Fire was one of the earliest major technological advances for humankind, providing heat, protection, and cooked food (which is much easier to cat and digest).

出自-2014年6月阅读原文

They may be ancient "beer-making tools", and the earliest direct evidence of beer brewing in China, the researchers reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

2017年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

In the earliest years of our lives, our parents tell us who we are.

出自-2010年6月听力原文

Addressing differences in the earliest years, it seems, could reduce inequality in the next generation.

2017年6月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

And the reality is that antibiotics have been responsible for saving millions of lives since penicillin, one of the earliest antibiotics, was first used on a clinical basis 70 years ago.

2017年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section B

Some of their earliest observations have to do with the level of self-control the youngsters displayed.

2016年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

The earliest free-standing wooden church was probably built in Norway in around 1080.

2019年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

The earliest printed book we know today appeared in China in the year 868, and metal type was in use in Korea at the beginning of the 1'th century, but it was in Germany around the year 1450 that a printing press using movable metal type was invented.

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section B

From the earliest ages, they desire to help others, to share information and to participate in achieving common goals.

2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

I discovered even more about one of humanity's earliest forms of life art during several years of research around the world.

2015年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

It appeared on some of the first postcards, starred in some of the earliest silent movies, and was the subject of a couple of the earliest photos, dating all the way back to the 1800s.

2015年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

One of them comes from our earliest years.

2016年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 七选五 原文

From the earliest days of the Renaissance, the writing of history meant recounting the exemplary lives of great men.

2012年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Morgan helped found modern anthropology—the scientific study of human societies, customs and beliefs thus becoming one of the earliest anthropologists.

2009年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