圣才电子书www.100xuexi.com十万种考研考证电子书、题库视频学习平台Passage7真正的蝎子王Theupcomingmovie“TheScorpionsKing”isafiction,butrecentarcheologicalstudiesindicatetherereallywasaKingScorpioninancientEgyptandthatheplayedacrucialroleinunitingthecountryandbuildingitintotheworld’sfirstempire.AdepictionrecentlydiscoveredintheEgyptiandesertoftheScorpionKing’svictoryinbattleagainsttheforcesofchaosmaybetheoldesthistoricaldocumenteverfound,somearcheologistsbelieve.Newdiscoveriesinhistombsuggestthatthefirstwritingmayhaveoccurredduringhisreign.Moreover,histombinthedesertatAbydosmaybetherudimentaryblueprintuponwhichsubsequentrulersbasedtheirowndesigns.Inshort,KingScorpionwasoneofthefathersofEgyptiancivilizationwithgreatachievementsforamanwhofornearly5,000yearswasthoughttobemythical.KingScorpiondatesfromatimewhenEgyptwascomposedoftwoseparatekingdoms.UpperEgyptsurroundedtheupperportionoftheNile.LowerEgyptstretchedfromjustsouthofwhatisnowCaironorthwardtotheMediterranean.Formillenniums,allthewaybacktotheancientEgyptianhistorianManethoandthelistsofkingsfoundinEgyptiantemples,thefirsttruerulerofEgypt—thefounderoftheFirstDynastyofpharaohs—hasbeenlistedasKingMenes.ItwasMeneswhowasthoughttohaveunifiedUpperandLowerEgypt.Butin1898,excavationsatHierakonpolisinUpperEgyptrevealedsacred1/5圣才电子书www.100xuexi.com十万种考研考证电子书、题库视频学习平台objectsdatingbacktotheverybeginningsofEgyptiancivilization.Themostimportantofthoseobjectswastheso-calledNarmerPalette,whichdepictedakingnotmentionedinEgyptianhistories.ThisKingNarmer—anamemeaning“strikingcatfish”wasdepictedwearingboththewhitecrownofUpperEgyptandtheredcrownofLowerEgypt,suggestingitwashewhohadunifiedthetwolands.SomescholarsbelievethatNarmerandMeneswerethesameperson.OthersclaimNarmerwasMenes’immediatepredecessorandthathisnamewasnotincludedonthelistsforreasonsthatarenotyetknown.Theargumenthasyettobesettled.Alsofoundinthe1898excavationswasamace,thetraditionalsymbolofkings.Themace—theoldesteverfoundinEgypt—portraysamanwearingthewhitecrownofUpperEgypt,accompaniedbythesymbolsforkingandscorpion.Intheabsenceofanysupportingevidence,however,mostarcheologistshadbelievedthatthisKingScorpionwasamythicalfigure.Onehundredyearslater,however,GunterDreyeroftheGermanArcheologicalInstitutediscoveredatombburiedinthesandsnearAbydos,theEgyptiannecropolis,orcityofthedead,thatheisconfidentisKingScorpion’s.The12-roomtombisconstructedofmudbricksandappearstobeadownsizedreplicaofScorpion’spalace.Althoughthetombhadbeenpillagedandthemummystolen,Dreyerfoundanivoryscepter,aclearindicationthatitwasaroyaltomb.Carbon-14datingshowedthatthescepterdatesfromabout3250BC,makingittheoldestscepterfoundinEgypt.Oneroominthetombwasfilledwithpotteryshards,2/5圣才电子书www.100xuexi.com十万种考研考证电子书、题库视频学习平台apparentlyfromjarsusedtoholdwineandothervaluablesfortheafterlife.Inscribedoneachofthejarsininkwasthesymbolofascorpion.Dreyer’smostcontroversialfindinthetombwasaseriesof160boneandivorytagsthesizeofpostagestampscarvedwithsimplepicturesthatDreyerbelievesareprimitivehieroglyphs.Iftheyare,infact,writing,theypredatethecommonlyacceptedoriginofcuneiformwritinginMesopotamisby200years.Morerecently,YaleUniversityarcheologistJohnDarnellandhiswifeDeborahhavediscoveredaprimitivescenecarvedonrocksneartheQenaBendoftheNileRiverthatappearstocommemorateavictorybyKingScorpion,whoalreadyruledthekingdomsofAbydosandHierakonpolis,overthekingdomofNaqada—acitythatworshippedSet,thegodofchaos.Darnellbelievesitistheoldestknownhistoricaldocument,andthatitsignifiestheunificationforUpperEgypt150yearsbeforeNarmerunifiedtheentirecountry.ConquestofNaqadagaveKingScorpioncontrolnotonlyoftheNile,butalsoofcrucialroadsleadingeasttotheRedSeaandwesttotheoasesofthewesterndesert.1.Whatisthispassagemainlyabout?A.Thefictionmovie“TheScorpionKing”.B.ThestudiesbyarcheologistsaboutwhetherornottherewasaKingScorpion.C.ThearcheologicalhistoryofEgypt.D.AnessentialroleplayedbytheScorpionKing.2.Intheauthor’seyes,mostarcheologistsdidn’tbelievetheexistenceoftheKingScorpionuntil______.3/5圣才电子书www.100xuexi.com十万种考研考证电子书、题库视频学习平台A.theEgyptiannecropolisnearAlydoswasdiscoveredB.peoplefoundadepictionintheEgyptiandesertabouttheScorpionKing’svictoryC.somesacredobjectswererevealedatHierakonpolisD.“NarmerPalette”appeared3.Theauthor’sattitudetowardstheexistenceoftheKingScorpionis______.A.criticalB.neutralC.positiveD.suspicious4.AccordingtoGunterDreyer’sfinding,whichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?A.Boneandivorytagsareprimitivehieroglyphics.B.Ivoryscepterprovedthetombaroyalone.C.Eachofthejarshasthesymbolofascorpion.D.Thetombisconstructedofmetal.5.Thepassageismostlikelyapartof______.A.apieceofnewsB.aninterestinginterviewC.aresearchreportD.afictionnovel【答案与解析】4/5圣才电子书www.100xuexi.com十万种考研考证电子书、题库视频学习平台1.B纵观全文可知，作者始终围绕是否存在“蝎子王”这一史实解说，因此B项为正确答案。2.A文中第七段第一句“GunterDreyer...heisconfidentisKingScorpion’s”，这才使大多数考古学家相信“theexistenceoftheKingScorpion”。故选A。3.C文章第一句“…indicatetherereallywasaKingScorpion”，在全文中作者又不断举例证明蝎子王的存在，可知语气是肯定的，选C项。4.D文中第七段说“tombisconstructedofmudbricks”而非“metal”，而其他三项在文中都可找到，因此选D项。5.A从文章的措词与结构可知，文章是新闻的一部分（apieceofnews）。选A项。5/5
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