首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Mysterious Nazca Drawings One of the most mysterious archaeological spectacles in the world is the immense complex of geo-me
Mysterious Nazca Drawings One of the most mysterious archaeological spectacles in the world is the immense complex of geo-me
admin
2013-11-24
69
问题
Mysterious Nazca Drawings
One of the most mysterious archaeological spectacles in the world is the immense complex of geo-metrical symbols, giant ground-drawings of birds and animals, and hundreds of long, ruler-straight lines , some right across mountains, which stretch over 1, 200 square miles of the Peruvian tablelands, at Nazca.
Nazca was first revealed to modern eyes in 1926 when three explorers looked down on the desert from a hillside at dusk and briefly saw a Nazca line highlighted by the rays of the sun. But it was not until the Peruvian airforce took aerial photographs in the 1940s that the full magnificence of the panorama was apparent. Hundreds of what looked like landing strips for aircraft were revealed. There were eighteen bird-like drawings, up to 400 feet long)four-sided figures with two lines parallel; and long needle-like triangles which ran for miles. Among the many abstract patterns were a giant spider, a monkey, a shark, all drawn on the ground on a huge scale.
The scale is monumental, but from the ground almost invisible and totally incomprehensible. The amazing fact about Nazca, created more than 1, 500 years ago, is that it can only be appreciated if seen from the air. Many, therefore, regarded it as a prehistoric landing ground for visitors from outer space, but Jim Woodman, an American explorer, who was long fascinated by the mystery of Nazca, had a different opinion. He believed that Nazca only made sense if the people who had designed and made these vast drawings on the ground could actually see them, and that led him to the theory that the ancient Peruvians had somehow learned to fly, as only from above could they really see the extent of their handiwork. With this theory in mind, he researched into ancient Peruvian legends about flight and came to the conclusion that the only feasible answer was a hot-air balloon.
To prove his theory, Woodman would have to make such a thing using the same fabrics and fibers that would have been available to the men of Nazca at the time. He started by gathering information from ancient paintings, legends, books and archaeological sites. After many attempts, Woodman built a balloon-type airship. It took him into the air, letting him have the sensation he had never had from viewing the same ground that he had seen many times. His flight was a modern demonstration of an ancient possibility.
One of the "most mysterious archaeological spectacles in the world" is______.
选项
A、the size of Nazca
B、the lines over mountains
C、the Peruvian tablelands
D、the huge and complicated ground-drawings
答案
D
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/6MUd777K
本试题收录于:
职称英语综合类A级题库职称英语分类
0
职称英语综合类A级
职称英语
相关试题推荐
SingingAlarmsCouldSavetheBlindIfyoucannotsee,youmaynotbeabletofindyourwayoutofaburningbuilding—andth
A.thenationalhighwaysystemB.theeastandwestC.thefederalgovernmentD.movementandexcitementE.thenorth
HistoricRoute66:TheStoryofAmerica’s"MotherRoad"1.TheideaforRoute66startedinOklahoma.Citizenstherewantedt
A.thenationalhighwaysystemB.theeastandwestC.thefederalgovernmentD.movementandexcitementE.thenorth
ARichResourcesoftheStateBConnectionswiththeOutsideWorldCTransportationProblemDTheNativesoftheLandEColdCli
SilencePleaseIfthereisonegroupofworkersacrosstheWesternworldwhowillbegladthatChristmasisover,thatgroup
Hewaspersuadedtogiveuptheidea.
Migrant(移民的)WorkersInthepasttwentyyears,therehasbeenanincreasingtendencyforworkerstomovefromonecountryto
ThiskindofmaterialwasseldomusedinbuildinghousesduringtheMiddleAges.
Duringthepasttenyearstherehavebeendramaticchangesintheinternationalsituation.
随机试题
高含水层封堵后,要注意()对应注水井、层的注水量,保持接替层的生产能力。
简答正确把握人生价值实现的条件和方法。
A.疏肝清热,养血调经B.疏肝健脾,养血调经C.疏肝化痰,和胃止痛D.健脾,化湿,和胃E.消食,导滞,和胃某男,12岁,两日来,因饮食失节导致脘腹胀满,嗳气吞酸,不思饮食,医师处以保和丸,是因其能()。
70岁男性病人,糖尿病,高血压病史5年,右手掌深部间隙感染7天,畏寒、发热、咳嗽3天。体检:右下肺可闻及湿哕音,胸片右下肺脓肿。该患者出现血源性肺脓肿最主要原因是()。
人体血液中高浓度脂肪蛋白含量的增多,会增加人体组织吸收过多的胆固醇的能力,从而降低血液中的胆固醇。有些人通过有规律的体育锻炼和减肥,能明显增加血液中高浓度脂肪蛋白的含量,由此可以推出()。
不属于新式学堂的特点的是()
下列有关WindowsXP内置的多媒体服务组件的叙述中,错误的是
•ReadthearticlebelowaboutcreditcardinAmerica,andthequestionsontheoppositepage.•Foreachquestion13--18,mark
Theoutcomeofthefootballmatchwasnotaswhatwehad______.
A、Hehasmanycreditcards.B、Hedidn’tconsultthewomanbefore.C、Hepaysmoreattentiontotheaccounts.D、Hepayslittleatt
最新回复
(
0
)