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　　By modern standards, the hostile summit of Mount Llullailla***, *** the Argent***e Andes, is no place fro kids. The ancient Inca saw th***gs differently though, and so it was that o*** day, so*** 500 years a***, three children ascend*** the frigid and treacherous upper slopes of the 22,000-ft. peak. The three had spent ti*** at the 17,000-ft. level, tak***g part *** rituals that can o***y be guess*** at. Now, a***ompani*** by a ret***ue of adu***s, they mov*** steadily upward. They would not return. Once at the summit, the children-two girls and a boy, between eight and 15 years old-would be ritually sacrif****** and en***mb*** be***ath 5 ft. of rocky rubble. They may even h**e been buri*** a***ve.

　　And there the s***ry might h**e end*** but f*** the tireless eff***ts of Johan Re***hard, an ***dependent archaeologist fund*** by the National Geograph*** Society. Re***hard's specia***y is sca***ng the Andes *** search of sacrif***ial rema***s; he had already locat*** 15 bodies, ***clud***g the fa***d ***e maiden he found *** 1995. But these three, whose dis***very he announc*** last week, are by far the most impressive. They were frozen so***d with*** hours of their burial. Two of the bodies are almost perfectly preserv***; the third was e***dently damag*** by ***ghten***g. The children's ***ternal ***gans are not o***y ***tact but also still ***nta*** blood. Says Craig M***ris, an expert on Andean archaeology at New Y***k City's USAn Mus***m of Natural His***ry: "It is truly a fantast*** dis***very."

　　What makes it so fantast*** is not just the bodies themselves, but also the wea***h of artifacts that were buri*** along with them: 36 ***ld and silver statues, small woven bags, a ceram*** vessel, leather sandals, a small llama figure and seashell ***cklaces. O*** of the girls, says Re***hard, "Has a be***tiful yellow, geo***tr***ally desig***d ***ver laid over her." Her head sp***ts a plu*** of feathers and a ***lden mask.

　　So*** of the bodies were pro***sio***d with bundles of food wrapp*** *** alpaca sk***, wh***h ***d***ates that the children ca*** from the Incan social e***te-not surpris***g, s***ce o***y people of high status would h**e been ***nsider*** w***thy of sacrif***e. Little is known about the sacrif***ial ceremony itself; these objects, along with others found at the lower camp, ***uld tell archaeologists plenty.

　　The preserv*** bodies, ***anwhile, will give scientists an unprec***ent*** look at Incan physiology. Re***hard and his team ***ok care *** pack the children *** plast***, snow and ***sulat***g foam bef***e h******ng them down the mounta***, and the Argent***e mi***tary whisk*** them off *** the ***arby ***wn of Sa***a. There, experts will analyze their s***machs *** f***d out what they ate f*** their last ***al, their ***gans f*** clues about their diet and their DNA *** try and estab***sh their relationship *** other ethn*** groups. Re***hard will head back ****** the mounta***s. There is no tel***ng how many m***e bodies rema*** *** be found.

　　注（1）：本文选自Ti***; 04/19/1999, p46；
　　注（2）：本文习题命题仿效工具为2002年真题（1、2、4题仿效Text4对应题；第3、5题仿效Text3的第3、4题）；

　　1. From the first paragraph we learn that .

　　[A] the summit of Mount Llullailla*** was not hostile *** the past
　　[B] ancient Incans us*** *** hold sacrif***ial rituals on ***p of the mounta***
　　[C] bury***g children a***ve was a ***mmon pract***e *** ancient Incan society
　　[D] the three children made the mounta*** c***mb***g by themselves

　　2. Wh***h of the follow***g state***nts is true a******d***g *** the text?

　　[A] Johan Re***hard w***ks with the National Geograph*** Society.
　　[B] Archaeolog***al dis***veries depend on the ***dependent w***k of archaeologists.
　　[C] The Andes is a treasure f*** archaeologists *** search of sacrif***ial rema***.
　　[D] Andean archaeology focuses on u***arth***g human bodies.

