TPO 第25套 综合写作题目重新选题
阅读材料
收起In 1938 an archaeologist in Iraq acquired a set of clay jars that had been excavated two years earlier by villagers constructing a railroad line. The vessel was about 2,200 years old. Each clay jay contained a copper cylinder surrounding an iron rod. The archaeologist proposed that vessel were ancient electric batteries and even demonstrated that they can produce a small electric current when filled with some liquids. However, it is not likely that the vessels were actually used as electric batteries in ancient times.
First of all, if the vessels were used as batteries, they would probably have been attached to some electricity conductors such as metal wires. But there is no evidence that any metal wires were located near the vessels. All that has been excavated are the vessels themselves.
Second, the copper cylinders inside the jars look exactly like copper cylinders discovered in the ruins of Seleucia, an ancient city located nearby. We know that the copper cylinders from Seleucia were used for holding scrolls of sacred texts, not for generating electricity. Since the cylinders found with the jars have the same shape, it is very likely they were used for holding scrolls as well. That no scrolls were found inside the jars can be explained by the fact that the scrolls simply disintegrated over the centuries.
Finally, what could ancient people have done with the electricity that the vessels were supposed to have generated? They had no devices that replied on electricity. As batteries, the vessels would have been completely useless to them.
听力材料
收起写作题目
收起Summarize the points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how they support/contradict specific points made in the reading passage.
答题辅导
收起1.阅读要点概括:
Theme:
It is unlikely that the vessels served aselectric batteries
Key point 1:
No metal wire was found near the vessels’ location
Key point 2:
The CC might be used for holding scrolls,due to the same shape as the CC of S
Key point 3:
Batteries were of no use for no electrics device
2.听力要点概括:
Theme:
Not convincing
Key words 1:
Absence, local people, archaeologists,found, recognized, overlooked, thrown away
Key words 2:
Originally designed, later discovered,together with iron, liquid, produce, adapted for
Key words 3:
Convince others, magical powers, healing,stimulate muscles, relieve aches and pains