Questions 27– 33 Complete the summary below. Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER from the passage for each answer. Write your answers in boxes 27-33 on your answer sheet.
原文
A major factor was their farming practices, which brought about deforestation, soil erosion and water management problems, all of which resulted in less food. Those problems were exacerbated by droughts, which may have been partly caused by humans themselves through deforestation. Chronic warfare also made matters worse, as more and more people fought over less and less land and fewer resources.
However, the islanders depended on imports from Mangareva Island, hundreds of miles away, for canoes, crops and livestock. Unfortunately for the inhabitants of Pitcairn and Henderson, their Mangarevan trading partner collapsed for reasons similar to those underlying the Mayan decline: deforestation, erosion and warfare. Deprived of essential imports, the Pitcairn and Henderson societies declined until everybody had died or fled.
Mayan Society
第 27 题
Mayan society was at its height towards the end of the _____ Its subsequent decline was mainly due to their traditional methods of ____ The situation became worse because of environmental problems as well as ____ .
正确答案：8th century
第 28 题
Mayan society was at its height towards the end of the ____ Its subsequent decline was mainly due to their traditional methods of _____ The situation became worse because of environmental problems as well as ____ .
正确答案：farming
第 29 题
Mayan society was at its height towards the end of the ____ Its subsequent decline was mainly due to their traditional methods of ____ The situation became worse because of environmental problems as well as _____ .
正确答案：(chronic) warfare
Pitcairn and Henderson Islanders
第 30 题
The Islanders were able to build _____ and we know from studies of the many animal ____ found in the area that these societies had access to plenty of food. Nevertheless, they were unable to live without support from Mangareva Island, which had become their ____ . The relationship was essential for providing agricultural imports and ____ for transport. Thus, when Mangareva Island collapsed so did the societies on Pitcairn and Henderson Islands.
正确答案：temples
第 31 题
The Islanders were able to build ____ and we know from studies of the many animal _____ found in the area that these societies had access to plenty of food. Nevertheless, they were unable to live without support from Mangareva Island, which had become their ____ . The relationship was essential for providing agricultural imports and ____ for transport. Thus, when Mangareva Island collapsed so did the societies on Pitcairn and Henderson Islands.
正确答案：bones
第 32 题
The Islanders were able to build ____ and we know from studies of the many animal ____ found in the area that these societies had access to plenty of food. Nevertheless, they were unable to live without support from Mangareva Island, which had become their _____ . The relationship was essential for providing agricultural imports and ____ for transport. Thus, when Mangareva Island collapsed so did the societies on Pitcairn and Henderson Islands.
正确答案：(trading) partner
第 33 题
The Islanders were able to build ____ and we know from studies of the many animal ____ found in the area that these societies had access to plenty of food. Nevertheless, they were unable to live without support from Mangareva Island, which had become their ____ . The relationship was essential for providing agricultural imports and _____ for transport. Thus, when Mangareva Island collapsed so did the societies on Pitcairn and Henderson Islands.