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单元加餐练

Ⅰ.阅读理解

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JustintimeforNationalPopcornDay,anewstudyshowsthatpeopleinwhatsnowPeruwereeatingthesnackabout2,000yearsearlierthanwethought.

Coastalpeopleswerepreparingcorn-basedfoodsupto6,700yearsago,accordingtoanalysisofremainsoftheancientcornrecentlydiscoveredattheParedonesandHuacaPrietaarchaeologicalsitesonPerusnortherncoast.

Previously,evidenceofcornasafoodabout5,000yearsagohadmostlycomefromwhatarecalledmicrofossils—microscopicremainsthatdonotofferinformationonthesizeandshapeofthecorncobs(玉米棒).Butthenewlyfoundcornremainsrevealedalot,viaradiocarbondatingandothertests.

ThepeoplewholivedinParedonesandHuacaPrietaprobablycookedcorninseveralways:Wrappingacorncobandrestingitoncoals,roastingacorncobdirectlyoveraflame,orcookingacorncobinanearthenoven.Inthisculture,cornwasadeliciousfoodoraminorsupplementtothediet-archaeologicalevidenceshowstheydidnoteatitinlargeamounts.

CornwasfirstgrowninMexicoabout9,000yearsagofromawildgrasscalledteosinte,accordingtoPiperno,whoseresearchhasbeenpublishedinthejournalProceedingsoftheNationalAcademyofSciences.Afewthousandyearslater,cornwasbroughttoSouthAmerica,wherefarmersbredtheplantcropintohundredsofvarieties.

Indeed,whatsurprisedPipernomostaboutthenewresearchwasthediversityofcorn—fromcorncobshapestokernel(玉米粒)colorsdiscoveredinthenew-foundremains.“Farmersliketoexperimentandgrowcoolthings,”shesaid.

篇章导读:本文是一篇说明文。一项新的考古研究发现人类在距今约6,700年前已开始食用玉米,比之前所认为的时间提前了约两千年。

1.Whatwouldbethebesttitleforthepassage?

A.Ancientpopcornwaseatenabout2,000yearsearlierthanthoughtinPeru

B.Anewdiscoveryrevealedthemysteryaboutcorn

C.HowwascorncookedinancientPeruandSouthAmerica?

D.NationalPopcornDayandthenew-foundcornremainsinPeru

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