甘肃省会宁五中2020届高三英语10月月考

甘肃省会宁五中甘肃省会宁五中20202020届高三届高三1010月月考（英语）月月考（英语） 第一题：单项选择 1. 语音知识（共 5 小题，每小题 1 分，满分 5 分）从 A. B. C. D 四个选项中， 找出划线部分与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项。 1. BEARD A. HEARD B. BEAR C. PEAR D. HEAR 2. ACCOMPLISH A. APPLY B. BATH C. ACCESS D. AMBULANCE 3. CRIMINAL A. ISLAND B. DIVERSE C. IDEAL D. IMMIGRATION 4. ATTACH A. CHARGE B. STOMACH C. TOOTHACHE D. PSYCHOLOGIST 5. PROCEDURE A. POSSIBLE B. ASTRONOMY C. COCOA D. BONE 2. 单项选择（共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 分） 6. CAN I HELP YOU? I WANT TO BUY A BLUE TIE TO MY SHIRT. A. FIT B. MATCH C. SUIT D. BE FIT FOR 7. ALL IS NEEDED IS A SUPPLY OF OIL. A. THE THING B. THAT C. WHAT D. WHICH 8. I MUST REMEMBER_ JOHN THAT THE GARDEN NEEDS _ AREMINDING; WATERINGBTO REMIND; WATERING CREMINDING; TO WATERDTO REMIND; TO WATER 9. THE VOLLEYBALL MATCH WILL BE PUT OFF IF IT _. A. WILL RAIN B. RAINS C. RAINED D. IS RAINED 10. IF YOU _ HIM YESTERDAY, YOU _ WHAT TO DO NOW. A. ASKED WOULD KNOWB. HAD ASKED WOULD HAVE KNOWN C. ASKED HIM KNOWD. HAD ASKED WOULD KNOW 11. THE MURDERER WAS BROUGHT IN ,WITH HIS HANDS BEHIND HIS BACK. A. BEING TIED B. HAVING TIED C. TO BE TIED D. TIED 12. IT IS SAID THAT HE IS THE MANAGER OF THE COMPANY . IN OTHER WORDS ,THE COMPANY IS HIM. A. IN CHARGE OF B. TAKING CHARGE OF C. IN THE CHARGE OF D. UNDER CHARGE OF 13. I ATE _SANDWICH WHILE I WAS WAITING FOR _20:08 TRAIN. A. THE; A B. THE; THE C. A; THE D. A; A 14. IT WAS IN THE VILLAGE HE ONCE LIVED HE GOT HIS JUNIOR EDUCATION. A. THAT; WHERE B. WHERE THAT C. WHICH; WHERE D. WHERE; WHICH 15. ACCORDING TO THE RECENT RESEARCH, HEAVY COFFEE DRINKING AND HEART ATTACK IS NOT NECESSARILY AND EFFECT A. REASON B. IMPACT C. FACT D. CAUSE 16IT HAS BEEN RAINING EVERY DAY SO FAR. I HOPE TOMORROW WILL FINE. A. TURN TO B. TURN UP C. TURN INTO D. TURN OUT 17WILL YOU GO TO THE PARTY TOMORROW, XIAO HAI？ NO, _ I WAS INVITED TO. A. AS LONG AS B. SO FAR AS C. AS IF D. EVEN IF 18. WHEN I ENTERED THE ROOM, I FOUND A LITTLE BOY _ ON HIS MOTHERS KNEES _ TO DRAW A PICTURE. A. SEATED; LEARNING B. SITTING; TO LEARN C. SEATING; LEARNING D. SAT; WAS LEARNING 19. SORRY, I CANT GO CAMPING WITH YOU. I HAVE TO GET READY FOR TOMORROWS EXAM _. WE CAN DO IT TOGETHER NEXT TIME. A. NO PROBLEM B. YES, YOU ARE RIGHT C. GOOD LUCK D. YOU ARE WELCOME 20. THEY HAVE PRODUCED THEY DID LAST YEAR. A. TWICE MORE GRAIN AS B. TWICE AS MUCH GRAIN AS C. TWICE AS MANY GRAIN AS D. AS TWICE MANY GRAIN AS 第二题：完形填空（每小题 1. 