【正文】 t human. They were feline — ancient cats that had been mummified(木乃伊化的) and buried in holes in astonishing numbers. Not one or two here and there, reported English Illustrated Magazine, but dozens, hundreds, hundreds of thousands, a layer of them, a layer thicker than most coal joints, ten to twenty cats deep. Some of the linenwrapped cats still looked presentable, and a few even had golden faces. Village children peddled the best ones to tourists for change。 Those were the days of generously funded explorations—that dragged through acres of desert in their quest for royal tombs, and for splendid gold and painted masks to decorate the estates and museums of Europe and America. The many thousands of mummified animals that turned up at religious sites throughout Egypt were just things to be cleared away to get at the good stuff. Few people studied them, and their importance was generally unrecognized. wealth lies in the majority of details about ordinary folks—what they did, what they thought, how they prayed. And animal mummies are a big part of that.re really displays of daily life, says Egyptologist Salima Ikram. After peering beneath bandages with xrays and cataloguing her findings, she created a gallery for the collection — a bridge between people today and those of long ago. You look at these mummified animals, and suddenly you say, Oh, King SoandSo had a pet. I have a pet. And instead of being at a distance of 5,000plus years, the ancient Egyptians bee clearer and closer to us.（1）Which of the following words has the closest meaning to peddled(paragraph 1)? A.B.C.D.In the royal tombs, there were many treasures made of silver and gold.B.It was hard to find animal mummies since they were buried under dirt.D.She wishes to establish the continuity of pets over history.B.She wants to identify the King39。She doubts if current society will understand the significance of Egyptian remains.（4）This article probably encourages the readers to _____________. A.make full use of the remains our ancestors have left behindC.bee more sensitive to the ancient lifestyle of our ancestors【答案】 （1）B（2）D（3）B（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，自從1888年在埃及發(fā)現(xiàn)了貓動(dòng)物的木乃伊之后，大量的皇家墓穴被挖掘，成千上萬的木乃伊被運(yùn)往世界各地，以攫取物質(zhì)利益。因?yàn)槟灸艘琳故玖斯虐＜叭说娜粘Ｉ?。伊克拉姆所說，木乃伊的研究是現(xiàn)代社會(huì)和過去的聯(lián)系的橋梁。根據(jù)第一段中 Village children peddled the best ones to tourists for change。 （2）考查推理判斷。成千上萬的來自古埃及的動(dòng)物木乃伊出現(xiàn)在埃及各地的宗教場(chǎng)所，但很少有人研究它們。以及第三段中的“ In the century since then, archaeology has bee less of aand more of a science. ”從那以后的一個(gè)世紀(jì)里，考古學(xué)已不再是尋寶，而是一門科學(xué)，可知，他們尋找古埃及的遺跡僅僅是為了他們的物質(zhì)價(jià)值。 （3）考查推理判斷。以及她的話You look at these mummified animals, and suddenly you say, Oh, King SoandSo had a pet. I have a pet. And instead of being at a distance of 5,000plus years, the ancient Egyptians bee clearer and closer to us. 你看著這些動(dòng)物木乃伊，突然你說，哦，國(guó)王某某養(yǎng)了一只寵物。古埃及人與我們之間的距離不再是5000多年前的事了，而是變得更加清晰，離我們更近了。故選B。本文主要敘述了古代埃及的木乃伊展示了古代埃及人的日常生活，是了解它們的途徑，有助于在現(xiàn)代社會(huì)與過去的之間建立一座橋梁。分析選項(xiàng)可知A符合題意，故選A。7．閱讀理解 s disease on May 15, 1886 that Emily Dickinson enjoyed recognition for her poetic acplishment. A limited volume of her works appeared in1890, but it was Thomas H. Johnson39。 Emily Dickinson was born in Amherst, MA in 1830. The Dickinson family was well known in the munity for their contribution to politics and education. Dickinson lived most of her life with her grandfather who was famous for having founded the Amherst Academy in1814 and later Amherst College in 1821. It was during her college years that Emily started writing. Some of her poems were published with the help of her female friends. However, the first serious attempt at having her poems published failed for her being rejected by The Atlantic magazine. This led the selfconscious poetess to believe that the public would never care for her works, and thus she never attempted to have any of her works published again. After the Civil War, Dickinson withdrew from society and had little contact outside of Amherst.t just simply describe something in terms of a narrative style.s works have greatly influenced and continue to influence modern poetry. In her time, her writing style was unique given that it included the use of dashes and capitalized nouns. None of her works rhymed, and she used unusual parisons when referring to events and situations. This unconventional method of writing has made her one of the most innovative poets of the 19th century.（1）Which of the following best explains acclaim underlined in the first paragraph? A.B.C.D.She studied in good schools.B.She spent much time on politics and education.D.s poems? A.They make much difference to modern poetry.C.They rhyme well and include many parisons.（4）What can be the best title for the text? A.s FailureB.s PoemsC.s Being World FamousD.狄金森以及她的作品，她的詩絕大多數(shù)是在她死后才出版，并被世人所知，名氣極大。s release of her plete body of poetry that made her works receive real acclaim.”是托馬斯約翰遜發(fā)表了她完整的詩作，使她的作品獲得了真正的好評(píng)。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。She had the privilege of being educated at some of the most outstanding women schools in her time and devoted herself to reading all kinds of books. （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。s works have greatly influenced and continue to influence modern poetry. ”無疑，狄金森的作品對(duì)現(xiàn)代詩歌產(chǎn)生了很大的影響，并在繼續(xù)影響。 （4）考查主旨大意。狄金森以及她的作品，故選D。8．閱讀理解 Sometimes a touch of humor might well enable us to win. Consider the case of a young friend of mine, who hit a traffic jam on his way to work shortly after receiving an ultimatum (最后通牒) about being late on the job. Although there was a good reason for Brian39。t work any longer. His boss was probably already pacing up and down preparing a dismissal speech.s boss came up to him. Suddenly, Brian forced a smile and stretched out his hand. How do you do! he said. I39。m applying for a job, which, I understand, became available just 35 min