阅读理解，请根据短文内容,为每题确定1个最佳选项。

　　The Iceman

　　On a September,day in 1991，two Germans were climbing the mountain between Austra and Ita． 1y．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 iust usual and so the body had come to the surface．It was lying face downward．The skeleton(骨架)was in perfect condition except a wound on the head．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 the 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 this area．A Swiss woman who 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 modem 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 oil the back of his head．This means that he was probably in some kind of battle．It may have been part oi a large war，or he may have beenfightiing 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 given usimportant clues to the history of those distant times．

　　36．The body of the iceman was found in the mountains mainly because_________．

　　A．he was lying on the ice

　　B．two Germans were climbing mountains

　　C．the melted ice made him visible

　　D．he was just on a mountain pass

　　37．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．

　　38．All the following are assumptions once made about iceman EXCEPT_____________．

　　A．he was a soldier in World War I

　　B．he came from Italy

　　C．he was a Swiss woman's long-lost father

　　D．He was born about a thousand years ago

　　39．The scientists made the deduction that the iceman_________．

　　A．was hit in the shoulder by an arrowhead

　　B．was probably in some kind of a battle

　　C．had got a wound on the back of his head

　　D．has a tiny hole in his skin causing his death．

　　40．The word"bandits"in paragraph 4 could be best replaced by________．

　　A．robbers

　　B．soldiers

　　C hunters

　　D．shooters

　　参考答案及解析

　　36．C[解析]本题是细节考查题。冰人尸体被发现的原因在文章的第一段提到。原文是："但是1991年是特别暖的一年，山上的冰比从前消融的更快，因此尸体才显露出来。"选项A"他躺在冰上"；选项B"两个德国人正在爬山"；选项C"融化的冰将他暴露出来"；选项D "他刚好在一个山口上"。因此只能选C。

　　37．B[解析]本题是阅读理解能力考查题。原题是：能从第二段推断出的是以下哪项? 选项B"冰人有可能死于头部伤口"；选项D"冰人背后受袭击而致死"；选项A"冰人工作时被杀害"；选项c"冰人生活贫困"。原文是"它面朝下，除了头部有伤外，骨架状况很好"，仅就此推断。冰人可能死于头部伤。因此答案是B。

　　38．B [解析]本题是细节考查题。原题是：下列哪项不属于人们对冰人作出的种种猜测?原文在第三段。选项A"他是一战时期的士兵"；选项B"他来自意大利"在文章中没有出现：选项C"他是一位瑞士妇女失踪多年的父亲"；选项D"他大约一千年前出生"。因此答案是B。

　　39．B[解析]本题是细节考查题。原题是：科学家对冰人的推论是什么?原文在第四段。选项A"他的肩膀被箭头刺伤"是事实而非推论；选项B"有可能参与过战斗"是推论；选项C"头后部有伤口"是事实而非推论；选项D"皮肤上的小孔导致他的死亡"不符合事实。因此只能选B。

　　40．A[解析]本题是阅读理解能力考察题。第四段"bandits"是什么意思?选项A"强盗"：选项B"士兵"；选项C"猎人"；选项D"射击手"。因此只能选A。

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