1、2015届高三（人教版选修 8）一轮复习单元测试Unit 5英语试卷与答案（带解析） 其他 _(regard) of what they say about me, Im going to continue my work. 答案： Regardless Where is Mother She is in the kitchen. She _(do) the housework all morning. 答案： has been doing The headmaster hurried to the concert hall only _ (find) the speaker _(go) 答案
2、： to find； After many years hard work, she now is pleased _ playing almost all kinds of music. 答案： at Every day a number of tourists take pictures in front of the tower, which dates _ as early as 800 years ago. 答案： from _ (assume) that we cant get the necessary equipment, we will have to give up the
3、 experiment. 答案： Assuming Was the driving pleasant when you went to Mexico last summer No, it _ (rain) f or four days when we arrived, so the roads were very muddy. 答案： had been raining A project _ great significance is to be discussed, which will help to improve the local peoples living conditions.
4、 答案： of The escaped prisoner got _ (arrest) immediately he turned up at the railway station and was sent to prison again. 答案： arrested Whats your feeling now I am terribly sorry. If only I _(come) here yesterday! 答案： had come 阅读理解 Archaeology, like many academic words, comes from Greek and means, mo
5、re or less, “the study of old things”. So, it is really a part of the study of history. However, most historians use paper evidence, such as letters, paintings and photographs, but archaeologists learn from the objects left behind by the humans of long ago. Normally, these are the hard materials tha
6、t dont break down or disappear very quicklythings like human bones and objects made from stone and metal. It is very unusual to find anything more than the hard evidence of historynormally, the bacteria in the air eat away at soft materials, like bodies, clothes and things made of wood. Occasionally
7、, things are different. In 1984, two men made an amazing discovery while working in a bog called Lindow Moss, in the north of England. A bog is a very wet area of earth, with a lot of plants growing in it. It can be like a very big and very thick vegetable soupwalk in the wrong place and you can sin
8、k and disappear forever. The men were working when one of them saw something sticking outa human foot! Natura lly, the men called the police, who then found the rest of the body. Was it a case of murder Possiblybut it was a death nearly two thousand years old. The two men had found a body from the t
9、ime of the Roman invasion of Britain. Despite being so old, this body had skin, muscles, hair and internal organsthe scientists who examined him were able to look inside the mans stomach and find the food that he had eaten for his last meal! Why was this man so well preserved It was because he was i
10、n a very watery environment, safe from the bacteria that need oxygen to live. Also, the water in the bog was very acidic. The acid preserved the mans skin in the way that animal skin is preserved for leather coats and shoes. How did he die Understandably, archaeologists and other scientists wanted t
11、o know more about the person that they called “Lindow Man”. His hands and fingernails suggested that he hadnt done heavy manual work in his lifehe could have been a rich man. They found that he hadnt died by accident. The archaeologists believe that he was sacrificed to three different gods. 【小题 1】
12、The underlined word “these” in the first paragraph refers to _. A letters B photographs C paintings D objects 【小题 2】 Which of the following helped to preserve “Lindow Man”？ A Ice and low temperature B Acid and water C Soil and energy D Bacteria and oxygen 【小题 3】 According to the passage, which of th
13、e following statements is right A “Lindow Man” was named after the person who first found him. B Historians usually use paper evidence, while archaeologists use hard evidence. C “Lindow Man” was found by two archaeologists in the south of England. D “Lindow Man” was good at work by hand. 【小题 4】 Whic
14、h is the best title for the passage A An Amazing Archaeological Discovery B Archaeology and History C What Is Archaeology D The Death of “Lindow Man” 答案： 【小题 1】 D 【小题 2】 B 【小题 3】 B 【小题 4】 A 文章大意：本文是一篇关于考古发现的记叙文，文中简要介绍了 “Lindow Man”被发现并研究的过程。 【小题 1】答案： D 指代判断题。根据上文 “but archaeologists learn from the
15、objects left behind”可知，此处的 these 指代的是 the objects。故答案：选 D。 【小题 2】答案： B 细节理解题。根据文章第四段可知，起到保护作用的一是 “watery environment”，二是 “acid”。故答案：选 B。 【小题 3】答案： B 细节理解题。根据第一段第三句 “However, most historians use paper evidence, such as letters, paintings and photographs, but archaeologists learn from the objects left behind by the humans of long ago.”可知 B项正确。根据第三段第一句中的 “a bog called Lindow Moss, in the north of England”可知 A、 C两项错误；根据最后一段第三句中的 “. suggested that he hadnt done heavy manual work in his life”可知 D项错误。故答案：选 B。 【小题 4】答案： A 标题概括题。本文主要介绍了 “Lindow Man”被发现研究的过程。故答案：选 A。
