Question

　　Man's knowledge of the past has sometimes been gained in odd ways． One of the oddest incidents occurred on January 16, 1900． An angry workman broke a crocodile mummy into pieces． He was surprised to find that the mummy had been wrapped in sheets of papyrus, the reed paper of ancient Egypt． And on the papyrus was writing．

　　The diggers at Tebtynis had been searching for papyrus records in the ancient cemetery． Finding crocodile mummies near human mummies had not been surprising: the crocodile had once been looked on as a god． But digging up crocodile mummies had seemed a waste of time．

　　In the end, thousands of them were recovered． Most had no papyrus wrappings, but some were stuffed with rolls of papyrus and had the wrappings as well． Scholars found them a useful source of information about life in Egypt a century and a half before Christ．

1．The incident leading to this discovery was a workman's______．

A．finding a cemetery of crocodile mummies B． breaking a crocodile mummy into pieces

C．breaking into an ancient tomb D． None of the above

2．The workman's action was caused by his______．

A．feeling angry B．being clumsy C．working hastily　　D．feeling eager

3．The action was important because it led to the discovery of______．

A．valuable jewels　　B． a crocodile god C． papyrus records　　D． reeds

4．The diggers had been working in a cemetery_______．

A． at Thebes B．in Tunisia C． in the Valley of the Kings　　D．at Tebtynis

5．Before this incident, finding the crocodile mummies had______．

A．surprised the diggers B．excited the diggers

C．made the diggers believe in a crocodile god D．None of the above

6．Further digging added the discovery that______．

A．all the mummies were wrapped in papyrus

B． some mummies were stuffed with papyrus rolls

C．Both A and B

D．Neither A nor B

7．The information scholars gained was about life in Egypt_______．

A．three centuries before Christ　　 B．two centuries before Christ

C．a century and a half before Christ D．half a century before Christ

8．The story implies that_______．

A．scholars could read the records　　 B．the records were written in Greek

C．there were few crocodile mummies　　D．papyrus rots quickly

Answer 1

答案：B;A;C;D;D;B;C;A
解析：

这篇文章词数并不太多，但是难度较大，因为作者的写作手法比较特殊。他以 An angry workman broke a crocodile mummy into pieces．的偶然事件作为引子，最终涉及到了正题---- 考古的重大发现。但是，发现了什么？ 许多生词成为理解障碍；如：crocodile mummies、recovered、were stuffed with等等。这种写作手法曾经在高考考场中难倒众多考生。

提示：

话题：有关“考古发现”语篇的阅读技巧。重点：细节捕捉。