Question

A Tour City—Pompeii

Every year thousands of tourists visit Pompeii, Italy. They see the sights that Pompeii is famous for its stadium(運(yùn)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(火山). 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,_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, 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. Tiny boxes filled with a dark, shiny power 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?

A. To visit the volcano.

B. To shop and eat there.

C. To watch sports and plays.

D. To see how Pompeiians lived.

2. Why had so many people remained by volcanic Mount Vesuvius?

A. The city nearly 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.

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.

4. What's the meaning of the underlined word “exploded” in the third paragraph?

A. 爆發(fā)       B. 震動       C. 倒塌       D. 爆裂

5. What do we know about the Pompeiians who lived 2,000 years ago?

A. They lived more or less the same as Italians now do.

B. They liked women wearing all kinds of makeup.

C. They enjoyed a lazy life with drinking and eating.

D. They went back to Pompeii after the eruption in AD 79.

Answer 1

1. 解析：選D。推理判斷題。文章沒有直接說出參觀者到Pompeii的目的。通讀全文可知，Pompeii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Pompeiians當(dāng)時是如何生活的。

2. 解析：選C。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第二段后兩句“Mount Vesuvius had not erupted for centuries, so the people of Pompeii felt safe. But they were not”可知，幾乎沒有人想到火山會重新噴發(fā)。

3. 解析：選B。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從第二、三段可知，Pompeii位于Mount Vesuvis腳下，Mount Vesuvis 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。

4. 解析：選D。詞義猜測題。從下文“a huge black cloud rose into the air”可推知整個山頂“開裂”了。

5. 解析：選A。推理判斷題。從倒數(shù)第二段所述參觀者所看到2,000年前Pomeiians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。