GRE阅读高频机经原文及答案：长江水稻
<p> 2. 长江水稻 新题</p><p> <span word="Since">Since</span> <span word="the">the</span> 1970<span word="s">s</span>, <span word="archaeological">archaeological</span> <span word="sites">sites</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Chinas">Chinas</span> <span word="Yangtze">Yangtze</span> <span word="River">River</span> <span word="region">region</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="yielded">yielded</span> <span word="evidence">evidence</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="sophisticated">sophisticated</span> <span word="rice">rice</span>-<span word="farming">farming</span> <span word="societies">societies</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="predate">predate</span> <span word="signs">signs</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="rice">rice</span> <span word="cultivation">cultivation</span> <span word="elsewhere">elsewhere</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="East">East</span> <span word="Asia">Asia</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="thousand">thousand</span> <span word="years">years</span>. <span word="Before">Before</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="evidence">evidence</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="discovered">discovered</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="generally">generally</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="assumed">assumed</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="rice">rice</span> <span word="farming">farming</span> <span word="began">began</span> <span word="farther">farther</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="south">south</span>. <span word="This">This</span> <span word="scenario">scenario</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="based">based</span> <span word="both">both</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="geographic">geographic</span> <span word="range">range</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="wild">wild</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="free">free</span>-<span word="living">living</span> <span word="rice">rice</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="thought">thought</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="extend">extend</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="far">far</span> <span word="north">north</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Yangtze">Yangtze</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="archaeological">archaeological</span> <span word="records">records</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="domestic">domestic</span> <span word="rice">rice</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Southeast">Southeast</span> <span word="Asia">Asia</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="India">India</span> . <span word="Proponents">Proponents</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="southern">southern</span>-<span word="origin">origin</span> <span word="theory">theory</span> <span word="point">point</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="rice">rice</span>-<span word="farming">farming</span> <span word="societies">societies</span> <span word="along">along</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Yangtze">Yangtze</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="already">already</span> <span word="highly">highly</span> <span word="developed">developed</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="evidence">evidence</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="stage">stage</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="rice">rice</span> <span word="cultivation">cultivation</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="missing">missing</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="argue">argue</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="hunter">hunter</span>-<span word="gatherers">gatherers</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="develop">develop</span> <span word="rice">rice</span> <span word="agriculture">agriculture</span> <span word="must">must</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="done">done</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="southern">southern</span> <span word="zone">zone</span>, <span word="within">within</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="apparent">apparent</span> <span word="present">present</span>-<span word="day">day</span> <span word="geographic">geographic</span> <span word="range">range</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="wild">wild</span> <span word="rice">rice</span>.</p><p> <span word="Yet">Yet</span> <span word="while">while</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="strands">strands</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="wild">wild</span> <span word="rice">rice</span> <span word="reported">reported</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> 1984 <span word="survey">survey</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="concentrated">concentrated</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="south">south</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Yangtze">Yangtze</span> <span word="drainage">drainage</span>, <span word="two">two</span> <span word="northern">northern</span> <span word="outlier">outlier</span> <span word="populations">populations</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="discovered">discovered</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="provinces">provinces</span> <span word="along">along</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="middle">middle</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="lower">lower</span> <span word="Yangtze">Yangtze</span>, <span word="evidence">evidence</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Yangtze">Yangtze</span> <span word="wetlands">wetlands</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="fall">fall</span> <span word="within">within</span> <span word="both">both</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="present">present</span>-<span word="day">day</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="historical">historical</span> <span word="geographic">geographic</span> <span word="ranges">ranges</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="rices">rices</span> <span word="wild">wild</span> <span word="ancestor">ancestor</span>.</p><p> 2.1. <span word="Which">Which</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="following">following</span>, <span word="if">if</span> <span word="true">true</span>, <span word="would">would</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="clearly">clearly</span> <span word="undermine">undermine</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="conclusion">conclusion</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="author">author</span> <span word="makes">makes</span> <span word="based">based</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> 1984 <span word="survey">survey</span>?</p>
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