2025年大理农林职业技术学院高职单招高职单招英语2016-2024历年频考点试题含答案解析

2025年大理农林职业技术学院高职单招高职单招英语2016-2024历年频考点试题含答案解析（图片大小可自由调整）一、单选题(共50题)1、材料It’sbeenoverayearsinceCOVID-19firstappearedandtheviruscontinuestobeaprobleminmanypartsoftheworld,scientistshaverealizedthedevelopmentofvaccines(疫苗)isasolutiontothepandemic.

Aglobalefforttovaccinateasmanypeopleaspossiblewouldbeneeded,sincevaccinestypicallytakeyearstodevelop.OnDec2,2020,thefirstCOVIDvaccine,thePfizervaccine,wasapproved(批准)byUKhealthdepartment.However,thesevaccinesmustbestoredatverylowtemperatures,whichisnotpossibleeverywhere.Inresponse,ChinesecompanieslikeSinopharmandSinovachavedevelopedvaccinesthatcanbekeptatnormaltemperatures.Now,vaccinesarebeingrolledoutallovertheworld,withmillionsofpeoplebeingvaccinatedeveryday.InChina,285millionvaccinedoses(剂量)hadbeengivensofar.Meanwhile,theUShasgivenout247milliondoses.TheUKnowstandsat50milliondoses.Althoughtherehavebeenrumors

aboutvaccinesbeingunsafe,mostofpeopleseemtorealizetheimportanceofvaccinationforbuildingmassimmunity(群体免疫)inordertostopthevirusfromspreading.Theworldhascometounderstandthatthevaccineswillprotectus.Therefore,sharingvaccineshasbecomeakeyfactorofstayingsafeandhealthyworldwide.Unfortunately,noteveryonecangetthevaccineyet.Childrenbelowtheageof16can’tbevaccinatedbecausetheyhavenotyetbeentestedonthem.

Thosewhohaveahistoryofvaccineallergies(过敏)shouldn’tgetit,either.Accordingtothepassage,______millionvaccinedoseshadbeengivensofarinChina.

(1分)A、50

B、247C、285

D、582

正确答案选项：参考答案：C2、—Sitdown,please!—________

(1分)A、HelloB、ThankyouC、YousitdownD、Nice正确答案选项：参考答案：B3、（）ofthemoney（）beenspent.(1分)A、Three-fifth;hasB、Three-fifth;haveC、Three-fifths;hasD、Three-fifths;have正确答案选项：参考答案：C4、Youareoldenoughtowashyour（）byyourself.(1分)A、clothingB、clothC、clothsD、clothes正确答案选项：参考答案：D解析你已经长大了，可以自己洗衣服了。washone'sclothes洗衣服5、Whenyouareintrouble,it'sbetterto（）·(1分)A、keepyourcoolB、getnervousC、keepsadD、keepcrying正确答案选项：参考答案：A解析考查动词短语。句意为：“当你有麻烦时，保持冷静较好。”keepone'scool意为“保持冷静”。根据“Whenyouareintrouble”可知遇到麻烦时，最好是保持冷静。故选A。6、.________cleverdogLuckyis!ItcanunderstandMr.Smith’sorders.

(1分)A、WhatB、WhataC、HowD、Howan正确答案选项：参考答案：B解析本题考查感叹句的结构，句意Lucky是一只多么聪明的狗啊！它能明白史密斯先生的指令．感叹名词dog要用What，先排除C和D，又因为dog是可数名词的单数形式，What后要加不定冠词．若形容词后紧跟可数名词单数，就用whata/an；是不可数名词或可数名词复数，只用what.7、Thereason（）hedidn'tcomewas（）hewasill.(1分)A、why;thatB、that;whyC、forthat;thalD、forwhich;what正确答案选项：参考答案：A解析考查定语从句和表语从句。句意为：“他没来的原因是他生病了。”“hedidn'tcome”作定语修饰先行词reason,且从句缺少原因状语，可用why或forwhich来引导；“hewasill”作was的表语，且从句主要成分完整，所以应用that。故选A。8、材料Computer

programmer

David

Jones

earns(gets)£35,000ayear,designingnewcomputergames,yethecannotfindabankpreparedtolethimhaveachequecard.

（1）,hehasbeentoldtowait（2）twoyears,untilheis18.

