niggas in paris

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lantoheadtoParisforastudyperiod,thenperhapsa

xperiencewasaromanticone.

valinParis,Iwasconstantly

remindedoftheofficialprocessIhadtocomplete—formstobefilledin,meetingsto

attend,thelistemedendless.

asswereunderway,Ifoundmylfvolunteeringtodo

oralprentationsandassignmentsfirst,thodprovedtobevery

helpful.

OnceIhadfinishedclassfortheweek,Ihadanever-increasinglistofmuumstovisit,

neighborhoodstoexplore,andcafélocalsand

onethingthatreadingabookortalkingtosomeone

ple

watching,thesoundsofthecity,thecolorsastheasonschange,theyalladdtothe

ecstasythatIexperienceinParisasanexchangestudent.

Thowerethedaysofgenerouslyfundedexplorations—thatdraggedthroughacresof

dertintheirquestforroyaltombs,andforsplendidgoldandpaintedmaskstodecorate

ythousandsofmummified

animalsthatturnedupatreligioussitesthroughoutEgyptwerejustthingstobecleared

plestudiedthem,andtheirimportancewasgenerally

unrecognized.

Inthecenturysincethen,archaeologyhasbecomelessofatreasurehuntandmoreofa

ologistsnowrealizethatmuchoftheirsites'wealthliesinthemajorityof

detailsaboutordinaryfolks—whattheydid,whattheythought,

animalmummiesareabigpartofthat.

"They'rereallydisplaysofdailylife,"eeringbeneath

bandageswithx-raysandcataloguingherfindings,shecreatedagalleryforthecollection

—abridgebetweenpeopletodayandthooflongago."Youlookatthemummified

animals,andsuddenlyyousay,Oh,teadof

beingatadistanceof5,000-plusyears,theancientEgyptiansbecomeclearerandclorto

us."

(1)Whichofthefollowingwordshastheclostmeaningto"peddled"(paragraph1)?

A.

modernized

B.

displayed

C.

illustrated

D.

Demonstrated

答案解析

[答案](1)B

(2)Whywasarchaeologyoncereferredtoasa"treasurehunt"(paragraph3)?

oyaltombs,thereweremanytreasuresmadeofsilverandgold.

mummiescouldbemadeintofertilizerwhichisveryvaluable.

ardtofindanimalmummiessincetheywereburiedunderdirt.

soughttheremainsofancientEgyptmerelyfortheirmaterialvalue.

(3)WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaboutSalimaIkram?

hestoestablishthecontinuityofpetsoverhistory.

ievesthatstudyingtheremainscanhelpmodernsocietyrelatetothepast.

tstoidentifytheKing'spersonalbelongingsandclassifythem.

btsifcurrentsocietywillunderstandthesignificanceofEgyptianremains.

(4)Thisarticleprobablyencouragesthereadersto_____________.

hepastbystudyingtheremainsleftbehindbyourancestors

lluoftheremainsourancestorshaveleftbehind

tandthatanimalmummiesaremoreimportantthangoldandmasks

morensitivetotheancientlifestyleofourancestors

[答案](1)B

(2)D

(3)B

(4)A

[解析][分析]本文是一篇记叙文,自从1888年在埃及发现了猫动物的木乃伊之后,大量的皇

家墓穴被挖掘,成千上万的木乃伊被运往世界各地,以攫取物质利益。后来考古学家不再只是

寻宝,而是把它作为一门科学研究。因为木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。

(1)考查词义猜测。根据第一段中"Villagechildrenpeddledthebestonestotouristsfor

change;therestweresoldasfertilizer."可知,peddled后的"totouristsforchange"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,故选B。

(2)考查推理判断。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。以及第三段中的

“Inthecenturysincethen,archaeologyhasbecomelessofatreasurehuntandmoreofa

science.”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,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。

(3)考查推理判断。根据最后一段中的“shecreatedagalleryforthecollection—abridge

betweenpeopletodayandthooflongago.”可知,SalimaIkram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

"Youlookatthemummifiedanimals,andsuddenlyyousay,Oh,KingSo-and-Sohada

teadofbeingatadistanceof5,000-plusyears,theancient

Egyptiansbecomeclearerandclortous.""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。故选B。

(4)考查推理判断。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。

[点评]本题考点涉及词义猜测和推理判断两个题型的考查,是一篇故事类阅读,考生需要根据

上下文的逻辑关系,进行分析,推理,从而选出正确答案。