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III. Blank-filling (10%) 
    New findings by archeologists excavating a prehistoric site in Jordan may shed new lighton the way early humans transitioned from hunter-gatherers to farmers. But the discoveriesalso reveal the dramatic consequences of ancient climate changes. Driving through___26___, barren lava fields in Jordan’s Black Desert, it is hard to imagine that about 14,000years ago, this was the area ___27___ humans started a revolutionary transition - fromhunting and gathering to farming.    University of Copenhagen archaeologist Tobias Richter, who leads the excavation, saysfindings ___28___ so far show that after the last Ice Age, there was much more water herethan there is today. “When people appeared to have started to settle here, this would havebeen an extensive wetland area with birds, with lots of wetland plants that we found in theexcavation, water fowl, herds of gazelle, of wild ass, ___29___ around this landscape. One canimagine it perhaps a little bit like the Serengeti in Africa," said Richter.    At this site, close to the Syrian border, scientists have found evidence that the area was___30___ by a large number of humans who may have decided to stay because of theabundance of animals suitable for hunting. Researchers think the lush ___31___ of the land isalso why the hunters eventually decided to settle down and begin farming.Stone artifacts, along ___32___ bones of a child and an adult found nearby, may helpscientists piece together a story about the lives of Neolithic humans - what plants and animalsthey grew and how they interacted within their social groups.    The project’s finds coordinator, Erin Estrup, shows off an ancient stone ___33___,evidence that these early farmers grew seed pods and many other crops. “We can thenidentify different species of plants ___34___ in turn will tell us what sort of things weregrowing out here. It's hard to imagine right now because it's all desert, but back many, manyyears ago, it was actually really nice and very, very green, and we can tell that ___35___ theseplant remains," said Estrup.    On the environmental side, the dramatic transition from lush green steppes to nowbarren rocks in this part of Jordan is also strong evidence, scientists say, that climate changesoccurred in the past and may happen in the future.
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參考答案

答案：A,D
難度：非常困難0
統計：A(1),B(0),C(0),D(0),E(1)

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