The16-year-oldboyworksforasmall（3）inLiverpool,（4）theproblemofmostyoungpeopleofhisageisfindingajob.David'scompanyreleases(发行)twonewgamesfortheexpanding(扩展)homecomputermarketeachmonth.

ButDavid'sbiggestheadacheiswhattodo（5）hismoney.（6）hissalary,gotbyinvesting(投资)newprogramswithin（7）schedules，withbonus(奖金)paymentsandprofit-sharing(分红)，hecannotdriveacar，orobtaincreditcards.

DavidgothisjobwiththeLiverpool-basedcompanyfourmonthsago.“Igotthejobbecausethepeoplewho（8）thecompanyknewIhadalreadywrittensome

（9）,”hesaid.

“Isuppose£35，000soundsalotbutactuallythat'sbeingpessimistic(悲观的).Ihopeitwill（10）tomorethanthatthisyear.”Hespendssomeofhismoney

（11）recordsandclothes,andgiveshismother£20aweek.Butmostofhissparetimeisspentonworking.“（12）,computingwasnotpartofmystudiesat（13）,”hesaid,“ButIhadbeenstudyingitinbooksandmagazinesforfouryearsinmysparetime.IknewwhatIwantedtodoandnever（14）stayingonatschool.Mostpeopleinthisbusinessarefairlyyoung,anyway.”

Davidadded,“IwouldliketoearnamillionandIthinkearlyretirementisapossibility.Youneverknowwhenthemarket（15）disappear.”

第(4)选（）(1分)A、there

B、when

C、where

D、whenever正确答案选项：参考答案：C9、Itwasapitythatthegreatwriterdied（）hisworksunfinished.(1分)A、forB、withC、fromD、of正确答案选项：参考答案：B10、Thecommittee（）twelvemembers.(1分)A、aremadeofB、isconsistedofC、madeupD、ismadeupof正确答案选项：参考答案：D11、We（）rubbishintheparktokeepitclean.(1分)A、pickupB、getupC、pickoutD、lookout正确答案选项：参考答案：A解析考查动词短语。句意为：“为了保持公园干净，我们在里面捡垃圾。”pickup意为“捡起”。根据"kecpitclean”可知空格处是捡垃圾。故选A。12、在下列各组单词中，找出字母读音wh不同于其他三个的选项（）

(1分)A、whatB、whenC、whereD、who正确答案选项：参考答案：D13、材料Itwasgettingdarkandsnowwascomingdown.Joewasdrivinghome.He'dbeenunemployedsincethefactory(1).Mostofhisfriendshadleft,buthestayedon.（2）,hewasbornhere.

Suddenlyhesawaladystandingonthesideoftheroadand（3）.Shewasworried.Noonehadstoppedto（4）forthelasthour.Joeknew（5）shefeltandsaid,“MynameisJoeandI'mheretohelpyou.”Allshehadwasaflattyre,（6）foranoldlady,thatwasbadenough.Joechangedthe（7）,buthegotdirtyandhishandshurt.ShewantedtopayJoeandsaidany（8）wouldhavebeenallright.Joeneverthoughttwiceaboutthemoneyandthereweremanypeoplewhohad（9）himahandinthepast.Hehadlivedhislifethatway.Hetoldherthatifshereallywantedtopayhim（10）,thenexttimeifshesawsomeonewhoneededhelp,shecouldgivethatpersontheassistancethathe（11）,

Latertheladywentina（12）decoratedrestauranttoeatinahurry.Thecashierwaslikethetelephoneofanout-of-workactor—itdidn't（13）much.However,thewaitress,whowasnearlyeightmonthspregnant(怀孕的),broughtacleantoweltoherwitha（14）smile.Theoldlady（15）Joe.Afterthewaitressbroughtthechangefroma100-dollarbill,shefoundthelady（16）andsomethingwrittenonanapkin,“（17）oncehelpedmeout,thewayI'mhelpingyou.（18）youreallywanttopayhimback,don'tletthechainoflove（19）withyou.”

