Reading Assignment #16

予習の仕方

1. まずは記事を読み大意を把握する。

2. わからない単語を確認し、記事の内容を理解しながらしっかり読む。

3. Quizに取り組む。（解答は公開されません。仲間と意見交換して適切な答えを探すのも良いでしょう)

4. もう一度記事を読んで理解を確認する。

5. Further studies

   • 記事のトピックについてリサーチする

   • 記事のサマリーをまとめる

   • 著者について調べる

   • 関連記事を読む

   • その他

1. nature NEWS

Article Title

• Ancient human genomes shed new light on East Asia's history (14 May 2020)

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01456-9

2. Quiz

Answer the following questions.

1. What does the expression "descend from" in section 1 probably mean? 　(*Section 1: Paragraph starting with "Ancient genomics is starting...")

• a) are independent of

• b) are offspring of

• c) are different from 

2. Which of the following is the word distinct in "once-distinct" from section 1 closest in meaning to? 　(*Section 1: Paragraph starting with "Ancient genomics is starting...")

• a) disrupting 

• b) discreet

• c) separate

3. Which of the following is correct about Contemporary East Asians mentioned in section 4? 　(*Section 4: Contemporary East Asians descend...")

• a) The spread of farming drastically changed their genetic make-up.

• b) Nothing whatsoever is known about their ancestry. 

• c) There are approximately 1.7 billion of them.  

4. Which of the following is true of the following two groups of people: those from the Yellow River Basin and those from the Fujian Province?

• a) They probably started sharing some genetic characteristics with each other by the beginning of the late Neolithic Period.

• b) They were genetically similar during the early Neolithic period.

• c) There is evidence that they started interbreeding by approximately 6,000 years ago.

5. Which of the following might have happened in East Asia?

• a) Farmers expelled hunter-gathers from the area.

• b) Farmers interbred with hunter-gatherers. 

• c) Hunter-gatherers replaced farmers. 

6. Which of the following is the word connection in "connections" from section 8 closest in meaning to? 　(*Section 8: Farmers in the Yellow River Basin also...")

• a) crossing

• b) interception 

• c) link

7. Which of the following can be substituted for the word "migrate" in section 9? 　(*Section 9: The studies also revealed some...")

• a) resettle

• b) flee

• c) aggravate

8. Which of the following is true about the ancestry of the people mentioned in the passage?

• a) People who lived in the South Pacific had not descended from Taiwan.

• b) People in Tibet migrated to the Yellow River Basin.

• c) People from Vanuatu were related to those from Fujian Province. 

9. Which of the following is the word "extinct" in section 13 closest in meaning to?　(*Section 13: Paragraph starting with "The studies give researchers hope...")

• a) died out

• b) dead

• c) inactive

10. Which of the following is the main point of the studies explained in the passage?

• a) It made clear how agriculture spread in East Asia.

• b) It revealed the ancestry of people in East Asia. 

• c) It shed light on where western Eurasians came from.