Passage 27 环境好也不一定长庄稼（姊妹篇100）

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①Favorable environments do not necessarily lead to the occurrence of plant cultivation. ②South China is warmer and moister than North China and the Yangtze Basin, with wild rice and highly abundant natural resources. ③Yet archaeological data indicate that cereal cultivation did not occur in this region until approximately 7,000 to 6,500 years ago. ④This cultivation was likely a result of cultural contact with and expansion from the Yangtze Basin. ⑤Clearly, environmental factors were important for the occurrence of cultivation in China, but were not the absolute determining factors. ⑥While incipient cultivation might occur in areas of relatively abundant resources, it may not occur in areas of very abundant resources, such as South China, where foraging might be a more efficient way of life. 

incipient 初期的，刚发展的

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1. The author implies which of the following about natural resources in South China prior to 6,500 years ago?

A

A. Their abundance may have actually served to discourage the development of plant cultivation. 符合

B. They were not as abundant as most archaeologists have maintained. 没有证据/相反

C. They led indirectly to cultural contact with peoples from the Yangtze Basin. 无关/没有证据

D. Their importance has been downplayed by scholars studying the beginnings of plant cultivation in South China. 没有证据

E. They had little influence on the types of plants that were eventually cultivated in South China. 没有证据

2. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage about plant cultivation in the Yangtze Basin?

B

A. It occurred in spite of an unfavorable climate. 没有证据，我比你好，不说明你不好，只说明我更好。

B. It occurred prior to 6,500 years ago. 

C. It occurred somewhat later than it occurred in North China. 没有证据

D. It occurred largely because of the abundance of wild rice in the region. 没有证据

E. It occurred as a result of cultural contact with South China. 相反