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1、小站独家，雅思阅读机经真题解析。一切患有雅思阅读刷题强迫症的烤鸭，请看这里。小站精心整理了一批雅思阅读机经真题。如果你的剑桥雅思阅读已是烂熟于心，那么这一系列的雅思阅读机经真题真的很适合你，搭配上绝对原创的讲解，还有全文的中文翻译，这等阅读大餐，还等什么!Thankstomodernremote-sensingtechniques,aruinedcityinTurkeyisslowlyrevealingitselfasoneofthegreatestandmostmysteriouscitiesoftheancientworld.SallyPalm

2、eruncoversmore.AThelowgranitemountain,knownasKerkencsDag,jutsfromthenorthernedgeoftheC'appadocianplaininTurkey.Sprawledoverthemountainsidearetherumsofanenormouscity,containedbycrumblingdefensivewallssevenkilometerslong.Manyrespectedarchaeologistsbelievethesearetheremainsofthef

3、abledcityofPlena,thesixth-centuryBCstrongholdoftheMcdesthattheGreekhistorianHerodotusdescribedinhisfamousworkTheHistories.Theshort-livedcitycameunderMediancontrolandonlyfiftyyearslaterwassacked,burnedanditsstrongstonewallsdestroyed.BBritisharcheologistDrGeoffreySummerhasspentt

4、enyearsstudyingthesite.Excavatingtheruinsisachallengebecauseofthevastareatheycover.The7kmperimeterwallsrunaroundasitecovering271hectares.DrSummersquicklyrealiseditwouldtakefartoolongtoexcavatethesiteusingtraditionaltechniquesalone.Sohedecidedtousemodemtechnologyaswelltomapthee

5、ntiresite,bothaboveandbeneaththesurface,tolocatethemostinterestingareasandprioritiestostartdigging.CIn1993.DrSummershiredaspecialhandheldballoonwitharemote-controlledcameraattached.Hewalkedovertheentiresiteholdingtheballoonandtakingphotos.Thenoneafternoon,herentedahot-airballo

6、onandfloatedoverthesite,takingyetmorepicturesBytheendofthe1994season.DrSummersandhisteamhadajigsawofaerialphotographsofthewholesite.Thenextstagewastouseremotesensing,whichwouldletthemworkoutwhatlaybelowtheintriguingoutlinesandruinedwalls."Archaeologyisadisciplinethatlendsitsel

7、fverywelltoremotesensingbecauseitrevolvesaroundspace,"saysScottBranting,anassociateddirectoroftheproject,liestartedworkingwithDrSummersin1995.DTheprojectusedtworemotesensingtechniques.ThefirstismagnetometrywhichworksontheprinciplethaimagneticfieldsalthesurfaceoftheEarthareinfl

8、uencedbywhatitburiedbeneath.Itmeasureslocalisedvariationsinth