2 . Every year thousands of tourists visit Pompeii, Italy. They see the sights that Pompeii is famous for, like its stadium 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 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, and a huge black cloud rose into the air. Soon hot rocks and ash 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, houses, and shops. There was a stadium with 20,000 seats. Perhaps the most important of all, there were everyday objects, which tell us a great deal about the people who lived in Pompeii. Many glasses and jars had some dark blue colour in the bottom, so we know that the people of Pompeii liked wine. They liked bread, too; metal bread pans were in every bakery. In one bakery there were 81 round, flat loaves of bread — a type of bread that is still sold in Italy today.

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.

1. Why do large numbers of people come to Pompeii each year?

A．To visit the volcano.

B．To shop and eat there.

C．To watch sports and plays.

D．To see how the people of Pompeii lived.

2. Why were so many people buried?

A．Because the city nearby offered kinds of fun.

B．Because the area produced the finest wine in Italy.

C．Because few people expected the volcano to erupt again.

D．Because the mountain was beautiful and covered with grass.

3. Why did the city uncovered look almost the same as it had looked in AD 79?

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.

6 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Come and see the Terracotta Army: more than 8,000 statues were made in the     1     (three) century BCE to guard the tomb of the Chinese Emperor Qinshihuang! Each statue has a different face, leading researchers     2     (believe) that each one is a copy of a real soldier. The statues fill only one part of the emperor’s huge tomb, which still has not been     3     (complete) unearthed. More than 700,000 people     4     (work) for nearly 40 years to build this tomb.     5    , no one in modern times knew about the tomb or the terracotta statues until 1974, when some farmers discovered the tomb while they were digging a well!

7 . The pyramids of Giza(吉萨金字塔) have been timeless(永恒的) symbols of Egyptian culture. But who actually built them? For years, we did not know for sure. But recently an ancient village was discovered near the pyramids. Close by, there was a cemetery(墓地) where pyramid builders were buried. From studying these places, archeologists are now certain that the pyramids were not built by slaves or foreigners (or aliens!). Instead, ordinary Egyptians built them.

It took about eighty years to build the pyramids. According to archeologists, about 20,000 to 30,000 people took part in the task. The workers had different roles. Some were responsible for digging up the rocks that were to be used. Others were tasked with moving them, while another group was given the job of shaping them into blocks. People also worked on different teams, each with its own name. These teams would often compete against each other to do a job faster.

Life for these workers was hard. “We can see that in their skeletons,” says Azza Mohamed Sarry El-Din, a scientist who has been studying the bodies that were found in the cemetery. The bones show signs of arthritis (关节炎), which probably developed as a result of having to carry heavy things for a long time. Archeologists have also found many female skeletons in the cemetery. The damage to their bones is similar to that of the men. Their lives may have been even tougher. Male workers would on average live to be between the ages of 40 and 45, but women would only live to be between the ages of 30 and 35. However, workers usually had enough food, and they also had good medical care when they got sick or hurt.

The work was hard, but the laborers were proud of their work. On a wall in Khufu’s Great Pyramid, for example, a group of workers wrote Friends of Khufu. “It’s because they were not just building the tomb of their king,” says Egyptian archeologist Zahi Hawass. “They were building Egypt. It was a national project, and everyone was a participant.”

1. According to the latest discoveries in the text, who built the pyramids in Egypt?

A．Some foreigners.	B．Some aliens.
C．Some ordinary Egyptians.	D．Some slaves.

2. The underlined word “archeologist” (in paragraph 1) probably means “a person who studies ______.”

A．ancient societies	B．living things
C．human behavior	D．the outer space

3. What can we know about the pyramid builders from the last paragraph?

A．The pyramid builders were looking for new friends.

B．The pyramid builders were very angry with their bosses.

C．The pyramid builders were satisfied with their achievements.

D．The pyramid builders were in trouble because of their bad behavior.

4. What part of the magazine is the passage probably taken from?

A．Sports.	B．Fashion.
C．Personal Feelings.	D．Scientific Research.

8 . 请根据要求背诵的课文段落进行填空。

Come and see the Terracotta Army: more than 8, 000 statues were made in the third century BC to     1     of the Chinese Emperor Qinshihuang! Each statue has a different face, leading researchers to believe that each one is a copy of     2    . The statues fill only one part of the emperor’s huge tomb, which still has not     3     . More than 700, 000 people worked for nearly 40 years to build this tomb. However, no one     4     knew about the tomb or the terracotta statues until 1974, when some farmers discovered the tomb while they were     5     .

9 . 语法填空

The archaeological ruins of Liangzhu in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, which date back 5,300 years,       1     (include) onto the UNESCO World Heritage list as a cultural site on July 9, 2019, bringing the total number of the Asian country’s sites on the list     2    55.

The ruins,     3    core area covers 14.3 square kilometers in the northwest of Hangzhou, are considered as an important    4     (represent) of early urban civilization, with rice-growing agriculture as the economic foundation.

The heritage site includes city ruins with palace     5    (remain), 11 early-stage dams, high-level cemetery sites. The site is also known for its abundance of ceremonial jade, which shows a complicated ritual system and indicates a kingdom with     6     combined authority of god and kingship.

For example, cong — the jade piece that forms a rectangle tube with a circular inner section-is typical of artifact (器物)    7     (unearth) in Liangzhu. In 1986, the biggest known item of this kind, which weighs 6.5 kilograms and    8    (refer) to as the “King of Cong”, was discovered in Fanshan Cemetery in the city ruins.

Found in 2007, walls of the ruins and the     9    (surround) water conservation system combined to display a massive infrastructure base, the construction of which is estimated     10     (take) 4,000 people a decade to accomplish.

10 . 语法填空

Come and see the Terracotta Army: more than 8,000 statues were made in the     1    (three) century BCE     2    (guard) the tomb of the Chinese Emperor Qinshihuang! Each statue has a different face,     3    (lead) researchers to believe that each one is a copy of     4    real soldier. The     5    (statue) fill only one part of the emperor’s huge tomb, which still has not been     6    (complete) unearthed. More than 700,000 people worked for nearly 40 years to build this tomb.     7    , no one in modern times knew     8     the tomb or the terracotta statues until 1974,     9    some farmers discovered the tomb while they     10    (dig) a well!