Question

8．Every year thousands of tourists visit Pompeii，Italy．They see the sights that Pompeii is famous for its stadium（運動場） and theatres，its shops and restaurants．The tourists do not，however，see Pompeii's people．They do not see them because Pompeii has no people．No one has lived in Pompeii for almost 2，000 years．
    Once，Pompeii was a busy city of 22，000 people．It lay at the foot of Mount Vesuvius，a grass-covered volcano．Mount Vesuvius had not erupted（噴發(fā)） for centuries，so the people of Pompeii felt safe．But they were not．
    In August of AD 79，Mount Vesuvius erupted．The entire top of the mountain exploded（爆炸），and a huge black cloud rose into the air．Soon stones and hot ash（灰燼） began to fall on Pompeii．When the eruption ended two days later，Pompeii was buried under 20 feet of stones and ashes．Almost all of its people were dead．
    For centuries，Pompeii lay buried under stones and ashes．Then，in the year 1861，an Italian scientist named Ginseppe began to uncover Pompeii．Slowly，carefully，Ginseppe and his men dug．The city looked almost the same as it had looked in AD 79．There were streets and fountains（噴泉），houses and shops．There was a stadium with 20，000 seats．Perhaps the most important of all，there were everyday objects，which told us a great deal about the people who lived in Pompeii．Many glasses and jars had some dark blue color in the bottom，so we know that the people of Pompeii liked wine．They liked bread，too；metal bread pans were in every bakery（面包店）．In one bakery there were 81 round，flat loaves of bread-a type of bread that is still sold in Italy today．Tiny boxes filled with dark，shiny powder tell（粉末） us that women liked to wear eye make-up．
    Ginseppe has died，but his work continues．One-fourth has not been uncovered yet．Scientists are still digging，still making discoveries that draw the tourists to Pompeii．

45．Why do large number of people come to Pompeii each year？D
A．To visit the volcano．
B．To shop and eat there．
C．To watch sports and plays．
D．To see how Pompeiians lived．
46．Why had so many Pompeiians remained by volcanic Mount Vesuvius？C
A．The city nearby offered all kinds of fun．
B．The area produced the finest wine in Italy．
C．Few people expected the volcano to erupt again．
D．The mountain was beautiful and covered with grass．
47．Why did the city uncovered look almost the same as it had looked in AD 79？B
A．Because Ginseppe and his men dug it slowly and carefully．
B．Because the city was buried alive and remained untouched．
C．Because scientists successfully rebuilt the city with everyday objects．
D．Because nobody had lived in the city ever since the volcano erupted．
48．What do we know about the Pompeiians who lived 2，000 years ago？A
A．They lived more or less the same as Italians now do．
B．They liked women wearing all kinds of make-ups．
C．They enjoyed a lazy life with drinking and eating．
D．They went back to Pompeii after the eruption in AD 79．

Answer 1

分析 文章大意：這是一篇說明文，本文介紹了每年都有成千上萬的游客來參觀龐貝古城，科學(xué)家對龐貝古城的發(fā)掘只完成了四分之一，這已經(jīng)吸引了大量游客來參觀．作者還介紹了龐貝古城是怎么被掩埋的，考古挖掘后發(fā)現(xiàn)龐貝人是如何生活的等．

解答 45．答案：D．細節(jié)推斷題．原文沒有直接說出參觀者到龐貝古城的目的．通讀全文可知，龐貝古城是一座被火山吞沒的城市．由于火山突然噴發(fā)，人們來不及逃避，而保留了當(dāng)時人們生活的遺跡．所以參觀者來的目的是看一看龐貝人當(dāng)時是如何生活的．選D．
46．答案：C．細節(jié)推斷題．根據(jù)第二段后兩句話Mount Vesuvius had not erupted for centuries，so the people of Pompeii felt safe．But they were not．維蘇威火山?jīng)]有爆發(fā)的世紀(jì)，所以龐貝古城的人感到安全．但他們不安全．可知，幾乎沒有人想到火山會重新噴發(fā)．因此會留在維蘇威火山腳下．選C．
47．答案：B．推理判斷題．根據(jù)第二、三段可知龐貝古城位于維蘇威火山腳下，維蘇威是一座火山，但有多個世紀(jì)沒有噴發(fā)了．人們以為它不會再噴發(fā)，但是，在公元79年8月，火山突然噴發(fā)，整個城市被埋葬在石頭和灰塵下．由于火山突然噴發(fā)，人們在毫無思想準(zhǔn)備的情況下被埋葬了，所以保留了當(dāng)時全部的情景．選B．
48．答案：A．推理判斷題．根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段最后一行In one bakery there were 81 round，flat loaves of bread-a type of bread that is still sold in Italy today在一個面包店里，有81個圓扁型的面包．現(xiàn)在仍然在意大利銷售． 及所述參觀者所看到2000年前龐貝人生活的情景可以得出結(jié)論，他們當(dāng)時的生活狀況或多或少和現(xiàn)在的意大利人生活的狀況相同．選A．

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