五、综合填空(共 10 小题,每小题 1 分,满分 10 分)
An Ancient Murder
In 1991,hikers in the Italian Alps discovered a body frozen in ice in Otzi. They were surprised to learn that it belonged to a man who died 5 300 years ago! This was 1.
the oldest
(old) complete human body ever found.
Scientists named the man Ötzi after the place he was found. They studied his body and learned many things. His teeth and skull(头骨)showed that he was probably 2.
in
his 40s. He wore thick clothes and shoes made of bear skin. He carried a stone knife,wooden arrows,and equipment for starting fires. And he had a copper axe(铜斧)— a rare and 3.
valuable
(value) tool back when Otzi was alive.
The Plot Thickens
Most interestingly,there were injuries(损伤)on Otzi's body that showed he 4.
was attacked
(attack). There was a piece from a stone arrow buried(埋)deep in his left shoulder. Scientists believe this is what 5.
killed
(kill) him. There was also the blood of four other people on his clothes,as well as injuries on his hands. These injuries were not 6.
completely
(complete) healed(治愈). They were recent,but not as recent as 7.
the
injury on his shoulder.
Otzi's story quickly became a murder mystery — the world's earliest murder mystery. Why was he killed? Was he running away when he died? And why was he even there,in such a cold and faraway place? New studies revealed(揭露)more clues.
New Findings
Scientists learned that Otzi ate a big meal right before he died. They found goat and deer meat in his stomach. So he 8.
was resting
(rest),not running,when he died. They also learned that the arrow in Otzi's shoulder hit 9.
him
(he) from behind.
Did someone injure Otzi in a fight,and did Otzi run up the mountain to escape(逃离)? Did the same person follow Otzi up the mountain and shoot him in the back? It's a good theory(推测),10.
but
scientists will probably never exactly know how or why Otzi died.