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第1篇
The Iceman
On a September day in 1991, two Germans were climbing the mountains between Austria and Italy. High up on a mountain pass, they found the body of a man lying on the ice. At that height(10,499 feet, or 3,200 meters), the ice is usually permanent, but 1991 had been an especially warm year. The mountain ice had melted more than usual and so the body had come to the surface.
It was lying face downward. The skeleton(骨架) was in perfect condition, except for a wound in the head. There was still skin on the bones and the remains of some clothes. The hands were still holding the wooden handle of an ax and on the feet there were very simple leather and cloth boots. Nearby was a pair of gloves made of tree bark(树皮) and a holder for arrows.
Who was this man? How and when had he died? Everybody had a different answer to these questions. Some people thought that it was from this century , perhaps the body of a soldier who died in World War I , since several soldiers had already been found in the area. A Swiss woman believed it might be her father, who had died in those mountains twenty years before and whose body had never been found. The scientists who rushed to look at the body thought it was probably much older, maybe even a thousand years old.
With modern dating techniques, the scientists soon learned that the Iceman was about 5,300 years old. Bom in about 3300 B.C., he lived during the Bronze Age in Europe. At first scientists thought he was probably a hunter who had died from an accident in the high mountains. More recent evidence, however, tells a different story. A new kind of X - ray shows an arrowhead still stuck in his shoulder. It left only a tiny hole in his skin, but it caused internal damage and bleeding. He almost certainly died from this wound, and not from the wound on the back of his head. This means that he was probably in some kind of a battle. It may have been part of a larger war, or he may have been fighting bandits. He may even have been a bandit himself.
By studying his clothes and tools, scientists have already learned a great deal from the Iceman about the times he lived in. we may never know the full story of how he died, but he has give us important clues to the history of those distant times.
31. The body of the Iceman was found in the mountains mainly because ___.
A. he was lying on the ice
B. he was just on a mountain pass
C. two Germans were climbing the mountains
D. the melted ice made him visible
32. What can be inferred from paragraph 2?
A. The Iceman lived a poor life.
B. The Iceman was struck dead from behind.
C. The Iceman was killed while working.
D. The Iceman could have died from the wound in the head.
33. All the following are assumptions once made about the Ice man EXCEPT __.
A. he was a soldier in World War I
B. he was a Swiss woman's long-lost father
C. he came from Italy
D. he was born about a thousand years ago
34. The scientists made the deduction that the Iceman __.
A. had got a wound on the back of his head
B. had a tiny hole in his skin causing his death
C. was hit in the shoulder by an arrowhead
D. was probably in some kind of a battle
35. The word "bandits" in paragraph 4 could be best replaced by __.
A. soldiers
B. hunters
C. robbers
D. shooters
参考答案及解析
31.D[解析]本题是细节考查题。冰人尸体被发现的原因在文章的第一段提到"The mountain ice had melted more than usual and so the body had come to the surface."由止匕知道是融化的冰将他暴露了出来，因此D正确。
32．．D[解析]是从第二段可以做出什么样的推断？本段开头提到"It was lying face downward. The skeleton（骨架）was in perfect condition，except for a wound in the head."（它面朝下，除了头部有伤外，骨架状况很好），就此推断，冰人可能死于头部伤口，因此答案是D。
33.C[解析]细节考查题。是下列哪项不是人们对冰人的猜测。原文在第三段。选项A"他是一战时期的士兵"，B"他是一位瑞士妇女失踪多年的父亲"和选项D"他大约在一千年前出生"在文中可以找到，而选项C"他来自意大利"在文章中没有出现。采用排除法得出答案C。
34.D [解析]本题是细节考查题。是科学家对冰人的推论是什么。原文在第四段。选项A"头后部有伤口"是事实而非推论；选项B"皮肤上的小孔导致他的死亡"不符合事实；选项C"他的肩膀被箭头刺伤"是事实而非推论；选项D"有可能参与过战斗"是推论；因此选D。
35.C[解析]本题是词汇考察题。是第四段中"bandits"是什么意思？选项A"战士"；选项B"猎人"；选项C"强盗"；选项D"射击手"。该词意思为"强盗"，因此选C。
