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* * * * * 本文開始 文章大綱提醒：說到更新世末期冰河期動物絕種的理論，最常見的除了 climate change以外，就是人類的出現、打獵活動造成此時期大型動物 (megafauna)消失。
Post-Pleistocene Extinctions in the New World
第一段：在地球最近的一次冰河期，約12,000年前，人類開始在New World (the land area now known as North and South America)活動，剛好跟很 多大型動物如mammoths, mastodons, giant ground sloths等絕種幾乎在同 一時間發生(coincided with)。Their apparently rapid rate of extinction after humans arrived, have led some to conclude that human hunters forced many New World animals into extinction shortly after the Pleistocene epoch.
1. The phrase “coincided with” in the passage is closest in meaning to A) resulted in B) speeded up C) began the process of D) happened at the same time as
2. The word “apparently” in the passage is closest in meaning to A) extremely B) seemingly C) usually D) relatively
3. According to paragraph 1, why have some people assumed that human hunters caused the extinction of many New World species? A) Hunting-and-gathering societies are known to have hunted animals until they were extinct. B) These species disappeared rapidly after humans arrived in the New World. C) Animal species that disappeared in the New World could still be seen in other regions of the world. D) Hunting-and-gathering societies could not coexist with large animal species such as mammoths and mastodons.
第二段：第一句話直接打臉，說人類應該跟這時大型動物絕種無關。一些大 型動物(big-game species)像mastodon 在北美的東部確實也在更新世 (Pleistocene)末期絕種，也跟人類出現時間重疊，但骨頭化石顯示很少跟 human activities有關聯。只發現兩種動物：mammoths and mastodons extinct, 而且在所有 sites 中, 只有其中幾個發現 association between an extinct animal and Clovis artifacts. 鳥類也絕種, 但是鳥類並不是 當時 Clovis people 重要的獵物。Thus it would seem that at least some larger animals became extinct without much human assistance.
4. The word “Thus” in the passage is closest in meaning to A) However B) In addition C) Therefore D) Basically
5. According to paragraph 2, all of the following are reasons to doubt that humans caused the extinction of species at the end of the Pleistocene epoch EXCEPT: A) Only two big-game animals – mammoths and mastodons – are actually known to have become extinct during that time. B) It is unlikely that humans caused the disappearance of so many species of birds that also became extinct. C) Archaeologists have found no evidence of the kind of hunting practices likely to cause extinctions. D) Bones of few big-game species have been found in association with human activities in populated areas of North America.
