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讲座
1. What does the speakers mainly discuss?
Evidence that clarifies the ancient uses of the Stonehenge monument.
Other Bronze Age monuments that have similarities to Stonehenge.
Why the builders of Stone henge did not use local stones in its construction.
The possible origins of some of the stones that make up the Stonehenge monument
2. Why does the professor mention small pieces of blues tone found at Stonehenge? A. To provide evidence that bluestone was believed to have healing properties.
To stress that bluestone is not as durable as local stone.
To help explain bow builders selected the particular stones used for Stonehenge.
To express frustration with the way some researchers gather evidence at Stonehenge.
3. What is the significance of the axheads that the professor discusses? A.
They prove that bluestones were transported across Europe.
They provide evidence that bluestones were not sacred to Bronze Age cultures.
They may explain how the builders reduced the size of some of the stones that were transported.
They helped researchers determine the place in the Preseli Hills where the Stonehenge originated.
4. What evidence suggests that glaciers may have carried stones to the Stonehenge
site?
The stones used to build Stonehenge all came from the same place in Wales.
Some stones have markings that could have been caused by glacial activity.
Some bluestones were present on the Salisbury Plain before Stonehenge was built. Bluestones were found in several places on a proposed travel route between Wales and the Salisbury Plain.
5. What does the professor imply about the recent analysis of the bluestones at Stonehenge?
It does not conclusively identify the bluestones’ place of origin.
It does not provide strong evidence for either the human-transport or the glacier-transport hypotheses.
The methods used to test the bluestones were questionable.
The analysis does not explain how glaciers could move such large stones.
6. According to the professor, what might have contributed to the popularity of the human-transport hypothesis?
New physical evidence of transport devices used in the Bronze Age has been found. The hypothesis has become familiar over time.
Until recently no other hypothesis had been suggested.
The scientists who support the hypothesis are well respected.
