单选题
The Iceman

On a September day in 199], 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, scientist 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.
单选题 The body of the iceman was found in the mountains mainly because ______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 根据第一段最后一句话“The mountain ice had melted more than usual and so the body had come to the surface.”可知,山上的冰比往常融化的多,这样尸体就来到表面了。
单选题 What can be inferred from paragraph 2?
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 根据第二段内容可知,冰人的脸朝里,骨架完整,只有头部有一处伤痕。
单选题 All the following are assumptions once made about the Iceman EXCEPT ______.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 根据第三段内容可知,有人认为他可能是死于第一次世界大战的战士,一位瑞士女士认为这是她的父亲,还有科学家认为他可能更老,有可能有一千多岁,只有D项推测未在文中体现。
单选题 The scientists made the deduction that the Iceman ______.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 根据第四段内容“This means that he was probably in some kind of battle.”可知,这意味着他可能死于某种战争中。
单选题 The word "bandits" in paragraph 4 could be best replaced by ______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 根据第四段最后一句话“He may even have been a bandit himself”可知,甚至他自己可能是一名强盗。四个选项:hunter“猎人”;shooter“射手”;robber“强盗,抢劫者”;soldier“战士,士兵”。