考研When our ancestors were hunters and gatherers 10,000 years ago, they didn’t have time to wonder much about anything besides finding food.

一万年前，当我们的祖先是猎人和采集者时，除了寻找食物，他们没有时间对任何事情感到好奇。

2009年考研阅读原文

考研This DNA can reveal genetic information about only one or two ancestors, even though, for example, just three generations back people also have six other great-grandparents or, four generations back, 14 other great-great-grandparents.

这种DNA只能揭示一个或两个祖先的遗传信息，尽管举例来说，仅三代人之前，人们还有六位曾祖父母，或者四代人之前，还有14位曾曾祖父母。

2009年考研阅读原文

考研When the competitive environment pushed our ancestors to achieve that potential, they could in turn afford more education.

当竞争环境促使我们的祖先实现这一潜力时，他们反过来可以负担得起更多的教育。

2009年考研阅读原文

考研When our ancestors were hunters and gatherers 10, 000 years ago, they didn't have time to wonder much about anything besides finding food.

一万年前，当我们的祖先是猎人和采集者时，除了寻找食物，他们没有时间对任何事情感到好奇。

2009年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

高考Look to many of history's cultural symbols, and there you'll find an ancestor of frosty, the snowman in the movie frozen.

看看历史上的许多文化符号，你会发现电影《冰冻》中雪人弗罗斯蒂的祖先。

2015年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

高考The bone structure of our ancestors developed for millions of years to support a creature that walked on all fours and has a relatively small head.

我们祖先的骨骼结构发展了数百万年，以支持一种四肢行走、头部相对较小的生物。

2019年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 任务型阅读 原文

高考Your website has to do with the background of your ancestors and has to be 5 pages long.

你的网站必须与你的祖先的背景有关，并且必须有5页长。

2015年高考英语湖南卷 听力 原文

四级It is more costly than what our ancestors ate.

它比我们祖先吃的东西更贵。

2016年6月阅读原文

四级My ancestor was a preacher, traveling around the countryside.

我的祖先是一位传教士，在乡村旅行。

2017年12月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

六级These early ancestors of modern Eurasians dispersed into parts of the world that had more seasonal sunshine and much lower levels of sun radiation.

这些现代欧亚大陆的早期祖先分散到世界上季节性阳光较多、太阳辐射水平较低的地区。

2019年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

四级I think it certain that in decades, not centuries, machines of silicon (硅) will arise first to rival and then exceed their human ancestors.

我认为可以肯定的是，在几十年而不是几百年后，硅机器(硅) 将首先崛起，与他们的人类祖先竞争，然后超越他们。

1997年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级Modern techniques for producing and shipping food led to greater variety and quantity, including a tremendous increase in the amount of animal protein and dairy products available, making us more vigorous than our ancestors.

现代食品生产和运输技术带来了更多的种类和数量，包括动物蛋白和乳制品的数量大幅增加，使我们比祖先更有活力。

2016 年 6 月大学英语四级考试真题（第3套）

考研However, whether such a sense of fairness evolved independently in capuchins and humans, or whether it stems from the common ancestor that the species had 35 million years ago, is, as yet, an unanswered question.

然而，这种公平感是在卷尾猴和人类中独立进化的，还是源于该物种3500万年前的共同祖先，这是一个尚未回答的问题。

2005年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研He notes that each individual has many ancestors — numbering in the hundreds just a few centuries back.

他指出，每个人都有许多祖先——几个世纪前就有数百人。

2009年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语试题