That（20）thewaitressgavehersleepinghusbandasoftkissandwhispered,“Everything'sgoingtobeallright,Joe.”第15空填（）。(1分)A、thankedB、thoughtC、praisedD、remembered正确答案选项：参考答案：D解析考查动词词义辨析。thanked意为“感谢”;thought意为“想”;praised意为“表扬”;remembered意为“记起”。此处指这位老太太记着Joe。故选D。14、材料BuddyisbeinglookedonasaheroonFridayafter（1）hisowner'slifeby

（2）thesleepingman（3）afire.ThecatgavesomeofhisownninelivestohisownerwhenafirestartedintheirhouseinTorontoonThursday.Thecat（4）onthemanandmoved（5）enoughtowakehimup.The75-year-oldman,wholiveswithBuddy,isbeingtreatedin（6）forburnstohisfaceandhands.“He's（7）ahero.（8）hehadn'twokenhimup,hecouldhave（9）thatfire,”saidKellyHand,whohasbeenlookingafterBuddyataTorontoanimalhospital.“Thisis

（10）foreat.Itwouldbemorelikelythatadogwoulddo（11）likethis.Buddy

（12）theanimalhospital（13）singedfurand（14）inblacksoot.Heisnowtakingsome（15）andwillbewellsoon,”saidHand.

第(13)选（）(1分)A、in

B、on

C、by

D、with正确答案选项：参考答案：D15、（）Iread,themoreIunderstand.(1分)A、ThemoreB、SomuchC、HowmuchD、Forhowmuch正确答案选项：参考答案：A解析核心短语/词汇：read读翻译：我读的越多，我理解的越多。解析：考查固定句式，The+比较级，the+比较级，越...越....。more更多的，是much的比较级。故答案选A。16、-Doyouknowhowto（）theflu?-Itissaidthatwehadbettertakemoreexerciseandwashhandsmoreoften.(1分)A、keepupwithB、catchupwithC、keepawayfromD、getonwellwith正确答案选项：参考答案：C解析考查动词短语。句意为：“-—你知道如何远离流感吗?——据说我们最好多锻炼，经常洗手。”kcepawayfrom意为“远离”。根据“takemoreexerciseandwashhandsmoreoften”可知，我们多做锻炼和经常洗手是为了远离流感。故选C。17、Thefarmerwastemptedtofirehimonthespot.____,hehurriedoutsidetoprepareforthestorm.Tohisamazement,hediscoveredeverythinghadbeentieddown.Thecowswereinthebarn,thechickenswereinthecoops,andthedoorswerebarred.

(1分)A、Therefore

B、Instead

C、Meanwhile

D、Moreover正确答案选项：参考答案：B解析考查副词词义辨析。句意：相反，他急忙跑到外面去准备迎接风暴来袭。ATherefore因此；BInstead反而；CMeanwhile同时；DMoreover而且上文提到农场主本来想立即解雇这个人，结果相反，他自己跑到外面为风暴做好准备去了。故选B。（相对关系）"18、Tomygreat______,hefinishedtheworkonlyinafewdays.

(1分)A、surprisedB、surprisingC、surprisesD、surprise正确答案选项：参考答案：D解析考查短语:toone’ssurprise使某人吃惊的是19、Idon’tlikeactionmovies,butIdon’tmind___them.

(1分)A、watchB、watchingC、towatchD、towatching正确答案选项：参考答案：B解析我不喜欢动作片，但我不介意看它们。mind后接动名词，故选B20、材料Justinknewtherewasonlyonewayoutofhisneighborhood—basketball.Sohe（1）hard,runningwiththeballlikethe（2）dogswerechasing(追逐)him.Hecoulddefeatanyoftheguysatthe（3）andhesawhiswayoutandheranforit.

OnedaywhenJustinwasplayingbasketball,he（4）hisrightkneebadly.Thedoctorsaidhemightneverplay（5）.Justinwasextremelysad.EverydayJustinjust（6）inbed,watchingTVandeatingpotatochips.Whenhe（7）likeaballoon,hissistercamehomefromtheuniversityonholiday,bringingexciting（8）ofafarawaylandcalledcollege.

Justinwas（9）bythedormstoriesandcampus（10）thatshetold,buthecould（11）believeanyofthem.Itwasasifsheweretellinghimaboutsome（12）landhighabovetheclouds.

Justinwasapretty（13）guy,buthissisterhadawayof（14）himtodothingsthatnobodyelsecould.Sowhileshewashomeduringthe（15）,theystudiedtogether,andtheytalked,andtheyworked,andJustinfelt（16）thanheeverhadbefore.

