B
As teenagers, most students are trying their best to get into a good high school. But a Canadian teenager named William Gadoury is not interested in this kind of thing. Instead, he has a great interest in Mayan（玛雅人的）culture. Recently, the 15-year-old boy said that he had discovered a lost Mayan city in Mexico.
William showed great interest in Mayan culture at a young age. To his surprise, he noticed that while people from other cultures liked building their cities near the water, Mayans liked building their cities in forests, on mountains, or in other places far away from water. Why did they make such choices? William wanted to find out the answer. After studying the locations of 117 known Mayan cities, he found out the connection between the cities and the stars: it seems the Mayans built their cities to match different constellations(星座).
William compared the known Mayan cities
with 23 constellations. While studying the final constellation, he saw three stars but only two known cities. So he guessed there might be another city that people hadn't found yet. With the help of the Canadian Space Agency and Google Maps, he finally found a place that he believes is the lost Mayan city.
However, not all scientists think so. One scientist says that the so-called "lost Mayan city" is in fact an abandoned corn field that hasn't been used for many years.
25. William became interested in Mayan culture when .
A. he was at a young age
B. he was sixteen years old
C. he was living in Mexico
D. he got into a high school
26. According to William, Mayans built their cities in the place except .
A. in forests B. on mountains
C. far from rivers D. near the water
27. Why did William believe there was another city that hadn't been found?
A. There were two unknown cities.
B. The final constellation has two stars.
C. The numbers of the stars and cities didn't match.
D. He found something strange.
28. What's the Chinese meaning of the underlined word "abandoned"?
A. 废弃的 B. 孤立的
C. 新兴的 D. 广阔的
29. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. All the scientists agreed with William.
B. William found the lost Mayan city by himself.
C. Many teenagers are interested in Mayan culture.
D. William studied the connection between the cities and the stars.

25.A 26.D 27.C 28.A 29.D
B
【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文,讲述了加拿大少年 William Gadoury 对玛雅文化的热爱以及他通过研究城市与星座的联系,声称发现了一座失落的玛雅城市的故事。
25. A 解析:细节理解题。根据第二段“William showed great interest in Mayan culture at a young age.”可知,他从小就对玛雅文化感兴趣。故选 A。
26. D 解析:细节理解题。根据第二段“Mayans liked building their cities in forests, on mountains, or in other places far away from water.”可知,玛雅人不把城市建在水边。故选 D。
27. C 解析:细节理解题。根据第三段“... he saw three stars but only two known cities. So he guessed there might be another city ...”可知,星座与城市的数量不匹配。故选 C。
28. A 解析:词义猜测题。根据语境可知,科学家认为所谓的失落城市实际上是“废弃的”玉米地。abandoned 意为“废弃的”。故选 A。
29. D 解析:细节理解题。根据第二段“he found out the connection between the cities and the stars”可知,William 研究了城市与星座的联系。故选 D。

【分析】
本题为英语阅读理解题，主要考查细节理解和词义猜测能力。解题思路为：针对每道题目，先明确题目类型（细节题/词义猜测题），再根据题干关键词定位原文对应内容，对比选项与原文信息，选出正确答案。
【解析】
25. 细节理解题：根据第二段“William showed great interest in Mayan culture at a young age”可知，William从小就对玛雅文化感兴趣，对应选项A。
26. 细节理解题：根据第二段“Mayans liked building their cities in forests, on mountains, or in other places far away from water”可知，玛雅人建城不在水边，对应选项D。
27. 细节理解题：根据第三段“he saw three stars but only two known cities. So he guessed there might be another city”可知，星星数量和已知城市数量不匹配，对应选项C。
28. 词义猜测题：根据语境，科学家认为所谓的“失落玛雅城市”是未使用多年的玉米地，故abandoned意为“废弃的”，对应选项A。
29. 细节理解题：逐一核对选项：A项（并非所有科学家同意）错误；B项（不是独自发现，借助了加拿大航天局和谷歌地图）错误；C项（大部分学生想上好高中，而非对玛雅文化感兴趣）错误；D项（William研究了城市与星座的联系）与原文一致，正确。
【答案】
25.A 26.D 27.C 28.A 29.D
【知识点】
英语阅读理解、细节理解题、词义猜测题
【点评】
本文为记叙文类阅读理解，侧重考查学生快速定位原文信息的能力，题目以基础细节题为主，需仔细核对原文与选项的对应关系，词义猜测题需结合语境推断。
【难度系数】
0.7