2015考研英语阅读定居马达加斯加
<p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="settlement">settlement</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Madagascar">Madagascar</span></p><p> 定居马达加斯加</p><p> <span word="Thirty">Thirty</span> <span word="lost">lost</span> <span word="souls">souls</span>.</p><p> 三十个迷失的灵魂。</p><p> <span word="How">How</span> <span word="Africa">Africa</span> <span word="s">s</span> <span word="largest">largest</span> <span word="island">island</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="colonised">colonised</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Asians">Asians</span>.</p><p> 解读非洲第一大岛成为亚洲人殖民地的历史。</p><p> <span word="MADAGASCAR">MADAGASCAR</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="renowned">renowned</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="unusual">unusual</span> <span word="animals">animals</span>, <span word="particularly">particularly</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="lemurs">lemurs</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="group">group</span> <span word="ofprimates">ofprimates</span> <span word="extinct">extinct</span> <span word="elsewhere">elsewhere</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="planet">planet</span>. <span word="Its">Its</span> <span word="human">human</span> <span word="population">population</span>, <span word="though">though</span>, <span word="is">is</span> <span word="equallyunusual">equallyunusual</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="island">island</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="places">places</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Earth">Earth</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="settled">settled</span>, <span word="receiving">receiving</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="earliestmigrants">earliestmigrants</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="middle">middle</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="millennium">millennium</span> <span word="AD">AD</span>. <span word="Moreover">Moreover</span>, <span word="despite">despite</span> <span word="Madagascar">Madagascar</span> <span word="s">s</span> <span word="proximityto">proximityto</span> <span word="Africa">Africa</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="settlers">settlers</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="suspectedof">suspectedof</span> <span word="having">having</span> <span word="arrived">arrived</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Malay">Malay</span> <span word="Archipelago">Archipelago</span>-<span word="modern">modern</span> <span word="Indonesia">Indonesia</span>-<span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 6,000<span word="km">km</span> <span word="away">away</span>.</p><p> 马达加斯加岛因岛上的稀有动物而闻名，尤其是世界其他地方已绝迹的灵长类动物狐猴。人类在该岛定居的历史，也同样不寻常。该岛是最后几个人类选择的定居地之一，于公元后头一个千年的中叶迎来了最早一批到此定居的移民。此外，尽管马达加斯加岛毗邻非洲大陆，长久以来外界猜测岛上的居民是从马来群岛，即现在的印度尼西亚，这个6000多公里外的地方迁移来的。</p><p> <span word="There">There</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="reasons">reasons</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="suspicion">suspicion</span>. <span word="First">First</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="recognised">recognised</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="centuries">centuries</span> <span word="thatthe">thatthe</span> <span word="Malagasy">Malagasy</span> <span word="language">language</span>, <span word="though">though</span> <span word="distinct">distinct</span>, <span word="borrows">borrows</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="lot">lot</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="words">words</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Javanese">Javanese</span>, <span word="Malay">Malay</span> <span word="andthe">andthe</span> <span word="tongues">tongues</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Borneo">Borneo</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Sulawesi">Sulawesi</span>. <span word="Second">Second</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="islanders">islanders</span> <span word="culture">culture</span> <span word="includes">includes</span> <span word="artefacts">artefacts</span> <span word="rangingfrom">rangingfrom</span> <span word="boats">boats</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="outriggers">outriggers</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="xylophones">xylophones</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="crops">crops</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="bananas">bananas</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="rice">rice</span>, <span word="that">that</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="characteristically">characteristically</span> <span word="Asian">Asian</span>, <span word="not">not</span> <span word="African">African</span>. <span word="And">And</span> <span word="third">third</span>, <span word="genetic">genetic</span> <span word="evidence">evidence</span> <span word="haslinked">haslinked</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="modern">modern</span> <span word="Malagasy">Malagasy</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="living">living</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="eastern">eastern</span> <span word="Indonesia">Indonesia</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="well">well</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="farther">farther</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="inMelanesia">inMelanesia</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Oceania">Oceania</span>.</p>
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