On March 29, 1974, farmers were digging     1     (well) northeast of Xi’an when they made an amazing find: the bodies of life - sized figures These figures     2     (confirm) from the Qin Dynasty by archaeologists later. People dug up statues of more than 500 warriors, 24 horses, and 6 chariots in that same field within weeks, making     3     the archaeological find of the century.

The     4     (found) of the Qin Dynasty was Qinshihuang, who made his capital the city of Xianyang, which is on the northwestern border. It was no secret that when Qinshihuang died, he was buried in     5     enormous tomb more than 70 meters tall, northeast of Xi’an. About 500 secondary tombs and sites were discovered nearby.     6    , through the ages, details of his tomb had become forgotten so when the first terracotta soldiers were unearthed in 1974, the whole world reacted     7     surprise.

Only a small part of the area around Qinshihuang’s tomb bas been explored, and the contents of the tomb itself is still a mystery. According to old stories, it contains a     8     (mass), underground palace, filled with treasure. While some research has been done on the tomb, and it appears     9     these old stories may be true, the tomb has not been discovered because of the challenges     10     (involve) in preserving what is found It could take many more years to discover all the secrets buried there.

A water system from more than 3,600 years ago     1     (discover) in Central China’s Henan province so far. This find will improve people’s understanding of the city design back then. According to local archaeologists (考古学家), one of the sections was built on a natural river channel, while the remaining two     2     (be) entirely artificial. About 540 meters of ditches (沟) were unearthed，with a     3     (wide) of about 12 meters at the widest point, and a depth of roughly four meters at     4     (it) deepest point. Ruins of the city covered about 25 square kilometers, and it is believed to be a former Shang capital     5     (construct) by Emperor Tang, the first emperor of the Shang Dynasty.

In one of the ditch sections, archaeologists found artificial open channels and stone facilities for water diversion,    6     (indicate) that in the early Shang Dynasty, there had already been complex functional design of the water system.    7     (remain) of handicraft workshops for copper (铜) casting and making bone objects were also found. The ditches were connected with ponds and gardens in the northern parts of the city,    8     means that water in the system supplied not only production and life in the city, but was also used for landscaping of the city.

Discovery of this water system enhanced our understanding of     9     layout of the ancient city, which is     10     great significance for in-depth study of city planning and functional zones division in the early Shang Dynasty capital.