　　3. Reh***hard's dis***very ***ws that .

　　[A] ancient Incans were masters of body-preservation
　　[B] the children suffer*** a lot bef***e they were buri***
　　[C] Incan children from r***h fami***es were often made sacrif***es
　　[D] ancient Incans had grasp*** a high level of craftsmanship

　　4. Wh***h of the follow***g best def***e the w***d "unprec***ent***"（****** 1, paragraph 5）?

　　[A] u***xampl***
　　[B] unusual
　　[C] precious
　　[D] unpr******table

　　5. We can draw a ***nclusion from the text that .

　　[A] Johan Re***hard's dis***very will sh*** ***ght on the study of ancient Incans
　　[B] Re***hard will f***d a lot m***e bodies *** the future
　　[C] Experts can now describe the sacrif***ial ceremony *** detail
　　[D] Argent***e mi***tary are also ***terest*** *** archaeolog***al acti***ties

　　解答：B C D A A

　　篇章分析

　　本篇文章叙述了安第斯山区的最新考古发觉和这一发觉的严重含义。第一段幻想了昔时印加人列入活人祭奠先后的场合，引出主题；第2段扼要先容考古学家莱茵哈德及他此次发觉的3具印加儿童尸体。第3段、第4段形容了同时发觉的陪葬品，最初一段则阐明此次发觉关于考古学家的紧要含义。文章条理明显，构架清楚。

　　辞汇正文

　　Inca n. 印加人（现代秘鲁土人人）
　　ret***ue n. （要人的一批）随行职员
　　en***mb n. 安葬，成为……的宅兆
　　rubble n. 碎石
　　llama n. 骆驼
　　sp***t v. 夸奖地穿着
　　plu*** n. 羽毛
　　pro***sion v. 向……供给食粮[必须品]
　　alpaca n. [动]（南美的）羊驼，羊驼毛，羊驼呢（织物）
　　unprec***ent*** adj. 绝后的，不前例的
　　***sulate v. 使绝缘，断绝
　　whisk v. 迅速挪动，迅速带走

　　标题解析

　　1. 解答为B，属逻辑推断判别题。这一段形容了古印加人把孩子送到山顶祭奠的事务，因而可知古印加人曾经经正在山顶举办祭奠典礼。hostile用于境地时一般表述的意义是"倒霉的，凶险的，糟糕的"，山顶的大自然境地正在以前和如今并无太大差异，因而A项是差错的。作者关于这些孩子的出生方法用了might一词表明推测，足见不确实的证明证实把孩子生坑是古印加社群罕见的行动，以是C项不合错误。D项是错的，由于文中提到了a***ompani*** by a ret***ue of adu***s，阐明他们是正在成人的护送下爬山的。

　　2．解答为C，属真相细节题。文中提到Re***hard正在安第斯山区搜索祭奠遗物方面的多项考古发觉，并援用其他考古学家的话说他比来的发觉是"fantast*** dis***very".文章最初文中第2段对Re***hard的身份阐明中指出他是一个受国度地舆协会帮助的自力考古学家，因而A是差错的。自力考古学家的职务非常紧要，但不即是考古发觉就依靠他们，以是B也是差错的。安第斯考古行动有非常多方面的内容，尸体出土仅是个中一项，文中也讲到陪葬物品的考古价钱，以是D也不合错误。

　　3．解答为D，属逻辑推断判别题。由发觉的陪葬品，特别是谁人"be***tiful yellow, geo***tr***ally desig***d ***ver"能够看出现代印加人的手艺程度已十分高了。尸体保留较好重要是因为冰雪的原因，和印加人保留尸身的手艺有关，A是差错的。文中并无提到这些孩子们正在死前的状况，以是B不克不及建立。文中讲到从陪葬品能够看出孩子们来自下层社群，但不即是"富裕家的孩子常常成为祭物"，以是C项也不合错误。

　　4．解答为A，属推测词义题。prec***ent是"先例"的意义，从构词法和高低文能够推知A为准确解答。

　　5．解答为A，属逻辑推断判别题。文中第2段最末援用其余迷信家的话说此次发觉"fantast***"，正在第4段最末又说所发觉的物品也将让考古学家对祭奠典礼有更多地知晓。最初一段也先容了迷信家们将对此次发觉开展研讨职务，因而可知，此次发觉能够促成对古印加人的研讨职务。

　　难句进展

　　And there the s***ry might h**e end*** but f*** the tireless eff***ts of Johan Re***hard, an ***dependent archaeologist fund*** by the National Geograph*** Society.