5 共 30 分） HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A MOVIE IN WHICH A BUILDING WAS BURNT DOWN OR A BRIDGE WAS DESTROYED? HAVE YOU SEEN FILMS IN WHICH A TRAIN CRASHED OR A SHIP _21_ INTO THE OCEAN? IF SO, YOU MAY HAVE WONDERED HOW THESE THINGS COULD HAPPEN WITHOUT _22_THE PEOPLE IN THE FILM. THE MAN WHO KNOWS THE _23_ IS THE “SPECIAL-EFFECTS” MAN. HE HAS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT JOBS IN THE FILM _24_. HE MAY BE _25_ TO CREATE A FLOOD OR TO MAKE A BATTLEFIELD EXPLODE. BUT HE MAY ALSO BE TOLD TO CREATE A _26_ EFFECT WHICH IS MUCH LESS EXCITING, THOUGH JUST AS IMPORTANT TO THE SUCCESS OF THE FILM. IN A _27_ FOR ONE MOVIE THERE WAS A BIG GLASS BOWL _28_WITH WATER IN WHICH SMALL FISH _29_ SWIMMING. THE DIRECTOR OF THE MOVIE_30_ THE FISH TO STOP SWIMMING SUDDENLY _31_ THEY SEEMED TO STARE AT（盯着）AN ACTOR. THEN THE DIRECTOR WANTED THE FISH TO STOP STARING AND SWIM AWAY. BUT FISH SUDDENLY _32_ BE ORDERED TO DO ANYTHING. IT WAS QUITE A _33_. THE SPECIAL-EFFECTS MAN _34_ ABOUT THIS PROBLEM FOR A LONG TIME. THE RESULT WAS AN IDEA FOR _35_ THE FISH WITH A HARMLESS USE OF ELECTRICITY. _36_HE APPLIED ELECTRICITY TO THE FISH BOWL CAUSING THE FISH TO BE TOTALLY STILL（静止的）. THEN HE RAPIDLY REDUCED THE _37_ OF ELECTRICITY ALLOWING THE FISH TO BE FREE. _38_ HE GOT THE HUMOROUS EFFECT THE DIRECTOR WANTED. _39_IN OTHER PARTS OF MOVIE MAKING THERE ARE THOSE WHO HAVE DEVELOPED _40_ SKILL IN CREATING CERTAIN KINDS OF EFFECTS. JIM WHITE, WHO HAS BEEN A SPECIAL-EFFECTS MAN FOR THIRTY-TWO YEARS, IS BEST KNOWN FOR WORK WITH SHIPS AND AIRPLANES. 21. A. BURNEDB. SANKC. FELL D. DROPPED 22. A. TELLINGB. HARMING C. PROTECTING D. ORGANIZING 23. A. REPLYB. QUESTIONC. MESSAGE D. SECRET 24. A. FACTORYB. MAKINGC. FIELD D. COMPANY 25. A. FORCEDB. ORDEREDC. ALLOWED D. CHOSEN 26. A. TERRIBLEB. ILLC. GOOD D. SPECIAL 27. A. SCENEB. STEPC. STAGE D. ROOM 28. A. COVERED B. ASKEDC. FILLEDD. FITTED 29. A. LIKEDB. ENJOYEDC. WASD. WERE 30. A. HOPEDB. WANTEDC. DECIDEDD. DESIGNED 31. A. WHILEB. SINCEC. SO THAT D. AS LONG AS 32. A. MUSTNT B. MAY NOTC. SHOULDNTD. CANT 33. A. QUESTIONB. FAILURE C. PROBLEMD. DISAPPOINTMENT 34. A. TALKEDB. SETC. QUARRELEDD. THOUGHT 35. A. CONTROLLINGB. OPERATINGC. DRIVINGD. LIGHTING 36. A. AS A RESULTB. IMMEDIATELYC. FIRSTD. ABOVE ALL 37. A. PRICEB. NUMBERC. AMOUNTD. SPEED 38. A. EVENB. THUSC. FINALLYD. ACTUALLY 39. A. LIKEB. SOC. ASD. YET 40. A. CERTAINB. PARTICULARC. ADVANCEDD. CAREFUL 第三题：阅读理解 1. 每小题 2 分共 40 分 A PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES HONOR THEIR PARENTS WITH TWO SPECIAL DAYS: MOTHERS DAY, ON THE SECOND SUNDAY IN MAY, AND FATHERS DAY, ON THE THIRD SUNDAY IN JUNE. THESE DAYS ARE SET ASIDE TO SHOW LOVE AND RESPECT FOR PARENTS. THEY RAISE THEIR CHILDREN AND EDUCATE THEM TO BE RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS. THEY GIVE LOVE AND CARE. THESE TWO DAYS OFFER A CHANCE TO THINK ABOUT THE CHANGING ROLES OF MOTHERS AND FATHERS. MORE MOTHERS NOW WORK OUTSIDE THE HOME. MORE FATHERS MUST HELP WITH CHILD- CARE. THESE TWO SPECIAL DAYS ARE CELEBRATED IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. ON MOTHERS DAY PEOPLE WEAR CARNATIONS. A. RED ONE STANDS FOR A LIVING MOTHER. A. WHITE ONE SHOWS THAT THE MOTHER IS DEAD. MANY PEOPLE ATTEND RELIGIOUS SERVICES（宗教仪式）TO HONOR PARENTS. IT IS ALSO A DAY WHEN PEOPLE WHOSE PARENTS ARE DEAD VISIT THEIR GRAVES. ON THESE DAYS, FAMILIES GET TOGETHER AT HOME AND IN RESTAURANTS. THEY OFTEN HAVE OUTDOOR BBQS FOR FATHERS DAY. THESE ARE DAYS OF FUN AND GOOD FEELINGS AND MEMORIES. ANOTHER TRADITION IS TO GIVE CARDS AND GIFTS. CHILDREN MAKE THEM IN SCHOOL. MANY PEOPLE MAKE THEIR OWN PRESENTS. THESE ARE VALUED MORE THAN THE ONES BOUGHT IN STORES. IT IS NOT THE VALUE OF THE GIFT THAT IS IMPORTANT, BUT IT IS “THE THOUGHT THAT COUNTS”. GREETING CARD STORES, FLORISTS, CANDY MAKERS, BAKERIES, TELEPHONES COMPANIES AND OTHER STORES DO A LOT OF BUSINESS DURING THESE HOLIDAYS. 41. WHICH IS NOT A REASON FOR CHILDREN TO SHOW LOVE AND RESPECT FOR PARENTS? A. PARENTS BRING CHILDRENB. PARENTS GIVE LOVE AND CARE TO CHILDREN C. PARENTS EDUCATE CHILDREN TO BE GOOD PERSONS. D. PARENTS PASS AWAY BEFORE CHILDREN GROW UP 42. WHAT DO YOU KNOW FROM THE PASSAGE? A. MOTHERS DAY AND FATHERS DAY ARE BOTH IN MAY. B. FEWER WOMEN WORKED OUTSIDE THE HOME IN THE PAST C. NOT ALL THE CHILDREN RESPECT THEIR PARENTS D. FATHERS ARE NOT AS IMPORTANT AS MOTHERS AT HOME 43. WHICH DO YOU THINK IS RIGHT ABOUT “CARNATION”? A. IT ONLY HAS TWO KINDS OF COLOR. B. IT IS A SPECIAL KIND OF CLOTHES PEOPLE WEAR ON MOTHERS DAY OR FATHERS DAY. C. ITS A KIND OF FLOWER SHOWING LOVE AND BEST WISHES. D. PEOPLE CAN WEAR CARNATIONS ONLY ON THE SECOND SUNDAY IN MAY. 44. WHAT DO YOU THINK “FLORISTS” DO? A. THEY SELL FLOWERSB. THEY MADE BREAD OR PASTRY C. THEY OFFER ENOUGH ROOM FOR HAVING FAMILY PARTIES. D. THEY SELL SPECIAL CLOTHES FOR MOTHERS DAY AND FATHERS DAY. B LET CHILDREN LEARN TO JUDGE THEIR OWN WORK. A. CHILD LEARNING TO TALK DOES NOT LEARN BY BEING CORRECTED ALL THE TIME; IF CORRECTED TOO MUCH, HE WILL STOP TALKING. HE NOTICES A THOUSAND TIMES A DAY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE LANGUAGE HE USES AND THE LANGUAGE THOSE AROUND HIM USE. BIT BY BIT, HE MAKES THE NECESSARY CHANGES TO MAKE HIS LANGUAGE LIKE OTHER PEOPLES. IN THE SAME WAY, CHILDREN LEARN TO DO ALL THE OTHER THINGS WITHOUT BEING TAUGHT TO WALK, RUN, CLIMB, WHISTLE, RIDE A BICYCLETHEY COMPARE THEIR OWN PERFORMANCES WITH THOSE OF MORE SKILLED PEOPLE, AND SLOWLY MAKE THE NEEDED CHANGES. BUT IN SCHOOL WE NEVER GIVE A CHILD A CHANCE TO FIND OUT HIS MISTAKES AND CORRECT THEM FOR HIMSELF. WE DO IT ALL FOR HIM. WE ACT AS IF WE THOUGHT THAT HE WOULD NEVER NOTICE A MISTAKE. IF IT IS A MATTER IN MATHEMATICS OR SCIENCE, GIVE HIM THE ANSWER BOOK. LET HIM CORRECT HIS OWN PAPERS. WHY SHOULD WE TEACHERS WASTE TIME IN SUCH