2016武汉五月模拟考试英语试题及答案(3)

    C. Things looking ancient and original.
    D. The chimneys giving off heavy smoke.
27. What can fans do in the theme park?
    A. Hold a food festival.                         B. Study in Hogwarts School.
    C. Have fun in a magic world                    D. Design the Harry Potter Express
C
    For decades, archaeologists have wondered : Who or what killed the most famous boy king in history? Some experts thought that 19-year-old Tutankhamen had died in a hunting accident. Others said that he was murdered by a blow of the head.
    Two years of DNA testing and CT scans may have finally solved the mystery of Tut's death. The teen pharaoh(法老），), scientists in Egypt now believe, was the victim of malaria(疟疾）, complicated by a bone disorder.
    Even at his best, King Tut was no symbol of strength. "He was a weak boy who had a deformed foot and who needed a stick to walk," researcher Carsten Pusch told National Geographic.
    Shortly before Tut died, in about 1324 B. C. , he may have broken his leg in a fall, the study's authors say. Because of a weak immune system, the pharaoh's leg couldn't heal, and a malarial infection (感染)）finished him off.
    Tut was forgotten soon after his death. So why does he attract us today? In 1922, an archaeologist uncovered a group of royal tombs in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings. Thieves had stolen most of the graves.
    Only Tut's was untouched. Egypt fever swept the globe as workers unloaded the dazzling treasures, hidden for more than 3,200 years, which had been meant to accompany the young pharaoh to the afterlife. In 1972, Tut's treasures began a series of tours around the world, giving millions of people a chance to view his golden burial mask and other relics up close.
   Through it all, Tut's star will continue to bum bright, experts say. As author Jon Manchip White wrote, "The Pharaoh who in life was one of the least respected of Egypt's kings has become in death the most famous. "
28. What probably led to Tutankhamen's death according to the newest study?
     A. A hunting accident                       B. A terrible murder.
     C. An infectious disease                     D. A blow on his head.
29. Which word best describes the boy king's body?
    A. Disabled.      B. Over-weighted.       C. Healthy.        D. Strong.
30. Why has the Pharaoh become so well-known after his death?
    A. Because he died at the age of 19.
    B. Because his grave had been stolen by thieves.
    C. Because he was one of the respectable kings in life.
    D. Because treasures uncovered in his tomb attracted the world.
31. Which of the following may serve as the best title for the text?
    A. The Cause of Tutankhamen's Death.         B. The Most Famous Pharaoh in Egypt.
    C. An Introduction to Valley of the Kings.       D. Tutankhamen Came to Life after Death.
D
    All the men in Moxton worked down the mine because there was nothing else to do, unless you became a vicar (教区牧师）)or a professional footballer. And in the last ten years Moxton had had just one of each. Dennis Parker, who was small and very white, had gone down south to be a vicar and Jimmy Shaw was the nearest thing Moxton had to a famous son. He played centre forward for Leeds and one game for England.
   The mine company ran the Working Men's Club, too. Some of the greatest comedians in the country came to Moxton to tell their jokes at the club. This was the 1930's. Radio was around but nobody was very interested. Television hadn't started at all. The comedians toured the country, telling the same jokes over and over again. Nobody had heard them before because nobody went anywhere, ，outside their hometown.
    People always ate the same things every day of the week in those days, too. There were few choices of food. Friday was always fish. There was always beef for Sunday dinner. That is of course if somebody was working to provide the money. No money and it was greens every day, if you were lucky. As late as World War II there were kids in the town who couldn't walk properly because they didn't get any vitamins. Rickets (佝偻病）they called it. You could see little kids limping (歧行) down the town's main street with rickets.
    People lived in tiny cottages. When you walked in you were right in the main room. There was no hall or anything. There was a tin bath in the main room where the miner father washed himself in the evening, after his wife had heated up the water and carried it in.
    Sunday was different, of course. Sunday was church and then maybe a walk on the moors. The countryside outside Moxton was green and hilly but somehow people never walked far. They were too tired. The men were old at forty and the women got old even quicker.
32. What do we know about Jimmy Shaw?
    A. He had been the vicar's best friend.
    B. He became a professional footballer.