Ⅱ.任务型阅读
The Sanxingdui Site is one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of the 20th century. It attracts scientists and history lovers all over the world with its strange bronze masks and statues.
It developed fast in the late Shang Dynasty and had wonderful bronze culture. But there are no written records of this ancient civilization(文明), so people knew almost nothing about it at first.
Scientists have two big mysteries to solve. First, why did the Sanxingdui people disappear suddenly? Second, why did they bury lots of jade(玉) and bronze treasures on purpose? A scientist thinks a big earthquake caused land-slides(塌方), cut off their water supply (供水) and made them move away. However, this can-not explain why they left their treasures behind.
Now archaeologists keep exploring Sanxing-dui with modern technology. Every year, new things and clues are found to help us learn the truth of this old civilization.
1. Why was Sanxingdui civilization hard to study at first?
Because there were of this ancient civilization.
2. How many mysteries about Sanxingdui are mentioned in the passage?
There are mysteries.
3. How did the big earthquake influence the Sanxingdui people according to a scientist?
It caused landslides, cut off their water sup-ply and .
4. What can't the scientist's thought explain?
It can't explain .
5. How do archaeologists carry out their explora-tion work now?
They keep exploring Sanxingdui with .

1. no written records
2. two/2
3. made them move away
4. why the Sanxingdui people left their treasures behind
5. modern technology

【分析】本题为任务型阅读，解题思路是先通读全文把握大意，再针对每个问题精准定位原文对应段落的关键语句，提取匹配问题的信息，确保答案与原文一致。具体各小题：第1题定位第二段找三星堆起初难研究的原因；第2题定位第三段找谜团数量；第3题定位第三段科学家关于地震影响的表述；第4题定位第三段转折后找无法解释的内容；第5题定位第四段找考古学家现在的探索方式。
【解析】1. 问题问三星堆起初难研究的原因，原文第二段明确提到“there are no written records of this ancient civilization, so people knew almost nothing about it at first”，故答案为no written records；2. 问题问提到的谜团数量，原文第三段第一句“Scientists have two big mysteries to solve”，故答案为two；3. 问题问地震的影响，原文第三段科学家观点中“a big earthquake caused land-slides, cut off their water supply and made them move away”，故答案为made them move away；4. 问题问科学家想法不能解释的内容，原文第三段转折后“this cannot explain why they left their treasures behind”，故答案为why the Sanxingdui people left their treasures behind；5. 问题问现在考古学家的探索方式，原文第四段“Now archaeologists keep exploring Sanxingdui with modern technology”，故答案为modern technology。
【答案】1. no written records 2. two/2 3. made them move away 4. why the Sanxingdui people left their treasures behind 5. modern technology
【知识点】任务型阅读、信息定位提取
【点评】本题考查任务型阅读中快速定位原文关键信息的能力，属于基础题型，只要能准确找到对应原文即可完成作答，难度较低。
【难度系数】0.8