三、阅读理解(共25小题。A节每小题2分，B节每小题1分；满分45分)

　　A)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

　　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 2000 years.

　　Once ,Pompeii was a busy city of 22000 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 lf 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 cneturies, 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 20000 seats. Perhaps the most important of all,there were everyday objects , whicn tell us a great deal about the people who lived in Pompeii. Many glasses and jars had some dark blue collue in the bottom, so we know that the people of Pompeii liked wine.They likde bread, too; metal bread pans were in veery 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 comtinues. One-fourth has not been uncovered yet. Scientists are still digging, still making discoveries that draw the tourists to Pompeii.

　　51. 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.

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

　　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.

　　53. 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.

　　54.What do we know about the Pompeiians who lived 2000 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.

　　B

　　When I was a boy, I belonged to the Boy Scouts(童子军)，so I used to go camping every summer ,and once something happened which I have never been able to explain.

　　We were camping in a place above a river. After arriving,we all rushed down to the river and had a swim. Standing by the river, we noticed that it was surrounded(环绕)by cliffs(悬崖).If someone wanted to reach the river at this point, he had to past our camp.

　　Several days later, the scoutmaster had to be away for a day. That afternoon, we had supper early. We were sitting round the fire, eating and talking, when a man walked past and went down towards the river. We all felt that this man looked very strange, but, because each of us was afraid of looking very stupid, no one said anything.

　　We ate rather slowly, taking as long as possible. After finishing, we collected our plates together so that we could take them to the river where we always washed them. But no one moved towards the river -we stood looking at each other ashamed. Then all shouting at once, we began talking about the man who had walked past us. We agreed how strange he looked and we wondered what he could be doing by the river. We knew that he could only return by passing through our camp.

　　An hour passed. Then one of the boys suggested we should creep(悄悄移动)down by the river so that we could see what the man was doing. Mooving very slowly and keeping in the shadow, we crept down towards the bank. One boy climbed a tree so that he could see everything clearly. He called to us that there was no one there, so we ran down to the bank, looking everywhere carefully. We could not understand where the man had gone.

　　When it got dark , we went back to our camp feeling bewildered. We told the scoutmaster what had happened in the evening. Smiling, he doubted that we had seen the man , but finally suggested we go and look again. We did, but there was no one there.

　　Many years have passed, but I still remember it as if it were yesterday. What did we see? I do not know.

　　55. The writer in the text mainly tells us .

　　A. the story of his childhood B. a strange camping experience

　　C. about a stranger by the river D. about a good place for caming

　　56. Why did the boys eat their supper slowly?

　　A. They wanted to dealy going to the river bank.

　　B. They were waiting for their scoutmaster.

　　C. They had a supper earlier than usual .

　　D. They were talking while eating.

　　57. The word "bewildered" in the text probably mians .

　　A. ashamed B. nervous

　　C. unable to understand D. eager to know something

　　58. When he heard what had happened, the scoutmaster .

　　A. realized who the man was

　　B. started to worry about the man

　　C. went back to look for the man

　　D. felt it hard to believe the boys

　　59. The writer still remembers the event because .

　　A. the boys acted foolishly

　　B. the camping place is biautiful

　　C. there has been no explanation for the event

　　D. he particularly enjoyed his camping that summer