六级练习2012.09.19
[audio]http://sound.yywz123.com/tingbbs/cet6/cet620120919.mp3[/audio]Bows and arrows, are one of man's oldest weapons. (1)___________________. The ordinary bow or short bow was used by early all early people. This bow bad limited power and short range. However, (2)___________________. The long bow was most likely discovered when someone found out that a five-foot piece of wood made a better bow than a three-foot piece. Hundreds of thousands of these bows were made and used for three hundred years. However, not one is known to survive today. We believe that a force of about one hundred pounds was needs to pull the string all the way back on a long bow. (3)____________________. In fact, more changes have taken place in a bow in the past 25 years than in the last 7 centuries. Today, bow is forceful. It is as exact as a gun. In addition, it requires little strength to draw the string. (4)____________________. In indoor contests, perfect scores from 40 yard are common. The invention of the bows itself ranks with discovery of fire and the wheel. It was a great-step-forward for man.
**** Hidden Message ***** They gave early man an effective weapon to kill his enemies.
man overcame these faults by learning to track his targets at a close range.
For a long time the bow was just a bent stick and string
Modern bows also have precise aiming devices 1. They gave early man an effective weapon to kill his enemies.
2. man overcame these faults by learning to track his targets at a close range.
3. For a long time the bow was just a bent stick and string
4. Modern bows also have precise aiming devices .man overcame these faults by learning to track his targets at a close range
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