000yearsagoischangingthewaywethinkaboutthehumanfamily.This“FloresHuman”wasthreefoottallandherbrainwassmallerthanthatoftheaveragechimp(黑猩猩),yetsheandherrelativesapparentlylivedfullyhumanlives.Theyseemtohavemadetools,workedtogethertofindfoodandcookit,andperhapsevenburiedtheirdeadwithceremony.

Itwasamajorsurprisetofindtoolsassociatedwiththenewhumanfamilymember.ThetoolsarelikethoseformerlyseenonlywithEuropeanfossils(化石)fromourownspecies;Homosapiens(智人)；andtheoldestofthemweremade94,000yearsago.Homosapiensisthoughttohavearrivedintheislandabout40,000yearsago,muchtoolatetoberesponsibleforthetools.Ifthistinyhumanmadethetools,themtheinsidestructure(结构)ofitsbrainmusthavebeenmorelikeourownthanachimp’s,despitebeingjustathirdthesizeofours.

This“newhuman”wassuspectedtobeadwarfedbranchofHomoerectus(直立人).Whencreaturesareseparatedinregionswithrareresourcesbutfewenemies,beingbigisadisadvantage,andevolutiontendstoshrinkthem,aprocessknownasislanddwarfing.Couldnaturalselectionmakeahumansmallerwhilekeeping—evenimproving—mentalability?Quitepossibly,believesChristopherWillsoftheUniversityofCalifornia.

Hasthe“FloresHuman”evenshowntheabilityoflanguage?“Ifinditdifficulttoimaginethatpeoplecouldmaketools，usefire,andkilllargeanimalswithoutfairlyadvancedcommunication.” Willssays.Did“FloresHuman”possessthebasiccomponentsofhumanculture—suchastheburyingofthedeadwithceremony? EmilianoBruneroftheItalianInstitutepointsoutthatIndonesia’shot,wetenvironmentisbadforfossilization.Itisreasonabletoassume,hesays,thatthe18,000-year-oldbonesofthemostcompleteFloreswomanwerewell-preservedbecauseshewasburiedwithspecialcare.

67.Accordingtothepassage,“FloresHuman”______.

A.livedapartlyhumanlife B.wasabranchofHomosapiens

C.usedtoolsbeforeHomosapiensarrived&n

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　　67---70 CBDB 　　67．解析：这是一道细节推理题。根据第二段第一句可知最新发现在94000年前“FloresHuman”已经使用工具了，比Homosapiens（40000年前）要早。68．解析：这是一道判断题。第二段第一句讲到一个发现工具和FloresHuman有关联是令人惊讶的事情。接着讲了Homosapiens是4万年前才到岛上，和工具无关。由此可知，制造工具的人，即thistinyhuman指的是FloresHuman。69．解析：这是一道主旨题。文章讲了FloresHuman制造的工具，生活方式、演变、语言等，A、B、C均不全面。D说了文章主要讲关于FloresHuman的主要的令人惊讶的发现。70．解析：这是推断题。A说FloresHuman被她的敌人变矮，肯定不对。C说她在湿热的环境中留下许多化石，最后一段讲到，湿热的环境不适宜保存化石，那个被完好保存的Flores女人的化石是因为在埋葬的时候坐了特殊处理。因此不是留下了很多化石，C也不对。D说她到达Flores4万年前，4万年前到达Flores是Homosapiens，因此也不对。B说FloresHuman能讲话。这是科学家根据她们能制造工具、用火和屠杀大型动物而推断出来的。