单选题 When people die, different cultures dispose (76) their bodies in different ways. Sometimes bodies are burned. Sometimes bodies are buried in the ground. In many (77) in the past, people were buried with food, weapons, jewellery, and other things (78) might be useful in the next life. (79) , the ancient Egyptians buried people with little human figures (80) clay. These clay figures were supposed to work for the dead person in the other world.
A religious group called the Parses exposed their dead on platforms for birds to eat. Some people practice (81) second burial. After the bodies (82) in the earth for several years, the bones are dug up and reburied, sometimes in a small container.
These are just (83) of the many different customs that (84) in different cultures. Most of the time the different ways that are the customs of different cultures are (85) right (85) wrong. It is simply that different people do the same things in different ways.

单选题 A. of B. with C. from D. to

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 本题为词汇题，考查动词dispose与介词的搭配用法。在四个选项中可以与dispose搭配的介词只有of和to。dispose of sth．处理，清除；dispose sb．to sth．使……倾向于……。本篇大意是讲不同文化中如何处理人类尸体这一风俗的。因此，应选A。

单选题 A. cultures B. customers C. habits D. hobbies

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 本文开篇即讲不同文化中人们处理人类尸体的不同方法，据此推断，本题也是讲多数文化中过去处理尸体的方法的。此外，本题也可用排除法来做：customers，顾客；habits，(个人)习惯；hobbies，(个人)爱好。根据上下文，此三项均与题意不符，可排除。

单选题 A. what B. when C. that D. where

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 本题为语法题，考查关系代词的用法。根据本句的结构判断，空格后为修饰。other things的定语从句，因此，空格处应选能够引导修饰other things的定语从句的关系代词。四个选项中只有that是关系代词，其他均为关系副词，故C项正确。

单选题 A. Such as B. Exemplify C. Instantly D. For example

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 本题紧接上文，以古埃及人陪葬小泥人为例来说明许多文化中人们陪葬对来世可能有用的物品这一风俗。such as，诸如，用以列举；exemplify，例示，例证，用作及物动词；instantly，立刻(副词)，一……就……(连词)；for example，例如，用以举例说明，在用法和意义上最切合本题。

单选题 A. making from B. made in C. made from D. made by

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 本题为词汇题，考查make与介词搭配的用法。首先应从小泥人和泥土的被动修饰关系着手排除A项making from。made与in搭配，指明制作地点，与from搭配，指明制作的材料，与by搭配，指明制作者。根据上下文判断，C项正确。

单选题 A. the B. a C. x D. an

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 本题为词汇题，考查冠词的用法。首先可以排除C、D两个选项。本题主要干扰来自定冠词the，因其后所修饰的对象为second burial。但此处序数词second并非表示顺序，而是表示：再一次，又一次。因此，应选用不定冠词a与其搭配。

单选题 A. has been B. have been C. had been D. to have been

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 本题为语法结构题，考查主谓一致的用法。因主句谓语动词用的是一般现在时的被动语态，根据主谓一致的原则，从句谓语动词也应使用现在时的某种形式。只有A、B两项符合此要求。由于从句主语为复数形式，其谓语也应与其保持一致。因此，B项正确。

单选题 A. a few B. few C. little D. a little

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 本题为词汇辨析题。few与a few用于修饰可数名词，little与a little用于修饰不可数名词；few与little意义近乎否定，表示几乎没有，而a few与a little意义为肯定，表示有几个或有一些。根据上下文，本题表示有几种风俗，因此，应选A项a few。

单选题 A. are founded B. are finding C. found D. are found

单选题 A. both.., and B. as well.., as C. neither.., nor D. whether.., or

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 本题为推理判断题。文章结尾认为，这些不同文化的不同陪葬风俗只不过是不同民族以不同的方法所做的相同的事情。这显然是对本句所作的合理解释(因此，也就无所谓对与错了)。所以，应选C项neither...nor。