乃伊展示了古埃及人的日常生活。正如古物学家萨利玛·伊克拉姆所说，木乃伊的研究是现代社会和过去的联系的桥梁。 【56题详解】
猜测词义题。根据第一段中 “Village children peddled the best ones to tourists for change; the rest were sold as fertilizer.”可知，peddled后的“to tourists for change”即“把最好的给游客来换取零钱”，可知，此处的peddled是“兜售”给游客以换取零钱，可知peddle就是向他人炫耀从而售出。分析选项A. modernized使现代化；B. displayed炫耀，展览；C. illustrated加插图于，描述；D. demonstrated证明，证实。可推断出B. displayed符合题意，故选B。 【57题详解】
推理判断题。第二段叙述了“最初考古是为了寻找皇家陵墓，寻找华丽的黄金和彩绘面具来装饰欧洲和美洲的地产和博物馆。成千上万的来自古埃及的动物木乃伊出现在埃及各地的宗教场所，但很少有人研究它们”。可知，考古就是寻宝，为了物质上的价值。以及第三段第一句话“从那以后的一个世纪里，考古学已不再是寻宝，而是一门科学”由此可知，他们寻找古埃及的遗迹仅仅是为了他们的物质价值。分析选项可知D项符合题意，故选D。 【58题详解】
推理判断题。最后一段she（Salima Ikram） created a gallery for the collection — a bridge between people today and those of long ago.可知，Salima Ikram把她的发现进行分类之后，她为这些收藏品创建了一个画廊——一座连接今天的人和很久以前的人的桥梁。以及她的话“You look at these mummified animals, and suddenly you say, Oh, King So-and-So had a pet. I have a pet. And instead of being at a distance of 5,000-plus years, the ancient Egyptians become clearer and closer to us.” “你看着这些动物木乃伊，突然你说，哦，国王某某养了一只宠物。我有一只宠物。古埃及人与我们之间的距离不再是5000多年前的事了，而是变得更加清晰，离我们更近了。”由此可推断出她认为研究这些遗迹有助于把现代社会与过去联系起来。分析选项可知B符合题意，故选B。 【59题详解】
推理判断题。本文主要叙述了古代埃及的木乃伊展示了古代埃及人的日常生活，是了解它们的途径，有助于在现代社会与过去的之间建立一座桥梁。通过研究它们可以让我们正确的评估过去。分析选项可知A符合题意，故选A。
【点睛】高考中词义推断是常考的题型。阅读材料中的每个词与它前后的词语或句子甚至段落都有联系。我们可以利用语境（各种已知信息）中相关的词汇并结合具体的语境，从形式和内容上把握语言之间的内在联系，理顺语言之间的逻辑关系，进而达到猜词的目的。例如第1小题词意猜测题.根据第一段中 “Village children peddled the best ones to tourists for change; the rest were sold as
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fertilizer.”可知，peddled后的“to tourists for change”即“最好的给游客来换取零钱”，可知，此处的peddled是“兜售”给游客以换取零钱，可知peddle就是向他人炫耀从而售出。分析选项A. modernized使现代化；B. displayed炫耀，展览；C. illustrated加插图于，描述；D. demonstrated证明，证实。可推断出B. displayed符合题意，故选B。
(B)
● Stocky, slow-moving whale, rarely grows beyond 15 metres in length
● Flippers are a third of body length; variable dorsal fin size and shape; saw-toothed trailing edge on flukes, often raised when diving
● Bumpy tubercles on top of head
● Body colour is dark brown to black; often extensive white on flippers and underside of body and flukes; such patterns enable individual recognition
● Bushy blow, occasionally V-shaped ● 270-400 olive baleen plates
Humpback whales belong to the rorqual (groove-throated) family, which includes fin, sei, Bryde’s, minke and blue whales. The big family migrate between winter tropical breeding areas (North West Shelf, Great Barrier Reef, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiii, Tonga) and summer Antarctic feeding areas. Once common in New Zealand waters, humpbacks are now rarely seen and may migrate further offshore. Males compete for mates either by physical fight or by song. Females give birth to their young every two to three years; some non-breeding females probably remain in the southern
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waters during winter. Young humpback whales return to their area of birth but in later life some wander between breeding areas. Humpbacks eat small shrimps and other schooling prey, such as fish, forming small, cooperative groups of two to three individuals to feed.
