When people die, their bodies will go bad. There are only bones after many years. But a mummy is different, the mummy doesn’t go bad. People found mummies all over the world, most of them in Egypt. People also found mummies in other countries in South America and Asia. People also found mummies in the cold places and deserts. The most famous natural mummy is Ötzi(奥兹),the Iceman.People found it in 1991. 

There is a mummy, and it is over 8,000 years old. The British Museum(大英博物馆) in London has the oldest Egyptian mummy, and it is 4,500 years old. Howard Carter from Britain found the body of Tutankhamun(图坦卡蒙) in 1922, and it is the most famous mummy in the world. Today scientists study mummies. They study the bodies and try to know how they lived. They can also find what they ate and what kind of diseases they had.        

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1.When people die, there are only_____after many years.

A eyes

B hands

C bones

D feet

解析：选C。细节理解题。根据第一段第一、二句When people die, their bodies will go bad. There are only bones after many years.可知，故选C。

2.People didn’t found mummies in_______.

A deserts

B cold places

C Egypt

D water

解析：选D。判断推理题。根据文章第一段内容可知并未在水中发现木乃伊，故选D。

3.When did people find Ötzi?

A In 1919.

B In 1991.

C In 1921.

D In 1922.

解析：选B。细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句People found it in 1991.可知，故选B。

4.What does the underlined word “study” mean in Chinese?

A 学习

B 书房

C 研究

D 模仿

解析：选C。语义猜测题。科学家应为“研究”木乃伊，故选C。

5.What’s the best title for the passage?

A Mummies

B Tutankhamun

C Ötzi-the Iceman

D The British Museum

解析：选A。主旨大意题。A项概括了文章主要内容，其他几项都只讲到文中的一个点，故选A。