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阅读下列短文,从每小题所给的A,B,C和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项 New findings clearly show the Anglo Saxons were a melting pot of people from both migrant and local cultural groups and not one group from Western Europe. Prolessor Keith Dobney at the University of Sydney said the team 's results state that "the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of early Medieval Britain were clearly similar to modern Britain—full of people of different ancestries sharing a common language and culture.” Published in PLOS ONE, the cooperative study by Professor Dobney at University of Sydney and Dr Kimberly Plomp and Professor Mark Collard at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver. looked at the three-dimensional shape of the base of the skull (头盖骨). “Previous studies have shown that the base of the human skull holds a shape signature that can be used to track relationships among human populations in a similar way to ancient DNA,” Dr Plomp said. "Based on this, we collected 3D data from suitably dated skeletal collections from Britain and Denmark, and then analysed the data to judge the ancestry of the Anglo-Saxon individuals in the sample.” The researchers found that between two-thirds and three-quarters of early Anglo Saxon individuals were of continental European ancestry, while between a quarter and one-third were of local ancestry. When they looked at skeletons dated to the Middle Anglo- Saxon period (several hundred after the original migrants arrived), they found that 50 to 70 percent of the individuals were of local ancestry, while 30 to 50 percent were of continental European ancestry, which probably indicates a change in the rate of migration and local adoption of culture over time. "These findings tell us that being Anglo- Saxon was more likely a matter of language and culture, not genetics," Professor Collard said. The ongoing and unresolved argument is whether a lot of European invaders largely replaced the existing Romano- British inhabitants, or did smaller numbers of migrants settle and interact with the locals, who then rapidly adopted the new language and culture of the anglo-Saxons?" Our new data suggests that early Anglo Saxon society was a mix of both newcomers and locals and, instead of whole population replacement. a process of acculturation resulted in Anglo- Saxon language and culture being adopted largely by the local population. （1） What can we infer from the study? A . Many locals were killed by continental European migrates. B . Anglo- Saxons created the most powerful language and culture. C . The Anglo- Saxon individuals were actually from western European. D . Anglo-Saxons were people of different ancestors with the same culture. （2） How did the researchers carry out their study? A . By studying the local culture and language. B . By comparing the change rates of different people. C . By comparing the different cultures and languages. D . By studying the shapes of the skull of the related people. （3） What does the underlined word acculturation mean in the last paragraph? A . cultural adaptation. B . cultural development. C . race fighting. D . culture invade. （4） What is the main idea of the text? A . A research of the Anglo-Saxon culture. B . A study of the origin of Anglo- Saxons. C . A history story of Anglo-Saxon individuals. D . A study of the power of language and culture. 答案： D D A B

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