综合类职称英语考试B级阅读理解题 综合类职称英语考试B级阅读理解题 综合类职称英语考试B级阅读理解题 The Iceman On a September day in 1991，two Germans were climbing the mountains between Austria andItalyHigh up on a mountain pass，they found the body of a man lying on the iceAt that height(10，499 feet，or 3，200 meters)，the ice is usually permanent，but 1991 had been an especiallywarm yearThe mountain ice had melted more than usual and so the body had e to the surface It was lying face downwardThe skeleton(骨架)was in perfect condition，except for a woundin the headThere was still skin on the bones and the remains of some clothesThe 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 thesequestionsSome people thought that it was from this century，perhaps the body of a soldier who diedin World War 1，since several soldiers had already been found in the areaA Swiss woman believedit might be her father，who had died in those mountains twenty years before and whose body hadnever been foundThe 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 5300 years oldBorn in about 3300 BC，he lived during the Bronze Age in EuropeAt first scientiststhought he was probably a hunter who had died from an aident in the high mountainsMore recent evidence，however， _s a different storyA new kind of X-rav shows an arrowhcad still stuck in his shoulderIt left only a tiny hole in his skin，but it caused internal damage and bleedingHe a1most certainly died from this wound，and not from the wound on the back of his headThis meansthat he was probabb；in some kind of a battleIt may have been part of a larger war。or he may havebeen fighting banditsHe may even have been a bandit himself By studying his clothes and tools，scientists have already learned a great deal from the Icemanabout the times he lived inwe may never know the full story of how he died，but he has give Us important clues to the history of those distant times 36The body of the Iceman was found in the mountains mainly because_ Ahe was lying on the ice Bhe was just on a mountain pass Cthe melted iee made him visible Dtwo Germans were climbing the mountains 37What can be inferred from paragraph 2? AThe Iceman lived a poor life BThe Iceman could have died from the wound in the head CThe Iceman was struck dead from behind DThe Iceman was killed while working 模板,内容仅供参考