Afterspendingthose（17）withhissister,Justinrealizedthathedidn'twanttofeelbadforhimselfanymore,andhedidn'twanttoquit.Basketball（18）behisthing,butnowtherewasonly（19）.UsingthestudyskillsJustinhadacquiredfromhissister,hescored（20）ineveryexam.Theuniversitythatheappliedtoacceptedhim.第18空填（）。(1分)A、usedtoB、oughttoC、hadtoD、gotto正确答案选项：参考答案：A解析考查动词词义辨析。usedto意为“过去常常；曾经”;oughtto意为“应该”;hadto意为“不得不”;gotto意为“到达”。根据第一段可知，篮球曾经是他的一切。故选A。21、—Ican'tgowithyoutoday.Therewillbeatesttomorrow.—（）.Maybenexttime.(1分)A、Itdoesn'tmatterB、MypleasureC、Idon'tthinksoD、Sorrytohearthat正确答案选项：参考答案：A解析考查情景交际。句意为：“——今天我不能和你一起去。明天有一场考试。——没关系。下次吧。”Itdoesn'tmatter意为“没关系”;Mypleasure意为“不客气”;Idon'tthinkso意为“我不这样认为”;Sorrytohearthat意为“听到这个消息，我很难过”。对于别人陈述的不去做某事的理由，要用“没关系”来回答。故选A。22、从下列选项中找出其括号部分与所给单词括号部分读音相同的选项。（）d(ia)mond(1分)A、requ(ire)B、vari(ous)C、st(are)D、r(ea)lly正确答案选项：参考答案：A23、Doingeyeexercisesworkswell_______oureyesight.

(1分)A、protectingB、toprotectingC、inprotectingD、toprotect正确答案选项：参考答案：C解析workwellindoingsth对某事起……作用。考察的是固定语法的使用。做眼保健操能很好地保护我们的视力。24、--IsawDavidintheteachers’officethismorning.Doyouknow______hewasthere?--Hewenttheretohandinhishomework.

(1分)A、howB、whetherC、whenD、why正确答案选项：参考答案：D解析今天早晨我看见David在老师办公室，你知道他为什么在那儿吗？—他去那儿交作业了。本题考查宾语从句。根据答语中的tohandinhishomework可知，去办公室是为了交作业，应用why引导从句，故选D项。25、Thehouseinwhichtheyliveis（）thantheoldonetheylivedin.(1分)A、afewbiggerB、slightlybiggerC、abitofbiggerD、slightlybig正确答案选项：参考答案：B26、It'sverycold.I'd________dosomethingindoors.

(1分)A、ratherB、likeC、rathertoD、liketo正确答案选项：参考答案：A解析天气很冷。___我想在室内做点什么。like像、类似；Wouldrather+从句，宁愿做某事27、—Sorry.Sir.Ican’tfinishtheworkontime.—Nevermind._________,theworkisverydifficult.

(1分)A、AfterallB、CongratulationsC、ForexampleD、Welldone正确答案选项：参考答案：A解析-对不起。先生。我不能按时完成这项工作。-不要介意，毕竟这工作很难做。afterall毕竟；Congratulations恭喜，Forexample例如比如。Welldone熟透的。28、MyfatherhasgonetoNewYork.He'llbeback（）fourmonths.(1分)A、afterB、inC、laterD、for正确答案选项：参考答案：B解析in+时间段，谓语动词常用将来时,故选B。29、Sheis________young________gotoschool.

(1分)A、too;can'tB、very;andC、too;toD、to;too正确答案选项：参考答案：C解析too...to的结构用法,too...to...太什么而不能,表否定的意思。句意为：她年龄太小了，还不能去上学。30、从下面单词中找一个括号部分读音不同的单词。（）(1分)A、m(i)nuteB、beh(i)ndC、acc(i)dentD、Engl(i)sh正确答案选项：参考答案：B31、Onsnowydays,adrivermustdriveas（）aspossible.(1分)A、careB、carefulC、carelessD、carefully正确答案选项：参考答案：D解析考查副词。句意为：“在下雪天，司机必须尽可能小心地驾驶。”根据Onsnowydays可知，在下雪天司机要小心驾驶；carefully为副词，意为“小心地”,根据句子结构可知，句中所缺的单词修饰动词drive,要用副词形式。故选D。32、从下列选项中找出其括号部分与所给单词括号部分读音相同的选项。（）

t(y)pe(1分)A、da(y)B、(y)earC、dut(y)D、Jul(y)正确答案选项：参考答案：D解析type:[taɪp]july：[dʒuˈlaɪ]33、Heran（）intherelayrace.(1分)A、asfastaspossiblyB、asfastaspossibleC、asfastlyaspossiblyD、asfastlyaspossible正确答案选项：参考答案：B34、材料Doctor:（1）

Lary:Idon'tfeelwell.

