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When Mt Vesuvius erupted (爆发)in 79 A.D, it destroyed the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. The first excavators (挖掘者)were the people of Pompeii who, 36 to their city when the eruption stopped, dug down through the 37 of their buried homes and salvaged (抢救)what they could 38 their furniture and 39 . the tunnels they 40 through the solidified ash can still be seen in place. But a time came 41 Pompeii and Herculaneum were forgotten. Throughout the Middle Age these two buried cities were not 42 . and it was not until 1709 43 an Austrian prince sank a shaft at Herculaneum then, by means of underground tunnels, 44 the city of its treasures, in 1729 systematic(系统地)excavation began on the same site.
From the end of the eighteenth century to the present day, digging had gone practically continuously,_45 slowly, and often with few resources. Perhaps this slowness has not been entirely a 46 ., since it has resulted in large, untouched sections of both cities left preserved for modern, scientific 47 . Archeological(考古学的)techniques have 48 so much in the last fifty years that a 49 can now be shown far more archeological information than was possible before. Today most of Pompeii and a substantial section of Herculaneum have been 50 . They are the best archaeological sites in 51 , and the most wonderful. For here, and 52 else on earth are ancient cities in which 53 did not die out but was suddenly 54 . “Behind these walls”, as one writer has said, “lies an ancient Italian town, stilled in a moment of time. To enter the 55 of this city is to walk 2000 years in the past.
36. A. arriving B. retuning C. coming D. going
37. A. walls B. floors C. gates D. roofs
38. A. of B. from C. out of D. in
39. A. thing B. tools C. owings D. belongings
40. A. went B. got C. drove D. moved
41. A. when B. and C. that D. until
42. A. discovered B. researched C. disturbed D. reached
43. A. when B. that C. before D. after
44. A. stole B. removed C. cured D. robbed
45. A. but B. though C. even D. despite
46. A. mistake B. wrong--doing C. advantage D. disadvantage
47. A. discovery B. research C. excavation D. foundation
48. A. improved B. changed C. added to D. enlarged
49. A. spot B. site C. place D. position
50. A. thrown B. stopped C. removed D. cleared
51. A. Africa B. Asia C. America D. Europe
52. A. somewhere B. anywhere C. nowhere D. everywhere
53. A. human being B. life C. citizens D. animals
54. A. arrested B. found C. seen D. discovered
55. A. walls B. gates C. center D. roofs
35. There are six waiting-rooms in the new railway station, _______about 26000 passengers.
A. seating B. sat C. seated D. sitting
34. The point is, We should judge a person on his inner characteristics ____ on what he wears.
A. in order that B. as a result of C. in case of D. rather than
33. If you put all the insects in the world together, they would weigh more than all the people
and ______of the animals on the earth.
A. the other B. the rest C. another D. the others
32. Under more favorable conditions, we________ better.
A. need have done B. could have done C. should do D. had to do
31.The population in Beijing has _______ doubled in the past ten years.
A. larger than B. as great as C. more than D. as many as
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