8．Every year thousands of tourists visit Pompeii，Italy．They see the sights that Pompeii is famous for its stadium（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 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（喷发） 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（灰烬） 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（喷泉），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．
分析 文章大意：这是一篇说明文，本文介绍了每年都有成千上万的游客来参观庞贝古城，科学家对庞贝古城的发掘只完成了四分之一，这已经吸引了大量游客来参观．作者还介绍了庞贝古城是怎么被掩埋的，考古挖掘后发现庞贝人是如何生活的等．
解答 45．答案：D．细节推断题．原文没有直接说出参观者到庞贝古城的目的．通读全文可知，庞贝古城是一座被火山吞没的城市．由于火山突然喷发，人们来不及逃避，而保留了当时人们生活的遗迹．所以参观者来的目的是看一看庞贝人当时是如何生活的．选D．
46．答案：C．细节推断题．根据第二段后两句话Mount Vesuvius had not erupted for centuries，so the people of Pompeii felt safe．But they were not．维苏威火山没有爆发的世纪，所以庞贝古城的人感到安全．但他们不安全．可知，几乎没有人想到火山会重新喷发．因此会留在维苏威火山脚下．选C．
47．答案：B．推理判断题．根据第二、三段可知庞贝古城位于维苏威火山脚下，维苏威是一座火山，但有多个世纪没有喷发了．人们以为它不会再喷发，但是，在公元79年8月，火山突然喷发，整个城市被埋葬在石头和灰尘下．由于火山突然喷发，人们在毫无思想准备的情况下被埋葬了，所以保留了当时全部的情景．选B．
48．答案：A．推理判断题．根据倒数第二段最后一行In one bakery there were 81 round，flat loaves of bread-a type of bread that is still sold in Italy today在一个面包店里，有81个圆扁型的面包．现在仍然在意大利销售． 及所述参观者所看到2000年前庞贝人生活的情景可以得出结论，他们当时的生活状况或多或少和现在的意大利人生活的状况相同．选A．
点评 阅读题型，要注重句子与句子之间、段落与段落之间逻辑关系以及对篇章的整体理解．根据所给问题选择正确选项完成试题．