Doctor:（2）Pleasetakeoffyourshirtandliedownonthebed.

Lary:Yes,doctor.

Doctor:Well,（3）Doyoutakemuchexercise?

Lary:No,doctor.Ineverhaveanytimeforexercise.

Doctor:（4）

Lary:Verybadly,doctor.Canyougivemesomemedicinetohelpmesleep?

Doctor:Yes,Ican,butI'mnotgoingto.Youdon'tneedmedicine.Justtakemoreexercise.

Lary:You'reright,doctor.（5）Thanksforyouradvice.

Doctor:You'rewelcome.Ihopeyou'llbebettersoon第（3）空填（）(1分)A、It'simportantformetokeephealthy,B、Howdoyousleep?C、What'sthematterwithyou?D、there'snothingmuchwrongwithyou.E、I'msorrytohearthat.正确答案选项：参考答案：D35、材料Do

you

know

how

to

study

better

and

make

your

study

more

effective?

We

all

（1）thatChinesestudentsusuallystudyhardforlonghours.Thisisverygood,butitdoesn't（2）alot,foraneffectivestudentmusthaveenoughsleep,enoughfoodandenoughrestandenough（3）Everydayyouneedtogooutforawalkor（4）somefriendsofsomeniceplaces.It'sgoodfor（5）.

Whenyou（6）toyourstudies，yourmindwillberefreshed(清醒)andyou'lllearn（7）andstudybetter.HeretakesEnglishlearning（8）anexample.Firstyoumakealotofprogressandyoufeel（9）.Thenyourlanguagestudyseemstostay

（10）andyoumaygiveup.Thiscan（11）fordaysorevenweeks,yetyouneedn'tgiveup.Atsomepointyourlanguagestudywill（12）takeanotherbigjump.

Everythingwillbe（13）foryou.Ifyougetenoughsleep,food,restandexercise,studyingEnglishcanbeveryeffectiveand（14）Don'tgiveupalongtheway.Learnslowlyandyou're（15）togetgoodresults.

第(14)选（）(1分)A、quickly

B、boring

C、interesting

D、tired正确答案选项：参考答案：C36、材料Computer

programmer

David

Jones

earns(gets)£35,000ayear,designingnewcomputergames,yethecannotfindabankpreparedtolethimhaveachequecard.

（1）,hehasbeentoldtowait（2）twoyears,untilheis18.

The16-year-oldboyworksforasmall（3）inLiverpool,（4）theproblemofmostyoungpeopleofhisageisfindingajob.David'scompanyreleases(发行)twonewgamesfortheexpanding(扩展)homecomputermarketeachmonth.

ButDavid'sbiggestheadacheiswhattodo（5）hismoney.（6）hissalary,gotbyinvesting(投资)newprogramswithin（7）schedules，withbonus(奖金)paymentsandprofit-sharing(分红)，hecannotdriveacar，orobtaincreditcards.

DavidgothisjobwiththeLiverpool-basedcompanyfourmonthsago.“Igotthejobbecausethepeoplewho（8）thecompanyknewIhadalreadywrittensome

（9）,”hesaid.

“Isuppose£35，000soundsalotbutactuallythat'sbeingpessimistic(悲观的).Ihopeitwill（10）tomorethanthatthisyear.”Hespendssomeofhismoney

（11）recordsandclothes,andgiveshismother£20aweek.Butmostofhissparetimeisspentonworking.“（12）,computingwasnotpartofmystudiesat（13）,”hesaid,“ButIhadbeenstudyingitinbooksandmagazinesforfouryearsinmysparetime.IknewwhatIwantedtodoandnever（14）stayingonatschool.Mostpeopleinthisbusinessarefairlyyoung,anyway.”

Davidadded,“IwouldliketoearnamillionandIthinkearlyretirementisapossibility.Youneverknowwhenthemarket（15）disappear.”

第(2)选（）(1分)A、another

B、other

C、theother

D、someother正确答案选项：参考答案：A37、—I’vebeenworkingfortenhours.—________youlooktiredYou’dbetterhavearest.

