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1、四川省广安市2014高考英语一轮基础训练题(11)及答案Archaeology, like many academic words, comes from Greek and means, more or less, “the study of old things”. So, it is really a part of the study of history. However, most historians use paper evidence, such as letters, paintings and photographs, but archaeologists(考古学家)le
2、arn from the objects left behind by the humans of long ago. Normally, these are the hard materials that dont break down or disappear very quicklythings like human bones and objects made from stone and metal.It is very unusual to find anything more than the hard evidence of historynormally, the bacte
3、ria in the air eat away at soft materials, like bodies, clothes and things made of wood. Occasionally, things are different.In 1984, two men made an amazing discovery while working in a bog called Lindow Moss, in the north of England. A bog is a very wet area of earth, with a lot of plants growing i
4、n it. It can be like a very big and very thick vegetable soupwalk in the wrong place and you can sink and disappear forever. The men were working when one of them saw something sticking outa human foot! Naturally, the men called the police, who then found the rest of the body. Was it a case of murde
5、r? Possiblybuy it was a death nearly two thousand years old. The two men had found a body from the time of the Roman invasion of Britain. Despite being so old, this body had skin, muscles, hair and internal organsthe scientists who examined him were able to look inside the mans stomach and find the
6、food that he had eaten for his last meal!Why was this man so well preserved? It was because he was in a very watery environment, safe from the bacteria that need oxygen to live. Also, the water in the bog was very acidic. The acid preserved the mans skin in the way that animal skin is preserved for
7、leather coats and shoes.How did he die? Understandably, archaeologists and other scientists wanted to know more about the person that they called “Lindow Man”. His hands and fingernails suggested that he hadnt done heavy manual work in this lifehe could have been a rich man. They found that he hadnt
8、 died by accident. The archaeologists believe that he was sacrificed to three different gods.5. Which language does the word “archaeology” come from? A. French. B. Greek C. Roman. D. German。6. The word “these” in the first paragraph refers to _. A. letters B. photographs C. paintings D. objects7. Wh
9、ich of the following helped to preserve “Lindow Man”? A. Ice and low temperature B. Bacteria and oxygen C. Soil and energy D. Acid and water 8. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE? A. “Lindow Man” was named after the person who first found him. B. Historians usually u
10、se paper evidence, while archaeologists use hard evidence. C. “Lindow Man” was found by two archaeologists in the south of England. D. “Lindow Man” was good at manual work.9. Which is the best title for the passage? A. What Is Archaeology? B. Archaeology and History C. An Amazing Archaeological Disc
11、overy D. The Death of “Lindow Man”5. B。从文章第一句可以知道,archaeology这个词来自希腊语。6. D。从第一段的最后一句可知,these指的是比较坚硬、不太会损坏或消失的物体,比如人骨或用石头、金属等制作的物品。7. D。第四段的2、3两句指出了水和酸在保存Lindow man过程中起了很大作用。8. B。Lindow man的发现印证了第一段中作者提出的这一观点。9. C。本文主要篇幅讲述了一个具体的考古发现。*结束阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。AJuly 27st, 2010 was a typical
12、 English summers day it rained for 24 hours! As usual, I rushed home from work at midday to check on the house. Nothing was amiss. By the time I left work at 5pm, however, the road into our village was flooded. Our house had never been flooded but, as I opened the front door, a wave of water greeted
13、 me. Thank God the kids werent with me, because the house was 5 feet deep in water. We lost everything downstairs.At first we tried to push on through. We didnt want to move the children out of home, so we camped upstairs. We put a sheet of plastic across the floor to protect us from the damp. But a
14、fter three months, we felt very sick, so we moved to a wooden house in a park. The house was small, but at first we were all just delighted to be in a new place. Unfortunately, things took longer than expected and we were there for 10 months. The life there was inconvenient. What surprised me most w
15、as how much I missed being part of a community(社区). We had lived in a friendly village with good neighbours, and Id never thought how much Id miss that.Although our situation was very had, its difficult to feel too sorry for yourself when you look at whats happening elsewhere. I watched a news repor
16、t about floods in Northern India and thought, “We didnt have a straw but(茅草房)that who swept away, and our house is still standing. Were lucky.”We moved back home in August. With December coming, theres still reconstruction work to be done, so its difficult to prepare for Christmas, But I cant wait-I
17、m going to throw a party for our friends in the village to say thanks for their support. This year, I wont need any gifts-living away from home for months has made me realize how little we actually need or miss all our possessions. Although we are replacing things, theres really no rush-we have our
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