- 阅读理解A
题干：ThepyramidsonthewestbankoftheNilewerebuiltbythepharaohs(法老）asroyaltombsanddatefromabout3,000BC.ThemostcelebratedarethoseatGiza,ofwhichthelargestistheonethathousedthepharaohknownasCheops.ThisisnowcalledtheGreatPyramid.SomeyearsagoitwasvisitedbyaFrenchmannamedBovis，whotookshelterfromthemiddaysuninthePharaoh'schamberwhichissituatedinthecenterofthepyramid,exactlyonethirdofthewayfromthebase.Hefounditunusuallyhumidthere,butwhatreallysurprisedhimwerethegarbagecarsthatcontained,amongtheusualtouristlitter，thebodiesofacatandsomesmalldesertanimalsthathadwanderedintothepyramidanddiedthere.Despitethehumidity,noneofthemhaddecayed,butjustdriedoutlikemummies.Hebegantowonderwhetherthepharaohshadreallybeensocarefullyembalmedbytheirsubjectsafterall，orwhethertherewassomethingaboutthepyramidsthemselvesthatpreservedbodiesinamummifiedcondition.BovismadeanaccuratescalemodeloftheCheopspyramidsandplacedit,liketheoriginal,withthebaselinesfacingpreciselynorth-southandeast-west.Insidethemodel，onethirdofthewayup,heputadeadcat.Itbecamemummified，andheconcludedthatthepyramidcausesrapiddehydration(脱水）.ReportsofthisdiscoveryattractedtheattentionofKarelDrbal,aradioengineerinPrague,whorepeatedtheexperimentwithseveraldeadanimalsandconcluded,“Thereisarelationbetweentheshapeofthespaceinsidethepyramidandthephysical，chemicalandbiologicalprocessesgoingoninsidethatspace.Byusingsuitableformsandshapes,wewouldbeabletomakeprocessesoccurfasterortodelaythem.”Drbalrememberedanoldsuperstitionwhichsaidthatarazorleftinthelightofthemoonbecameblunted(不尖的，钝的）.Hetriedputtingoneunderthismodelpyramid,butnothinghappened,sohewentonshavingwithituntilitwasblunt,andthenputitbackinthepyramid.Itbecamesharpagain.Theauthortriedkeepingthesameobjects-eggs，rump-steak，deadmice-inbothapyramidandanordinaryshoe-box,andtheonesinthemodelpyramidpreservedquitewellwhichthoseintheboxsoonbegantosmellandhadtobethrownout.Hewasforcedtoconcludethatacardboardreplica(复制品)oftheCheopspyramidisnotjustarandomarrangementofpiecesofpaper,butdoeshavespecialproperties.
题目：What surprised Bovis most about the inside of the pyramid was that_____. - A 、it was full of rubbish and dead animals
- B 、it was extremely humid yet the dead animals had not rotten there
- C 、it was visited by so many tourists who littered casually
- D 、it helped to turn the pharaohs into mummies
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参考答案【正确答案：B】
细节题。 由第一段第五、六句… but what really surprised him… died there. Despite the humidity, none of them had decayed, but just dried out like animals. 可知 B 选项是本句的同意转换，故B选项正确。
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