单选题
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.Born 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,how ever,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 sortie 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 given us important clues to the history of those distant times.

单选题 The body of the Iceman was found in the mountains mainly because
A.two Germans were climbing the mountains.
B.the melted ice made him visible.
C.he was lying on the ice.
D.he was just on a mountain pass.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 文中第一段最后两句指出“这个高度的冰通常是不会化的,但是由于1991年尤其暖和,山上的冰比原来化的要多,所以尸体就露出来了”,故选B。
单选题 What can be inferred from paragraph 2?
A.The Iceman was killed while working.
B.The Iceman could have died from the wound in the head,
C.The Iceman lived a poor life.
D.The Iceman was struck dead from behind.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 根据第二段第一句对冰人的描述:“他面朝下,除了头部的一个伤口,整个骨架的状况完好”,因此可推出他可能是死于头部的伤,故选B。
单选题 All the following are assumptions once made about the Iceman EXCEPT
A.he was a soldier in World War I.
B.he was a Swiss woman's long-lost father.
C.he was born about a thousand years ago.
D.he came from Italy.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 文中第三段是对冰人来历的猜测。有人认为他是一战的士兵;一个瑞士女人坚信冰人是她二十年前死在这些山里没找到尸体的父亲;科学家们认为他大概有一千年的历史了,故选D。
单选题 The scientists made the deduction that the Iceman
A.was probably in some kind of a battle.
B.was hit in the shoulder by an arrowhead.
C.had got a wound on the back of his head.
D.had a tiny hole in his skin causing his death.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 文中第四段谈到通过X光检查出在他的肩膀处有个箭头,就是这个东西让他受了内伤并且流血,从而死掉,这说明他当时极有可能是处在一场战争中,故选A。
单选题 The word“bandits”in paragraph 4 could be best replaced by
A.soldiers. B.hunters. C.shooters. D.robbers.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 第四段谈到冰人当时也许正处于一场很大的战争中,或者是与强盗的交战中,甚至他本人就是可能是强盗。robbers意为“抢劫者”,与bandits意思相近,故选D。