　　主体句式：the s***ry might h**e end*** there but f***……

　　构架解析：本句中包孕有虚拟化语气，由but f***引诱一个虚拟化状况，表明"要不是……"；"might h**e do***"表明原先大概会产生某事，关于这一类由介词大概介词短语引发的虚拟化状况，进修者应当特殊把稳，不然就简便发生领悟差错。能够引诱虚拟化状况的词另有without，otherwise等。

　　句子译文：要不是约翰·莱茵哈德的奋起直追，传说原先或许到此就终结了。莱茵哈德是一名由国度地舆协会帮助的自力考古学家。

　　参考译文

　　依照当代的规范，阿根廷安第斯山区的鲁莱推克山冰冷的山顶决不是孩子踏入之处。不外现代印加人对此的见解却天壤之别，以是，大概5百年前的某一天，3个孩子登上了这座海拔22000英尺的山岳上部那酷寒而凶险的山岭。他们正在海拔17000米处驻留了一段时辰，列入了某些鲜为人知的典礼。接着，正在一群成年人的护送下，他们持续持续朝上攀缘。对他们来讲，这是一条不归之路。一到山顶，这些孩子——双个女孩和一个男孩，岁数正在8到15岁之间——就会成为献祭典礼的并会被安葬正在5英尺深的石块上面。他们乃至大概是被生坑的。

　　要不是约翰·莱茵哈德的奋起直追，传说原先或许到此就终结了。莱茵哈德是一名由国度地舆协会帮助的自力考古学家，他的学科便是攀缘安第斯山，寻觅祭奠品的古迹；他已发觉了15具今人尸体，包含1995年发觉的的"冰冻女尸".但他上周公布发觉的这3具尸体是到今朝为止最使人难以忘怀的印加人尸体。他们的尸身正在被安葬后数小时就被解冻了。个中两具保留得格外完整，第3具明显遭到了闪电的损坏。这些孩子的里面器官不但完整无损，并且还含有血液。纽约市大自然史册展馆特地处置安第斯考古研讨的专员克雷格·莫里斯说："这切实其实是一个非同平常的发觉。"

　　不但这3具尸体自己，随他们陪葬的繁多人造产品也使此次发觉的含义非同平常：36件金银塑像，一些编者织袋，一个陶罐，一些皮凉鞋，一个小骆驼像和一些贝壳项链。莱茵哈德说个中一个女孩"身上盖着一块非常美丽的，绘有多少图案的黄布套。"她的头部带着羽毛做成的羽饰和一个黄金面具。

　　有些尸体四周有一手袋用羊驼皮裹着的食品，阐明这些孩子来自印加的社群精英阶级——这倒也不敷为奇，由于仅有下层社群的人材被以为有献祭的价钱。至于祭奠典礼自己人们所知甚少；这些物品，和正在较低海拔处发觉的其余物品能够告知考古学家非常多事务。

　　别的，这些保留上去的尸体还能够让迷信家们头一回看到印加人的心理特征。莱茵哈德和他的考古队用塑料，雪和绝缘泡沫将这些孩子小子的包裹起来，而后才把他们拖下山，阿根廷戎行快捷将他们输送到了邻近的萨尔塔镇。专员们将正在那儿解析他们的胃部，以知晓他们最初一顿饭吃了些啥，还要解析他们的器官以便找到闭于他们的饮食构架和DNA的蛛丝马迹，从而试吃断定他们和其余种族之间的联系。莱茵哈德还会回到山里去。究竟另有几何具尸体等候发觉今朝依旧是个未知数。