2016年綜合類(lèi)職稱英語(yǔ)備考閱讀理解：
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（樹(shù)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 lie 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,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 a- bout 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.
41.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.
42.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.
43.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.
44.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.
45.The word “bandits” in paragraph 4 could he best replaced by
A.soldiers.
B.hunters.
C.shooters.
D.robbers.
答案解析：
41.B 題意：冰人的尸體在山脈里被發(fā)現(xiàn)主要是因?yàn)槿诨谋軌蜃屗梢?jiàn)。
文中第一段最后兩句指出“這個(gè)高度的冰通常是不會(huì)化的，但是由于1991年尤其暖和，山上的冰比原來(lái)化的要多，所以尸體就露出來(lái)了”，故選B。
42.B 題意：從文中第二段可以推斷出：冰人可能是死于頭部受傷。
根據(jù)第二段第一句對(duì)冰人的描述：“他面朝下，除了頭部的一個(gè)傷口，整個(gè)骨架的狀況完好”，因此可推出他可能是死于頭部的傷，故選B。
43.D 題意：下面除了他來(lái)自意大利這個(gè)猜測(cè)，其他的都是關(guān)于冰人的猜測(cè)。
文中第三段是對(duì)冰人來(lái)歷的猜測(cè)。有人認(rèn)為他是一戰(zhàn)的士兵；一個(gè)瑞士女人堅(jiān)信冰人是她二十年前死在這些山里沒(méi)找到尸體的父親；科學(xué)家們認(rèn)為他大概有一千年的歷史了，故選D。
44.A 題意：科學(xué)家們得出結(jié)論：冰人當(dāng)時(shí)可能是在進(jìn)行戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)。
文中第四段談到通過(guò)X光檢查出在他的肩膀處有個(gè)箭頭，就是這個(gè)東西讓他受了內(nèi)傷并且流血，從而死掉，這說(shuō)明他當(dāng)時(shí)極有可能是處在一場(chǎng)戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)中，故選A。
45.D 題意：第四段中“bandits”能被“robbers”代替。
第四段談到冰人當(dāng)時(shí)也許正處于一場(chǎng)很大的戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)中，或者是與強(qiáng)盜的交戰(zhàn)中，甚至他本人就是可能是強(qiáng)盜。robbers意為“搶劫者”，與bandits意思相近，故選D。
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（樹(shù)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 lie 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,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 a- bout 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.
41.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.
42.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.
43.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.
44.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.
45.The word “bandits” in paragraph 4 could he best replaced by
A.soldiers.
B.hunters.
C.shooters.
D.robbers.
答案解析：
41.B 題意：冰人的尸體在山脈里被發(fā)現(xiàn)主要是因?yàn)槿诨谋軌蜃屗梢?jiàn)。
文中第一段最后兩句指出“這個(gè)高度的冰通常是不會(huì)化的，但是由于1991年尤其暖和，山上的冰比原來(lái)化的要多，所以尸體就露出來(lái)了”，故選B。
42.B 題意：從文中第二段可以推斷出：冰人可能是死于頭部受傷。
根據(jù)第二段第一句對(duì)冰人的描述：“他面朝下，除了頭部的一個(gè)傷口，整個(gè)骨架的狀況完好”，因此可推出他可能是死于頭部的傷，故選B。
43.D 題意：下面除了他來(lái)自意大利這個(gè)猜測(cè)，其他的都是關(guān)于冰人的猜測(cè)。
文中第三段是對(duì)冰人來(lái)歷的猜測(cè)。有人認(rèn)為他是一戰(zhàn)的士兵；一個(gè)瑞士女人堅(jiān)信冰人是她二十年前死在這些山里沒(méi)找到尸體的父親；科學(xué)家們認(rèn)為他大概有一千年的歷史了，故選D。
44.A 題意：科學(xué)家們得出結(jié)論：冰人當(dāng)時(shí)可能是在進(jìn)行戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)。
文中第四段談到通過(guò)X光檢查出在他的肩膀處有個(gè)箭頭，就是這個(gè)東西讓他受了內(nèi)傷并且流血，從而死掉，這說(shuō)明他當(dāng)時(shí)極有可能是處在一場(chǎng)戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)中，故選A。
45.D 題意：第四段中“bandits”能被“robbers”代替。
第四段談到冰人當(dāng)時(shí)也許正處于一場(chǎng)很大的戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)中，或者是與強(qiáng)盜的交戰(zhàn)中，甚至他本人就是可能是強(qiáng)盜。robbers意為“搶劫者”，與bandits意思相近，故選D。