GRE阅读高频机经原文：Maya 旱灾
<p> 8. <span word="Maya">Maya</span> 旱灾</p><p> <span word="To">To</span> <span word="understand">understand</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ancient">ancient</span> <span word="Mayan">Mayan</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="lived">lived</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="area">area</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="today">today</span> <span word="southern">southern</span> <span word="Mexico">Mexico</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Central">Central</span> <span word="America">America</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ecological">ecological</span> <span word="difficulties">difficulties</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="faced">faced</span>, <span word="one">one</span> <span word="must">must</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="consider">consider</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="environment">environment</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="think">think</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="jungle">jungle</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="tropical">tropical</span> <span word="rainforest">rainforest</span>. <span word="This">This</span> <span word="view">view</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="inaccurate">inaccurate</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="reason">reason</span> <span word="proves">proves</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="important">important</span>. <span word="Properly">Properly</span> <span word="speaking">speaking</span>, <span word="tropical">tropical</span> <span word="rainforests">rainforests</span> <span word="grow">grow</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="high">high</span>-<span word="rainfall">rainfall</span> <span word="equatorial">equatorial</span> <span word="areas">areas</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="remain">remain</span> <span word="wet">wet</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="humid">humid</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="round">round</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Maya">Maya</span> <span word="homeland">homeland</span> <span word="lies">lies</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="sixteen">sixteen</span> <span word="hundred">hundred</span> <span word="kilometers">kilometers</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="equator">equator</span>, <span word="at">at</span> <span word="latitudes">latitudes</span> 17 <span word="to">to</span> 22 <span word="degrees">degrees</span> <span word="north">north</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="habitat">habitat</span> <span word="termed">termed</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="seasonal">seasonal</span> <span word="tropical">tropical</span> <span word="forest">forest</span>. <span word="That">That</span> <span word="is">is</span>, <span word="while">while</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="does">does</span> <span word="tend">tend</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="rainy">rainy</span> <span word="season">season</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="May">May</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="October">October</span>, <span word="there">there</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="dry">dry</span> <span word="season">season</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="January">January</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="April">April</span>. <span word="If">If</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="focuses">focuses</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="wet">wet</span> <span word="months">months</span>, <span word="one">one</span> <span word="calls">calls</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Maya">Maya</span> <span word="homeland">homeland</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="seasonal">seasonal</span> <span word="tropical">tropical</span> <span word="forest">forest</span>; <span word="if">if</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="focuses">focuses</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="dry">dry</span> <span word="months">months</span>, <span word="one">one</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="instead">instead</span> <span word="describe">describe</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="seasonal">seasonal</span> <span word="desert">desert</span>.</p><p> <span word="From">From</span> <span word="north">north</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="south">south</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Yucatan">Yucatan</span> <span word="Peninsula">Peninsula</span>, <span word="where">where</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Maya">Maya</span> <span word="lived">lived</span>, <span word="rainfall">rainfall</span> <span word="ranges">ranges</span> <span word="from">from</span> 18 <span word="to">to</span> 100 <span word="inches">inches</span> <span word="per">per</span> <span word="year">year</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="soils">soils</span> <span word="become">become</span> <span word="thicker">thicker</span>, <span word="so">so</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="southern">southern</span> <span word="peninsula">peninsula</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="agriculturally">agriculturally</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="productive">productive</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="supported">supported</span> <span word="denser">denser</span> <span word="populations">populations</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="rainfall">rainfall</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Maya">Maya</span> <span word="homeland">homeland</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="unpredictably">unpredictably</span> <span word="variable">variable</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="years">years</span>; <span word="some">some</span> <span word="recent">recent</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="four">four</span> <span word="times">times</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="rain">rain</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="years">years</span>. <span word="As">As</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="result">result</span>, <span word="modern">modern</span> <span word="farmers">farmers</span> <span word="attempting">attempting</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="grow">grow</span> <span word="corn">corn</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ancient">ancient</span> <span word="Maya">Maya</span> <span word="homelands">homelands</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="faced">faced</span> <span word="frequent">frequent</span> <span word="crop">crop</span> <span word="failures">failures</span>, <span word="especially">especially</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="north">north</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="ancient">ancient</span> <span word="Maya">Maya</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="presumably">presumably</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="experienced">experienced</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="better">better</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="nevertheless">nevertheless</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="too">too</span> <span word="must">must</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="faced">faced</span> <span word="risks">risks</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="crop">crop</span> <span word="failures">failures</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="droughts">droughts</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="hurricanes">hurricanes</span>.</p>
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