InChina,aselsewhere,the__1__theperiodthemoreimportantarchaeological(考古)evidenceistoourunderstandingof__2__lifewaslike.Forperiodsbefore__3__,survivingartifacts（人工制品）offeracrucial（决定性的）correctivetolegendandmyth.__4__,evenafterwritingwasinvented,formanycenturiesthetypesoftextsthat__5__areverylimited,sothatthereisstill__6__tolearnfromartifacts.Scientificallyexcavated（发掘古物）objectscanbeplacedmoreaccuratelyintimeandplacethanearlytexts,whichoften__7__aprocessofaccretion__8__,withmanypassages__9__later.ThousandsofearlyarchaeologicalsiteshavebeenexcavatedinChina,mostof__10__graves.__11__fromthisarchaeologicalevidenceisatleastas__12__aslearningfromtexts.Theobjectsare__13__--wemustaskquestionsofthem__14__theycantellusanything.Thisunit__15__summariesoffivearchaeologicalsites,__16__indatefromabout2300BCto100BC.Thetombsselectedforexaminationwereall__17__fortheirtime.Theiroccupants（居住者）weremembersoftherulingclass__18__theperiod,abletoaffordthe__19__standardofmaterialcomfort,technicalexcellence,andartisticembellishment（修饰）then__20__.1.AearlierBearlyCmoreDlater2.AwhichBwhatCthatDwhose3.AartifactsBgraveCwritingDsound4.AWhat’sworseBThereforeCHoweverDMoreover5.AsurviveBsurvivesCliveDalive6.AagoodmanyBalotofCagreatdealDanumberof7.AlookedthroughBsufferedCgotthroughDwentthrough8.AovertimeBbyandbyCaheadoftimeDinnotime9.AaddBaddedCaddingupDaddedupto10.AthemBwhichCwhomDwhat11.ATolearnBBeinglearningCLearningDTobelearned12.AeasyBhardlyCdifficultDdifficulty13.AstillBquietCcalmDsilent14.AafterBwhenCbeforeDwhile15.AcontainsBcontainingCincludesDincluding16.ArangedBrangingCrangesDrange17.AadvancedBadvancingCadvanceDinadvance18.AatBinCbyDof19.AlowestBcheapestChighestDexpensive20.AaccessibleBavailableCadaptableDacceptable备注：1．A本题考察的是：themore…,themore…再根据实际情况可知，是越古老越有价值。2．B3.C根据下文evenafterwritingwasinvented可知，是在文字出现之前。4．D而且，在文字出现之后，保存下来的文献也很有限。A是“更糟糕的是”；B是“因此”的意思；C是转折关系。5．A这里survive是作that定语从句的谓语动词，而且是一般现在时。6．C表示许多的意思，但是学习到的东西，一般是不可数的，B可以改为alot7．D这些文献经常会经历一个被灰尘堆积的过程。A有“浏览”的意思；C有“经过；接通；通过等”意思。8．Aovertime随着时间的推移；byandby一会，很快的aheadoftime提前innotime决不9．B后来又有许多加入，with的复合结构，而且passages是被加入的。Addup加起来；addupto达到10．A11.C动名词作主语12．C13。D从后面wemustaskquestionsofthem可知still指静止不动quiet不发出噪音calm保持沉着冷静silent沉默14．C15.Acontain全部包括，且在句中作谓语动词。Include部分包括16．B现在分词形式在句中充当伴随状语。17．Aadvanced高级的advancing在前进中的inadvance提前18．Doftheperiod当时的19．C墓的主人是统治阶级，所以他们能够买得起最高水平的奢侈品。20．B当时能够得到的。Accessible可接近的，可进入的，可使用的adaptable有适应能力的acceptable认可的，认同的
