An ancient Egyptian mummy thought to be that of Pharaoh Ramses Ⅰ has returned home after more than 140 years in North American museums. The body was carried off the plane in Cairo in a box draped in Egypt’s flag.

The Michael Carlos Museum gave it back after tests showed it was probably that of the man who ruled 3 000 years ago. The US Museum acquired(得到) it three years ago from a Canadian museum, which in turn is thought to have bought it from Egyptian grave robbers in 1860. The mummy was welcomed back home with songs and military band music during a ceremony at the national museum in Cairo.

Zahi Hawass, head of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities(文物最高委员会), traveled from the US with the body and said it would be moved next year to the Luxor Museum in Southern Egypt. “We are not 100% sure that the mummy is that of Ramses Ⅰ. ”said Mr. Hawass. “But we are 100% sure that it is of a king. ”

Atlanta’s Michael Carlos Museum acquired the mummy in 1999, but offered to return it after hi-tech scanning(扫描) equipment indicated it was likely to be that of Ramses Ⅰ. The museum website said it had been acquired from the Niagara Falls Museum. It is thought a Canadian collector bought the mummy for the Niagara Falls Museum around 1860 from an Egyptian family which had stumbled on(偶然发现) a tomb filled with royal mummies at a site near Luxor.

Mr. Hawass praised the handover(移交) as “a great, civilized gesture”. And he appealed(呼吁) to other world museums to return Egypt’s antiquities, particularly the Rosetta Stone in the British Museum, and the Bust of Nefertiti in the Berlin Museum.

1. Just before the handover, Ramses’ mummy was kept in 　　　　　　   .

A. the Luxor Museum　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   B. the Michael Carlos Museum

C. the Niagara Falls Museum　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. a Canadian museum

2. Which is the correct order of the following according to the passage?

a. The mummy returned home.

b. The mummy was kept in the Niagara Falls Museum.

c. Egyptian grave robber sold the mummy.

d. The mummy was kept in the Michael Carlos Museum.

e. A Canadian collector bought the mummy.

A. c e d a b　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  B. a b d e c

C. a e c b d　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  D. c e b d a

3. The passage mainly tells us 　　　　　　   .

A. the history of Ramses’ mummy

B. the traveling of Ramses’ mummy to the Niagara Falls Museum

C. the returning of Ramses’ mummy to Egypt

D. the royal family of Ramses

4. Which is TRUE according to the passage?

A. All the Egypt’s antiquities have returned home after the handover.

B. Niagara Falls Museum is an American museum.

C. Buying the mummy from the Egyptian family was a great, civilized gesture.

D. Ramses’ Mummy had been kept in Canada for more than a century.

The Michael Carlos Museum gave it back after tests showed it was probably that of the man who ruled 3 000 years ago. The US Museum acquired(得到) it three years ago from a Canadian museum, which in turn is thought to have bought it from Egyptian grave robbers in 1860. The mummy was welcomed back home with songs and military band music during a ceremony at the national museum in Cairo.

Zahi Hawass, head of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities(文物最高委员会), traveled from the US with the body and said it would be moved next year to the Luxor Museum in Southern Egypt. “We are not 100% sure that the mummy is that of Ramses Ⅰ. ”said Mr. Hawass. “But we are 100% sure that it is of a king. ”

Atlanta’s Michael Carlos Museum acquired the mummy in 1999, but offered to return it after hi-tech scanning(扫描) equipment indicated it was likely to be that of Ramses Ⅰ. The museum website said it had been acquired from the Niagara Falls Museum. It is thought a Canadian collector bought the mummy for the Niagara Falls Museum around 1860 from an Egyptian family which had stumbled on(偶然发现) a tomb filled with royal mummies at a site near Luxor.

Mr. Hawass praised the handover(移交) as “a great, civilized gesture”. And he appealed(呼吁) to other world museums to return Egypt’s antiquities, particularly the Rosetta Stone in the British Museum, and the Bust of Nefertiti in the Berlin Museum.

1. Just before the handover, Ramses’ mummy was kept in 　　　　　　   .

A. the Luxor Museum　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   B. the Michael Carlos Museum

C. the Niagara Falls Museum　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. a Canadian museum

2. Which is the correct order of the following according to the passage?

a. The mummy returned home.

b. The mummy was kept in the Niagara Falls Museum.

c. Egyptian grave robber sold the mummy.

d. The mummy was kept in the Michael Carlos Museum.

e. A Canadian collector bought the mummy.

A. c e d a b　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  B. a b d e c

C. a e c b d　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  D. c e b d a

3. The passage mainly tells us 　　　　　　   .

A. the history of Ramses’ mummy

B. the traveling of Ramses’ mummy to the Niagara Falls Museum

C. the returning of Ramses’ mummy to Egypt

D. the royal family of Ramses

4. Which is TRUE according to the passage?

A. All the Egypt’s antiquities have returned home after the handover.

B. Niagara Falls Museum is an American museum.

C. Buying the mummy from the Egyptian family was a great, civilized gesture.

D. Ramses’ Mummy had been kept in Canada for more than a century.

完形填空(Cloze Test)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

　　Mark Twain, ___1___ quite a lot, often ___2___ circumstances, usually financial circumstances（经济状况）forced him to. He was born in Floridian Missouri in 1835, an d___3___ to Hannibal, Missouri with his family when he was about ___4___ old. Most people think he as born in Hannibal, but that isn't true. After his father ___5___ when he was about twelve, Twain worked in Hannibal for a while and then left. ___6___ he could earn more money. He worked for a while as a typesetter ___7___ various newspapers, and then got a job as a river pilot on the Mississippi.

　　Twain loved this job, and many of his books show it. The river job ___8___ however, because of the outbreak of the civil war. Twain was in the federate army for just two weeks, and then he and his whole company（同伴）went west, ___9___ from the war and the army.

　　In Nevada in California, Twain prospected（寻找）for sister and gold ___10___ luck, but did succeed as a writer. ___11___ that happened, Twain traveled around the country giving lectures and ___12___ enough money to go to Europe. Twain didn't travel much the last ten years of his life, and he didn't publish much ___13___ .

　　Somehow his travel, ever when forced, inspired his writings. ___14___ many other popular writers, Twain derived（得到）much of the materials for his writing ___15___ the wealth and diversity（多样性）of his own experience.

完形填空(Cloze Test)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

　　Mark Twain, ___1___ quite a lot, often ___2___ circumstances, usually financial circumstances（经济状况）forced him to. He was born in Floridian Missouri in 1835, an d___3___ to Hannibal, Missouri with his family when he was about ___4___ old. Most people think he as born in Hannibal, but that isn't true. After his father ___5___ when he was about twelve, Twain worked in Hannibal for a while and then left. ___6___ he could earn more money. He worked for a while as a typesetter ___7___ various newspapers, and then got a job as a river pilot on the Mississippi.

　　Twain loved this job, and many of his books show it. The river job ___8___ however, because of the outbreak of the civil war. Twain was in the federate army for just two weeks, and then he and his whole company（同伴）went west, ___9___ from the war and the army.

　　In Nevada in California, Twain prospected（寻找）for sister and gold ___10___ luck, but did succeed as a writer. ___11___ that happened, Twain traveled around the country giving lectures and ___12___ enough money to go to Europe. Twain didn't travel much the last ten years of his life, and he didn't publish much ___13___ .

　　Somehow his travel, ever when forced, inspired his writings. ___14___ many other popular writers, Twain derived（得到）much of the materials for his writing ___15___ the wealth and diversity（多样性）of his own experience.