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1. The workbook that follows the Student’s Book is i__________ to help you review the words, phrases and grammars you have learned.

2. V__________ are in great need in the coming Olympic Games, for they can help foreign athletes to get to the stadiums, record the results of the games and so on.

3. The company spent a lot of money ________（推销，宣传）their products on TV.

4. I was ______(僵住)at the sight of the frightening scene.

5. He worked so hard that e_________ he made himself ill.

6. Pompeii , a wealthy _________（商业的） city ,existed almost 2000 years ago.

7. There are many s_________ between the twins.

8. The student who was cheating in the exam ________（恐慌） when hearing the coming steps.

9. He practices reading English every morning and now his p________ has improved a lot.

10. My mum will have the fence p_______ white before Christmas.

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?

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

3.Why did the city uncovered look almost the same as it had looked in AD 79?

4.What do we know about the Pompeiians who lived 2000 years ago?

Every year thousands of tourists visit Pompeii, Italy. They see the sight that Pompeii is famous for—its stadium and theaters, its shops and restaurants. The tourists do not, however, see Pompeii’s people. No one has lived in Pompeii for almost 2,ooo years.

Once Pompeii was a busy city of 22,000 people. It lay at the foot of Mt Vesuvius, a grass-covered volcano. Mt Vesuvius had not erupted for centuries, so the people of Pompeii felt safe. But they were not. In August of the year 79 AD, Mt Vesuvius erupted. The entire top of the mountain exploded, and a huge black cloud rose into the air. Soon stones and hot ashes 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 almost looked the same as it had looked in 79 AD. 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 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 number of people come to Pompeii each year?

2.Why did the city uncovered look almost the same as it had looked in 79 AD ?

3.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 79 AD.

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I was ___53___ excited to be picked to represent Canada. I have been to Pompeii in Italy and am now in China visiting Loulan.

Both places were important commercial cities ___54__ 2,000 years ago. They disappeared and became lost    55   . Pompeii was founded in the 8th century BC and was taken over by the Romans in 89 BC. Pompeii was destroyed __56 _ a volcano, which erupted __57__ covered Pompeii with ash. All the people were buried alive, and so was the city.

Loulan was a stopping point on the famous Silk Road __58__ the East and the West. ___59__ is believed that Loulan was gradually covered by sandstorms and then disappeared under the sand.

There are just a few ruins __60__. Some treasure, such as coins and painted pots, was found, and recently some tombs. I am becoming very interested in ancient civilizations. Maybe I shall become an archaeologist one day.