英语任务型阅读,InIraq,archaeologists(考古学家)discoveredmapsthatareover4,300years

InIraq,archaeologists(考古学家)discoveredmapsthatareover4,300yearsold.Thesemapsweremadeofclay(陶土).InChina,archaeologistsdiscoveredsilk(丝绸)mapsthatare2,000yearsold.However,historiansbelievethatmapmakinginChinaismucholderthan2,000years.Allthesemapsrepresentedsmallareas,forexample,farmlandandtowns.

Archaeologistsbelievethatthefirstmapoftheworldmaybea2,600-year-oldclaymapfromBabylonia(inmodernIraq).Ancientpeopledidnotknowwhattheworldreallylookedlike,buttheyhadmanyideasaboutit.TheBabylonianmapshowstheEarthasaflat(平的)circle.Thecirclehasahugeoceanwithseveralislandsinit.OtherancientmapsshowedtheEarthonthebackofaturtle,withfourelephantsholdingtheEarthup.

Forcenturies,peoplewonderedhowbigtheEarthwas.But,astheythoughttheEarthwasflat,noonewasabletocalculateitssize.Gradually,however,peoplebegantorealizethattheEarthwasreallylikeahugeball.

Then,inthethirdcenturyB.C.(2,300yearsago),aGreekmannamedEratostheneshadanideathattheEarthwasahugeball.

FormanycenturiesafterEratostheneslived,peoplemademapsoftheEarth.However,theydidnotknowverymuchabouttheworldoutsideofEurope,Asia,andNorthAfrica.MapmakerscouldnotdrawexactmapsoftheEarthuntilpeoplebegantravelingaroundtheworldinthefifteenthcenturyandmappingsmallareaseachtime.Intheeighteenthandnineteenthcenturies,peoplebeganmakingcorrectmapsofcountries,butthefirstexactmapsoftheworldwerenotmadeuntilthe1890s.

Mapstodayarewell-made,inexpensive,andeasytounderstand.Peopledependonmapseveryday.Whatwouldourlivesbelikewithoutthem?

根据短文内容完成填空（每空限填一个单词）.

Fromthefirstparagraphofthepassage,weknowwehavemany___________typesofmodernmapstoday,butmapswere___________longtimeago.

Accordingtothepassage,the_____________claymapsdiscoveredinIraqweremadeover4,300yearsago,butthe______________claymapoftheworldmightbemadeabout2,600yearsold.

根据短文内容回答问题

x05Accordingtothepassage,whatdidpeoplethinkoftheEarthbefor