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Fire, scientists agree, helped give rise to a successful, thriving human population by providing heat for cooking and protection
Fire, scientists agree, helped give rise to a successful, thriving human population by providing heat for cooking and protection
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2016-06-02
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Fire, scientists agree, helped give rise to a successful, thriving human population by providing heat for cooking and protection from the cold.
But they don’t agree【C1】______when humans began using fire. Some researchers argue that it【C2】______more than a million years ago when early humans【C3】______their way to Europe from Africa, and【C4】______say it happened much later. Now, a new study reveals that humans did not【C5】______fire until about 400 000 years ago.
Two archaeologists(考古学家)in the US report their【C6】______in the current issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. They looked at excavation(发掘)reports and studies from 141 sites in Europe that were【C7】______1.2 million and 35 000 years old. They think there is no clear evidence of【C8】______fire use until about 400 000 years ago. In Africa,【C9】______there are several sites where there was evidence of fire, those may have been【C10】______fires that occurred in the African grassland.【C11】______, there are also sites older than 400 000 years in Europe that indicate the【C12】______of humans, with the oldest, in Spain, more than a million years old. This means that【C13】______Europe’s extreme winter climates, early humans found a way to【C14】______without the warmth of a fire.【C15】______the researchers mention, early humans are【C16】______and persistent(坚持的). But some researchers【C17】______that it is still a puzzling explanation and it still【C18】______some serious thinking about how【C19】______the human being could have survived on a seasonally【C20】______food supply despite having small teeth and small guts. Up to now, no one has solved this problem yet.
【C17】
选项
A、maintain
B、sustain
C、obtain
D、attain
答案
A
解析
空格前是主语,其后是一个宾语从句,结合备选项可以推断,该处句意为“但是一些研究人员坚称……”。maintain符合句意。sustain意为“维持,支撑”;obtain意为“得到,获得”,尤其指经过努力或付出代价或经过很长时间得到所需要的东西;attain意为“达到,实现”,正式用词,多用于庄重场合,主要指通过努力达到重要目的或得到珍贵的东西。
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