2024年考研英语一试题及答案：英语一Text 1（21-25题）

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2024年考研英语一Text 1试题及答案内容如下：

英语一Text 1

Nearly 2,000 years ago, as the Romans began to pull out of Scotland, they left behind a curious treasure: 10 tons of nails, nearly a million of them. The nail hoard was discovered in 1960 in a four-meter-deep pit covered by two meters of gravel.

Why had the Romans buried a million nails? The likely explanation is that the withdrawal was rushed, and they didn't want the local Caledonians getting their hands on 10 tons of weapons-grade iron. The Romans buried the nails so deep that they would not be discovered for almost two millennia.

Later civilizations would value the skilled blacksmith's labor in a nail even more than the raw material. As Roma Agrawal explains in her new delightful book "Nuts and Bolts," early 17th-century Virginians would sometimes burn down their homes if they were planning to relocate. This was an attempt to recover the valuable nails, which could be reused after sifting the ashes.

The price of nails fell by 90% between the late 1700s and mid-1900s, as economist Daniel Sidel points out in a research paper. According to Sidel, although the falling price of nails was driven partly by cheaper iron and cheaper energy, most of the credit goes to nail manufacturers who simply found more efficient ways to turn steel into nails.

Nails themselves have changed over the years, but Sidel studied them because they haven't changed much.

21、Romans buried the nails probably for the sake of

A) saving them for future use

B) keeping them from rusting

C) letting them grow in value

D) hiding them from locals

22、The example of early 17th-century Virginians is used to

A) highlight the thriftiness of early American colonists

B) illustrate the high status of blacksmiths in that period

C) contrast the attitudes of different civilizations toward nails

D) show the preciousness of nail-making technology at that time

23、What played the major role in lowering the price of nails after the late 1700s?

A) Increased productivity

B) Wider use of new energies

C) Fierce market competition

D) Reduced cost of raw material

24、It can be learned from Paragraph 5 that nails

A) have undergone many technological improvements

B) have remained basically the same since Roman times

C) are less studied than other everyday products

D) are one of the world's most significant inventions

25、Which of the following best summarizes the last two paragraphs?

A) Cheap technologies bring about revolutionary change.

B) Technological innovation is integral to economic success.

C) Technology defines people's understanding of the world.

D) Sophisticated technology developed from small inventions.

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