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It’s likely that everything you learned about America’s ancient history is wrong.
The new book,1491, completely changes our understanding of the America before the arrival of Columbus in 1492.
DID YOU KNOW?
When Columbus landed there were probably more people in the Americas than there were in Europe.
The peoples of North America had such healthy life-styles that as late as the 19th century they continued to be the tallest people on earth.
Facts have shown that the Americas were populated as long as 33,000 years ago. 4,000 years ago Mesoamerican farmers developed corn in a feat (技藝) of genetic engineering that still isn’t completely understood.
COMMENTS ON 1491
“In the tradition of Jared Diamond & John MePhee, a totally new view of pre-Columbian America”.
－Richard Rhodes
“Attractively written and really absorbing, Charles C.Mann has produced a book that’s part detective story, part epic(史詩)　and part tragedy(悲劇). He has taken on a vast topic: thousands of years, two huge continents, and cultures.”
－Charles Matthews,San Jese Mercary News
“Powerful and challenging”
－Alan Taylor,Washingto post
“A pleasure to read as well as a wonderful education”
－Howard Zinn
小題1:On the whole,1491 is a book mainly about America’s________.
A．life-stylesB．populationC．historyD．a(chǎn)griculture
小題2:Which of the following is NOT TRUE about the comments on the book 1491?
A．It is interesting and instructive.
B．It is attractive and culturally related.
C．It is challenging and revolutionary.
D．It is humorous and persuasive
小題3:From this passage, we can learn_________.
A．people settled in the America a little earlier than 1492
B．North Americans were the tallest in the 18th century in the world
C．Mesoamencan farmers knew genetic engineering 5,000 years ago
D．the population in the Americas was smaller than that in Europe in 1492

小題1:C
小題2:D
小題3:B

試題分析：文章介紹了一本暢銷書1491，具體介紹了書的內(nèi)容，和一些人對這本書的評論。
小題1:細節(jié)題：從文章第一段的句子：It’s likely that everything you learned about America’s ancient history is wrong.可知1491這本書是關(guān)于美國歷史的。選C。
小題2:細節(jié)題：從最后一段的句子：“A pleasure to read as well as a wonderful education”可知A是對的，倒數(shù)第三段的句子：可知B是對的，倒數(shù)第二段的句子：“Powerful and challenging”可知C是對的，文章沒有說這本書是幽默的能說服人的，選D。
小題3:細節(jié)題：從文章第四段的句子：The peoples of North America had such healthy life-styles that as late as the 19th century they continued to be the tallest people on earth.可知北美人在18世紀在世界上是最高的。選B
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