2010年职称英语综合类(B级)考试阅读理解真题(2)

　　第2篇
　　The Iceman
　　On a September day in 1991，two Germans were climbing the mountains between Austria andItaly．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 especiallywarm 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 woundin 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(树皮)and a holder for arrows．
　　Who was this man?How and when had he died?Everybody had a different answer to thesequestions．Some 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 area．A Swiss woman believedit might be her father，who had died in those mountains twenty years before and whose body hadnever 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 scientiststhought 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-rav shows an arrowhcad still stuck in his shoulder．It left only a tiny hole in his skin，but it caused internal damage and bleeding．He a1．most certainly died from this wound，and not from the wound on the back of his head．This meansthat he was probabb；in some kind of a battle．It may have been part of a larger war。or he may havebeen 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 Icemanabout the times he lived in．we may never know the full story of how he died，but he has give Us im．portant 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．he was just on a mountain pass
　　C．the melted iee made him visible
　　D．two Germans were climbing the mountains
　　37．What can be inferred from paragraph 2?
　　A．The Iceman lived a poor life．
　　B．The Iceman could have died from the wound in the head．
　　C．The Iceman was struck dead from behind．
　　D．The Iceman was killed while working
　　38．All the following are assumptions once made about the Iceman EXCEPT_________．
　　A．he was a soldier in World War 1
　　B．he was a Swiss woman's long-lost father
　　C．he was born about a thousand years ago
　　D．he came from Italy
　　39．The scientists made the deduction that the Iceman_________．
　　A．was probably in some kind of a battle
　　B．had got a wound on the back of his head
　　C．had a tiny hole in his skin causing his death
　　D．was hit in the shoulder by an arrowhead
　　40．The word"bandits"in paragraph 4 could be best replaced by_________．
　　A．hunters
　　B．shooters
　　C．robbers
　　D．soldiers