本文是2011年上海高考英语阅读最难的一篇

本文是

2011

年上海高考英语阅读最难的一篇 。文章大意说的是英国考古学家反对一项法律

条文，因为据此法律条文，英国古代人的残 骸将被重新掩埋，这对考古以及科学研究会造

成诸多不利。

文章可以分为三个部分。前面两段是

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位英国考古学家联名上书，提出这个法律条文对

考古 及科学研究会造成影响的担忧。三、四两段主要是举例说明实行这条法律的后果：会

使得 将来的考古发现变得没有意义。最后三段说的是政府当局对此法律的态度和做法。英

国政 府两年前对考古学家保证这条法律是临时的，但至今也未进行修正，并且，相关部门

也未 对残骸应该如何掩埋，掩埋于何地，以及保存怎样的掩埋记录进行详细规划。

分析：科普文一直是许多同学头疼的阅读题材。科普文涉及的面可以很广，并且很多

内容与我们同学的生活可能不是很相关，因此它也是高考阅读中最难的部分，碰到此类文

章，同学务必要对文章进行分段。理清文章逻辑关系及层次。科普文一般都极有逻辑性。

以本文为例，文章首先提出了一个现象，然后通过举例进行后果的阐释，最后给出相关背

景知识。

高考真题是我们提高英语阅读的最好的材料。

仔细做一下，

不要急于对答案。

精读问题和

答案，找到原文的 信息点，分析文章的结构，这是做好阅读的关健

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Human remains of ancient settlements will be reburied and lost to science under a law that

threatens research into the history of humans in Britain, a group of leading archaeologists(

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) says. I a letter addressed to the justice secretary, Ken Clarke, 40 archaeologists write of their

“deep and widespread concern” about the issue. It centers on the law introduced by the Ministry of

Justice in 2008 which requires all human remains unearthed in England and Wales to be reburied

within two years, regardless of their age. The decision means scientists have too little time to

study bones and other human remains of national and cultural significance.

“Your current requirement that all archaeologically unearthed human remains should be

reburied, whether after a standard period of two years or further special extension, is contrary to

basic principles of archaeological and scientific research and of museum practice,” they write.

The law applies to any pieces of bone uncovered at around 400 dig sites, including the

remains of 60 or so bodies found at Stonehenge in 2008 that date back to 3,000 BC.

Archaeologists have been granted a temporary extension to give them more time, but eventually

the bones will have to be returned to the ground.

The arrangements may result in the waste of future discoveries at sites such as Happisburgh

in Norfolk, where digging is continuing after the discovery of stone tools made by early humans

950,000 years ago. If human remains were found at Happisburgh, they would be the oldest in

northern Europe and the first indication of what this species was. Under the current practice of the

law those remains would have to be reburied and effectively destroyed.

Before 2008, guidelines allowed for the proper preservation and study of bones of sufficient

age and historical interest, while the Burial Act 1857 applied to more recent remains. The Ministry

of Justice assured archaeologists two years ago that the law was temporary, but has so far failed to

revise it.