解析　推理判断题。根据第一段最后一句可知在作者看来，冰岛是一个很适合远足的国家。

2．What does the underlined word "decent" in Paragraph 2 most probably mean?

A．Hot. B．Good.

C．Terrible. D．Windy.

答案　B

解析　词义猜测题。根据第二段第二句可知作者建议晚春时去冰岛是因为那时天气好，故选B项。

3．How did the writer find the tour company?

A．Through ads on TV.

B．Through the Internet.

C．Through his friends.

D．Through posters on the streets.

答案　B

解析　细节理解题。根据第二段第三句可知B项正确。

4．During the hiking，the writer may NOT .

A．have been to a national park

B．have seen any waterfalls

C．have viewed any icebergs

D．have seen any wild animals

答案　D

解析　细节理解题。根据第二段倒数第二句可知作者到了冰岛的一个国家公园；根据第三段第一、二句可知作者看到了瀑布和冰山；作者并没有说看到野生动物，故选D项。

When a Swedish ship that sank in 1628 was recovered from the port of Stockholm，historians and scientists were overjoyed with the chance to examine the remains of the past.The ship construction showed how ships were built and operated during the seventeenth century.In this way，artifacts，objects made by human beings，provided a picture of daily life almost 400 years ago.

Underwater archaeology-the study of ships，aircraft and human settlements that have sunk under large bodies of water-is really a product of the last 50 years.The rapid growth of this new area of study has occurred because of the invention of better diving equipment.Besides the Swedish ship