[A] For example, the Moche lords of Sipán in coastal Peru were buried in about AD 4

［A］Forexample,theMochelordsofSipánincoastalPeruwereburiedinaboutAD400infinecottondressandwithexquisiteornamentsofbead,gold,andsilver.Fewburialsrivaltheirlavishsepulchres.Beingabletotr acethedevelopmentofsuchritualsoverthousandsofyearshasaddedtoourunderstandingofthedevelopmentofhumanintellectandspirit.

［B］By40,000yearsagopeoplecouldbefoundhuntingandgatheringfoodacrossmostoftheregionsofAfrica.Populationsindifferentr egionsemployedvarioustechnologicaldevelopmentsinadaptingtotheirdifferentenvironmentsandclimates.

［C］ArchaeologicalstudieshavealsoprovidedmuchinformationaboutthepeoplewhofirstarrivedintheAmericasover12,000yearsago.

［D］Thefirstfossilrecordsofvascularplants—thatis,landplantswithtissuethatcarriesfood—appearedintheSilurianperiod.Theyweresimpleplantsthathadnotd evelopedseparatestemsandleaves.

［E］Laetolievenrevealsfootprintsofhumansfrom3.6millionyearsago.Somesitesalsocontainevidenceoftheearliestuseofsimpletools.ArchaeologistshavealsorecordedhowprimitiveformsofhumansspreadoutofAfricaintoAsiaabout1.8millionyearsago,thenintoEuropeabout900,000yearsago.

［F］Oneresearchprojectinvolvesthestudyofgarbageinpresent-daycitiesacrosstheUnitedStates.Thisgarbageisthemodernequivalentoftheremainsfoundinthearchaeologicalrecord.Inthefuture,archaeologistswillcontinuetomoveintonewrealmsofstudy.

［G］Othersitesthatr epresentgreathumanachievementareasvariedasthecliffdwellingsoftheancientAnasazi(agroupofearlyNativeAmericansofNorthAmerica)atMesaVerde,Colorado;theIncacityofMachuPicchuhighintheAndesMountainsofPeru;andthemysterious,massivestoneportr aitheadsofremoteEasterIslandinthePacific.

本题考查的知识点是：上下文的衔接+词语的复现

本题空格出现在三段末。该段内容分两个层次，第一、二句为一个意群，讲述考古学在记载农业发展方面的意义。第三句则讲述了考古学在人类早期文明研究方面的重要作用。第三句是个长句，其主干结构是Archaeologyplaysamajorroleinthestudyofearlycivilizations,suchasthoseoftheSumeriansofMesopotamia,who…andtheancientEgyptians,who…。该句举例说明了人类早期文明：苏美尔人修建了乌尔城，而古埃及人以吉萨城附近的金字塔和西比斯帝王谷的皇家陵墓闻名。因此空格处填入的内容要么与上面两个层次的内容呈并列关系，论述考古学其他方面的作用。要么承接最近的上文即第三句，继续论述有关人类文明方面的内容。［A］项出现了表例证关系的逻辑词forexample，但后面的内容却是关于奢华的埋葬仪式。这无法与上文中的乌尔城、皇家陵墓并列。［C］项提到考古研究记载了人类到达美洲的信息，但该内容与上文的人类文明也无法并列。只有［G］项继续列举人类文明的表现：科罗拉多州梅莎尔地的古代阿纳萨齐人的崖下住居；位于秘鲁安梯斯山脉高处的马丘比丘的印加城；偏远的太平洋复活节岛上神秘而巨大的石刻人头肖像。该项首句中humanachievement与上文（human）civilization属于同义词复现。