2010年11月学位英语考试真题答案及解析.pdfVIP

一、PartIReadingComprehension(30%)

Passage1

Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

Archaeology,likemanyacademicwords,comesfromGreekandmeans,moreorless,“thestudyof

oldthings”.So,itisreallyapartofthestudyofhistory.However,mosthistoriansusepaperevidence,such

asletters,paintingsandphotographs，butarchaeologists(考古学家)learnfromtheobjectsleftbehindby

thehumansoflongago.Normally,thesearethehardmaterialsthatdontbreakdownordisappearvery

quickly—thingslikehumanbonesandobjectsmadefromstoneandmetal.

Itisveryunusualtofindanythingmorethanthehardevidenceofhistory--normally,thebacteria(细菌)in

theaireatawayatsoftmaterials,likebodies,clothesandthingsmadeofwood.Occasionally,thingsare

different.

In1984,twomenmadeanamazingdiscoverywhileworkinginabogcalledLindowMoss,inthenorthof

England.Abogisaverywetareaofearth,withalotofplantsgrowinginit.Itcanbelikeaverybigandvery

thickvegetablesoup—walkinthewrongplaceandyoucansinkanddisappearforever.Themenwere

workingwhenoneofthemsawsomethingstickingout—ahumanfoot!Naturally,themencalledthe

police，whothenfoundtherestofthebody.Wasitacaseofmurder?Possibly--butitwasadeathnearly

twothousandyearsold.ThetwomenhadfoundabodyfromthetimeoftheRomaninvasionofBritain.

Despitebeingsoold,thisbodyhadskin,muscles,hairandinternalorgans—thescientistswhoexamined

himwereabletolookinsidethemansstomachandfindthefoodthathehadeatenforhislastmeal!

Whywasthismansowellpreserved?(76)Itwasbecausehewasinaverywateryenvironment,safe

fromthebacteriathatneedoxygentolive.Also,thewaterinthebogwasveryacidic.Theacidpreserved

themansskininthewaythatanimalskinispreservedforleathercoatsandshoes.

Howdidhedie?Understandably,arc