Question

　　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（火山）. Mount Vesuvius had not erupted（喷发）for centuries, so the people of Pompeii felt safe. But they were not.

　　In August of A.D. 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. It was buried under 20 feet of stones and ash. Almost all of its people were dead.

　　For centuries, Pompeii lay buried under stones 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 A. D. 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 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. In one bakery there were 52 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.

C．To watch sports and plays.

D．To see how Pompeii lived.

(2) Why had so many Pompeians remained by volcanic Mount Vesuvius?

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A．The city nearly offered all kinds of pleasurable things.

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 A. D. 79?

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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 do we know about the Pompeians who lived 2,000 years ago?

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

B．They liked women wearing all kinds of make- up.

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

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

Answer 1

答案：D;C;B;A
解析：

(1)通过通读全文就能得知庞贝是个什么地方． (2)在文章二段能找到相应的陈述． (3)这是一道细节题，在文章第四段能找到相应的陈述． (4)这是一道综合题．细读第四段，然后综合一下就能得到正确的答案．