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选择性必修四Unit5The Mysteriesof THEMAYA ACTIVITY1Think andshare.
1.List somefamous ancientcities in the worldthat peopleusually talkabout.
2.Which citydo youwant toexplore mostGive yourreasons.
3.Have youever heardof Maya civilisation Ifso,please sharewhat youknow aboutit withyour partner.ACTIVITY2Match theinformation withthe timewhen theevent happened,l.by700AD A.Maya civilisationwas atits peak.B.Europeans arrivedin CentralAmerica toclaim itsriches.
2.around900AD C.There werefar fewertropical cyclonesthan usual.
3.in the19th centuryD.A megadrought”happened inMayas areas.
4.in theearly16th centuryE.Maya civilisationhas beensurrounded bymystery sinceits rediscovery.
5.between700AD and1X0AD
4._________
5.________I.
2.
3.ACTIVITY3Please writedown whatthe underlinedpronouns referto accordingto hetext.
1.Through comparison,he foundthat thelocations of...the positions of the stars.In paragraph
12.Based onthis,he believedhe hadspotted anunknown Mayacity burieddeep inthe jungle.In paragraphI_________________________
3.It containedmore than800characters,with somesigns...representing syllables.In paragraph2_______________________
4.Was ita naturaldisaster In paragraph4_________________________
5.This islikely tohave ledto a series ofdroughts,each lastingfor...Inparagraph5ACTIVITY4Below isa summaryof thetext withsome contentmissing.Choose theright itemfrom thebox andmake lhesummary complele.Change lheform ifnecessary.generation,expansion,field,temple,drought,second Thesecrets of the AncientMayacivilisationcontinue tofascinate people.The Mayasachievements areincredible andmysterious.The Mayabuilt impressivecomplex palacesand
1.without usingwheels,metal tools,or evenanimal power.And theMaya calendarwas accurateto within
302.___________per year.Most importantly,a truewriting systemwas anachievement uniqueintheAmericas atthat time.After Mayacivilisations peak,it declinedwithin acouple of
3.________.Some researchseems toindicate thatthe possiblereasons forits collapseare bothhuman andnatural.Turning wetlandsinto
4._____________,digging hugecanal systemsand thehuge
5.__________of populationreduced theMayas abilityto dealwith naturaldisasters.Besides,aseriesof
6._________contributed greatlyto thecollapse.答案Activity1略Activity2LA
2.D
3.E
4.B
5.C Activity
31.15-year-old CanadianWilliam Gadoury
2.The locationsofthe117known Mayacities correspondto thepositionsofthestars.
3.a ruewriting system
4.the reasonfor Mayacivilisations collapse/fall
5.There werefar fewertropical cyclonesthan usual.Activity
41.temples
2.seconds
3.generations
4.fields
5.expansion
6.droughts。