(1分)A、NoproblemB、NowonderC、NohurryD、Nomatter正确答案选项：参考答案：B解析考查交际用语。句意：—我已经一直工作了十个小时了。—难怪你看起来很累。你最好休息一下。ANoproblem没问题；BNowonder难怪；CNohurry不着急；DNomatter无论；根据句意可知连续长时间工作是导致后者看起来疲惫的原因，使用nowonder表示强调。故B项正确。38、材料

Abugfliesbyaplant.Thisplanthasaprettyredflower.Thebugsmellssomethingwonderful.Soitgoescloserandclosertotheflower.Thenitseessomeleavesontheplant.Theyarelongandgreenandgoodtoeat,butlookstrange.Theyarefoldedtogether.Thebugfliesoverandsitsonone.(Oops!That'stheendofthebug.)

Thispoorbughaslandedonaplantthateatsbugs!Meat-eatingplantsusetrickstotrapbugs.

Somehaveprettyflowers.Theytooksoniceandsmellsosweetthatbugsflyrightintotheplants.Butthereisnowaytheycangetout.Theplantkeepsthebugthere.Itusesthebugasfood.That'showtheplantlives.

Therearemanykindsofplantsthateatbugs.Eachplanthasatricktocatchthem.Ononeplanttheleavessnaptogetherwhenthebuglandsonthem.Otherplantshavestickyleaves.Theseleavesrollupwiththebugsstuckinsidethem,suchasthepitcherplant.

Onekindofplanthaslittlehairsonitsleaves.Theyholdanythingthatcomesalongsothatitcannotgetaway.Thentheleavescloseuponthefood.

Youcankeepaplantlikethisinyourhome.Don'tworry.Youwon'thavetocatchbugstofeedit.Justgotoaflowerstore.Youeangetspecialfoodthere.Ifnot,youcanjustgiveitbitsofmeat.

Whatthispassageintendstointroducetousis_.(1分)A、

the

bugs

that

like

sweet-smelling

flowersB、

the

plants

having

pretty

red

flowersC、

the

end

of

the

bugD、

the

plants

that

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bugs正确答案选项：参考答案：D39、从下列选项中找出其括号部分与所给单词括号部分读音相同的选项。（）s(a)tellite(1分)A、s(a)fetyB、m(a)nyC、n(a)vyD、m(a)gazine正确答案选项：参考答案：D40、

What________unusualschooltripwehad!Iwillneverforgetit.(1分)A、aB、anC、theD、/正确答案选项：参考答案：B解析句意：我们的学校旅行多么不寻常！我永远不会忘。考查冠词。a不定冠词，表达泛指，用在辅音音素开始的单词前；an不定冠词，表达泛指，用在元音音素开始的单词前；the定冠词，表达特指。此处是感叹句“what+a/an+形容词+单数可数名词”，unusual是辅音音素开始的单词，前用不定冠词an。故选B。41、—Whatelseshouldwepayattention（

）ourlife?

—Thechangeofourmoods,Ithink.(1分)A、improveB、toimproveC、improvedD、improving正确答案选项：参考答案：B解析考查动词不定式。句意为：“---在我们的生活中，还需要关注哪些事情来改善我们的生活?--我认为是情绪的变化。”空格处用不定式作目的状语。故选B。42、Itisdangerous（）childrentoplay（）fire.(1分)A、for;withB、for;/C、to;withD、to;/正确答案选项：参考答案：A43、材料MostscientistsagreetheGreatSphinxofGiza(吉萨狮身人面像)wasbuiltaround2,500B.C.ButJohnAnthonyWestsaysthatit'smucholder.Ifhe'sright,“Everythinganybodyhaslearnedaboutancientcivilizationswouldhavetobecompletelyrevised.”hetoldamagazine.

West,awriterandfilm-maker,firstgotinterestedinancienthistoryafterstudyingtheworkofaFrenchresearcher.TheresearchersaidEgyptiancivilizationcouldhavedevelopedasearlyas30,000yearsago,ratherthan4,500yearsago,asmostexpertsbelieve.

Westjoinedascientisttodoresearchtogether.TheirresearchsuggestedthattheSphinxhadbeenworndown(磨损)overtheyearsbywater,ratherthanbysandandwind.

Waitaminute?Water?Howcouldthatbe?TheSphinxisintheSaharaDesert,whichhasbeendryfor12,000years!However,beforethattime,itwasverygreen.Ifit'struethatwaterworedowntheSphinx,Westthinksthatitmusthavebeenbuitcenturiesearlier.

WhetherWestisrightorwrong,it'simportanttochallengeacceptedideas.That'showscienceprogresses,

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