Every year thousands of tourists visit Pompeii, Italy. They see the sights that Pompeii is famous for ― its stadium (露天大型运动场) 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 2000 years. Once, Pompeii was a busy city of 22000 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 stones and hot 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 stone and ash. 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（喷泉）, houses and shops. There was a stadium with 20000 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. Tiny boxes filled with a dark, shiny powder tell us that women liked to wear eye makeup.
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?
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A．To visit the volcano |
B．To shop and eat there |
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C．To watch sports and plays |
D．To watch how Pompeiians lived |
2.Why had so many Pompeiians remained by volcanic Mount Vesuvius?
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A．The city nearby offered all kinds of fun. |
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B．The area produced the finest wine in Italy. |
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C．Few people expected the volcano to erupt again. |
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D．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?
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A．Because Ginseppe and his men dug it slowly and carefully. |
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B．Because the city was buried alive and remained untouched. |
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C．Because scientists successfully rebuilt the city with everyday objects. |
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D．Because nobody had lived in the city ever since the volcano erupted. |
4.What do we know about the Pompeiians who lived 2000 years ago?
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A．They lived more or less the same as Italians now do. |
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B．They liked women wearing all kinds of makeup. |
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C．They enjoyed a good life with drinking and eating. |
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D．They went back to Pompeii after the eruption in AD 79. |
A gentleman put an advertisement in a newspaper for a boy to work in his office. Out of the nearly fifty men who come to apply, the man selected one and dismissed the others.
“I should like to know,” said a friend, “the reason you preferred that boy, who brought not a single letter—not a recommendation (介绍信)，”
“You are wrong” said the gentleman. He had a great man. He wiped his feet at the door and closed the door after him, indicating that he was careful. He gave his seat immediately to that old man, showing that he was kind and thoughtful. He took off his cap when he came in and answered my questions, showing that he was polite and gentlemanly.
“ All the rest stepped over the book which I had purposely put on the floor.” He picked it up and placed it on the table; and he waited quietly for his turn instead of pushing and crowding.
When I asked to him, I noticed his tidy clothing, his neatly brushed hair, and his clean fingernails. “ Can’t you see that these things are excellent recommendations? I consider them more significant than letters.”
1.A gentleman put an advertisement in a newspaper___________
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A．in order to hire an office boy |
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B．so as to dismiss the others |
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C．in order to select one among the fifty applicants |
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D．so as to select one and dismiss the others |
2.The underlined word “indicating” probably means ________.
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A．that is |
B．and of course |
C．so |
D．suggesting |
3.___________ was the very person the gentleman preferred.
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A．He who has a great many letters |
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B．He who had no letters |
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C．He who wiped his feet before entering the room |
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D．he who was careful, kind , polite and thoughtful |
4.The gentleman dismissed the other boys because_________.
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A．they didn’t pick up the book lying on the floor |
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B．they pushed and crowded |
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C．they were impolite |
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D．all the above |
5.According to the passage, we know that the gentleman hired the boy______.
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A．not by his letters but by his good manners |
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B．by the relationship between them |
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C．by the feelings |
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D．by his letters |
通读下面短文，了解其大意，然后从21—40各小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项
After their business trip, John and Mary returned, eager to see their lovely children. As they drove into their home town feeling glad to be back, they noticed 21 , and they went off their usual route to see what it was. They found a 22 in flames. Mary said, “Oh, well, it isn’t our fire, let’s go home.”
But John 23 closer and screamed, “That home belongs to Fred Jones who works at the plant. He wouldn’t be 24 works yet, maybe there is something we could do. ” “It has nothing to do with us”, Mary 25 .
But John drove up and stopped and they were both horror-stricken to see the whole house in 26 . A woman on the lawn was screaming, “The children! Get the children!” John 27 her by the shoulder saying, “Get a hold of yourself and tell us where the children are!” “In the 28 ,” cried the woman, “down the hall and to the left. ”
In spite of Mary’s disagreement John 29 for the basement which was full of smoke and 30 hot. He found the door and two children. 31 he left he could hear some more sobbing（哭泣）. He 32 the two badly frightened children into 33 arms and started back asking how many more children were down there. They told him 34 more and Mary grasped his arm and screamed, “John! Don’t go back! It’s 35 ! That house will fall down any second. ”
36 he ran into the smoke-filled hallway and at last he found both children. As he climbed up the 37 stairs, the thought went through his mind that there was something strangely 38 about the little bodies next to him, and at last when they came out into the 39 and fresh air, he found that he had just 40 his own children.
The baby-sitter had left them at this home while she did some shopping.
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I ________ that I won’t tell anyone your secret. You should trust me.
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A．swear. |
B．declare |
C．announce |
D．demand |
It is an interesting old document but there are a lot of words I can”t .
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A．make up |
B．made up of |
C．make out |
D．made of |
Only ____ as a volunteer ____ how important it is to grasp English.
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A．when will I work; I realize |
B．when I work; I will realize |
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C．when I work; will I realize |
D．when I will work; will I realize |