Similar species: Easily identifiable due to a ‘hump’ back when submerging, but at a distance may be confused with other species that raise their flukes when diving, such as sperm, right and blue whales.
Protection status: Recovering well from past whaling and now numerous in some former migration and aggregation areas, rarely seen in others.
60. Which of the following is TRUE about humpback whales?
A. Their long flippers vary in length, size and shape like dorsal fin. B. They are large and likely to grow longer than 15 metres.
C. The different colors and patterns of the body help to be recognized. D. Their bumpy tubercles and blowholes are on both sides of head.
61. Which of the following can be inferred from this article’s description of humpback whales’ migration?
A. They need warmer waters to breed. B. They can’t survive in extreme cold. C. They find plentiful food in tropical waters. D. They are mostly hunted in New Zealand waters. 62. This article is mainly intended to .
A. explain why humpbacks are still hunted in some parts of the world B. introduce how humpbacks migrate through some dangerous waters C. popularize the basic knowledge of humpbacks and call for protection D. help distinguish humpbacks from other similar species 【答案】60. C 61. A 62. C 【解析】
本文为说明文。文中介绍了座头鲸外形特点、体重、颜色，以及其如何繁殖、喂养等生活习性等，并呼吁大家保护它。 【60题详解】
推理判断题 。根据第四个小点后的一段“Body color is dark brown to black; often extensive white on flippers and underside of body and flukes; such patterns enable individual recognition”可
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知，座头鲸体色由深棕色至黑色，脚蹼、身体底部和尾鳍上通常是大面积的白色；这样的图案使单个的座头鲸很容易被识别。分析选项可知C项符合题意，故选C。 【61题详解】
推理判断题。根据第五个小黑点后面的“The big family migrate between winter tropical breeding areas (North West Shelf, Great Barrier Reef, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiii, Tonga) and summer Antarctic feeding areas.” 座头鲸这个大家族在冬季的热带繁殖区（西北大陆架、大堡礁、新喀里多尼亚、瓦努阿图、斐济、汤加）和夏季南极喂养区之间迁徙。可知，座头鲸在热带地区繁殖。冬季的热带繁殖区，是温暖的地方。可知座头鲸需要在暖和的地方繁殖，故选A。 【62题详解】
主旨大意题。本文主要对座头鲸外形特点、体重、颜色，以及其如何繁殖喂养等生活习性等作了介绍，并呼吁大家保护意识。所以本文目的是普及有关座头鲸的知识，并对它们加以保护。分析选项可知C项符合题意，故选C。
(C)
Right now, I am looking at a shelf full of relics, a collection of has-beens, old-timers, antiques, fossils. Right now, I am looking at a shelf full of books. Yes, that’s right. If you
have some spare cash (the going rate is about $89) and you are looking to enhance your reading experience, then I highly suggest you consider purchasing an e-reader. E-readers are replacing the books of old and I welcome them with open arms (as you should).
An e-reader is a device that allows you to read e-books. An e-book is a book-length publication in digital form, consisting of text, images or both, and produced on, published through and readable on computers or other electronic devices. Sometimes the equivalent of a conventional printed book, e-books can also be born digital. The Oxford Dictionary of English defines the e-book as “an electronic version of a printed book”, but e-books can and do exist without any printed equivalent.
E-readers put printed books to shame. E-readers are superior to printed books because they save space, are environmentally friendly and provide helpful reading tips and tools that printed books do not.
The average e-reader can store thousands of digital books, providing a genuine library at your fingertips. What is more, the e-reader itself is very small. It is easy to hold and can fit in a pocketbook or briefcase easily. This makes handling wooden giant such as War and Peace and
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