2021年2月27日托福阅读真题+题目+答案：Iron in Ancient Africa

2021年2月27日托福阅读真题+题目+答案：Iron in Ancient Africa

Metal-production technologies (metallurgy) have had a profound influence on the course of human history. Aside from gold, used for jewelry and ornamentation, the first metal to be widely used was copper, with smelting(the process of extracting metal from ore by heating) beginning by 5000 B.C.E. in modern-day Serbia. Production of bronze from copper and tin began by 2800 B.C.E. in Anatolia, in what is modern-day Turkey. Next was iron, with smelting starting around 1500 B.C.E. in Anatolia and spreading to Europe by 1100 B.C.E. Although iron production was difficult and complex, this metal's greater hardness made tools and weapons far superior to those made from copper and bronze.

1.The word “profound”in the passage is closest in meaning to

O Varied

O Unique

O far-reaching

O direct

2.According to paragraph 1, which of the following is true of the history of metal production technologies?

O Bronze was the first metal to be widely used for jewelry and ornamentation.

O The ability to produce bronze from copper and tin resulted from the development of iron smelting techniques.

O Iron production in Europe was based on a smelting technique that originated in Anatolia.

O Because of the difficulty of its production, iron was not used to produce smaller objects such as tools and weapons.

For a long time, scholars believed that iron production came to sub-Saharan Africa from Anatolia. One reason for this is that iron smelting requires considerable knowledge and experience, yet there was no evidence for previous metals technology in Africa. In particular, there seemed to have been no copper metallurgy, a likely precursor to iron production. Since Anatolia did possess the necessary knowledge and skill, it seemed to be a plausible source.

3.Why does the author make the statement "there seemed to have been no copper metallurgy” in the discussion of iron production in sub-Saharan Africa?

O To add to the argument that there was no transfer of skills between Anatolia and sub-Saharan- Africa

O To help explain why scholars did not believe iron production could have originated within Africa

O To challenge the claim that iron smelting requires considerable metallurgy experience

O To point out that metallurgy followed a different developmental sequence in Africa than it did elsewhere.

4.The word “plausible” in the passage is closest in meaning to

O Reasonable

O Primary

O Certain

O Ideal

。。。。。余下托福阅读真题及题目答案省略！

2021年2月27日托福阅读真题+题目+答案：Iron in Ancient Africa，10元有偿下载本篇完整版！