ROUTINE（日常的）WORK? OUR JOB SHOULD BE TO HELP THE CHILD WHEN HE TELLS US THAT HE CANT FIND THE WAY TO GET THE RIGHT ANSWER. LET THE CHILDREN LEARN WHAT ALL EDUCATED PERSONS MUST SOME DAY LEARN, HOW TO MEASURE THEIR OWN UNDERSTANDING, HOW TO KNOW WHAT HE DOES NOT KNOW. 45. ACCORDING TO THE PASSAGE, THE BEST WAY FOR CHILDREN TO LEARN THINGS IS BY_. A. LISTENING TO SKILLED PEOPLES ADVICE. B. ASKING OLDER PEOPLE MANY QUESTIONS C. MAKING MISTAKES AND HAVING THEM CORRECTEDD. DOING WHAT OTHER PEOPLE DO 46. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DOES THE WRITER THINK TEACHERS SHOULD NOT DO?. A. GIVE CHILDREN CORRECT ANSWERSB. ALLOW CHILDREN TO MARK MISTAKES. C. POINT OUT CHILDRENS MISTAKES TO THEM. D. LET CHILDREN MARK THEIR OWN WORK 47. ACCORDING TO THE WRITER, TEACHERS IN SCHOOL SHOULD _ A. ALLOW CHILDREN TO LEARN FROM EACH OTHER B. POINT OUT CHILDRENS MISTAKES WHENEVER FOUND C. CORRECT CHILDRENS MISTAKES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE D. GIVE CHILDREN MORE BOOK KNOWLEDGE 48. THE PASSAGE SUGGESTS THAT LEARNING TO SPEAK AND LEARNING TO RIDE A BICYCLE ARE_ A. DIFFERENT FROM LEARNING OTHER SKILLSB. THE SAME AS LEARNING SKILLS C. MORE IMPORTANT THAN OTHER SKILLSD. NOT REALLY IMPORTANT SKILLS 49. THE TITLE OF THIS PASSAGE COULD PROBABLY BE_ A. LET US TEACHERS STOP WORKB. LET US MAKE CHILDREN LEARN C. LET CHILDREN CORRECT THEIR EXERCISESD. LET CHILDREN LEARN BY THEMSELVES C THAT COLD JANUARY NIGHT, I WAS GROWING SICK OF MY LIFE IN SAN FRANCISCO. THERE I WAS, WALKING HOME AT ONE IN THE MORNING AFTER A TIRING PRACTICE AT THE THEATER. WITH OPENING NIGHT ONLY A WEEK AWAY, I WAS STILL LEARNING MY LINES. I WAS HAVING TROUBLE DEALING WITH MY PART- TIME JOB AT THE BANK AND MY ACTING AT NIGHT AT THE SAME TIME. AS I WALKED, I THOUGHT SERIOUSLY ABOUT GIVING UP BOTH ACTING AND SAN FRANCISCO. CITY LIFE HAD BECOME TOO MUCH FOR ME. AS I WALKED DOWN EMPTY STREETS UNDER TALL BUILDINGS, I FELT VERY SMALL AND COLD. I BEGAN RUNNING, BOTH TO KEEP WARM AND TO KEEP AWAY ANY POSSIBLE ROBBERS（抢劫犯）. VERY FEW PEOPLE WERE STILL OUT EXCEPT A FEW SAD-LOOKING HOMELESS PEOPLE UNDER BLANKETS. ABOUT A BLOCK FROM MY APARTMENT, I HEARD A SOUND BEHIND ME. I TURNED QUICKLY, HALF EXPECTING TO SEE SOMEONE WITH A KNIFE OR A GUN. THE STREET WAS EMPTY. ALL I SAW WAS A SHINING STREETLIGHT. STILL, THE NOISE HAD MADE ME NERVOUS, SO I STARTED TO RUN FASTER. NOT UNTIL I REACHED MY APARTMENT BUILDING AND UNLOCKED THE DOOR DID I REALIZE WHAT THE NOISE HAD BEEN. IT HAD BEEN MY WALLET FALLING TO THE SIDEWALK. SUDDENLY I WASNT COLD OR TIRED ANYMORE. I RAN OUT OF THE DOOR AND BACK TO WHERE ID HEARD THE NOISE. ALTHOUGH I SEARCHED THE SIDEWALK ANXIOUSLY FOR FIFTEEN MINUTES, MY WALLET WAS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND. JUST AS I WAS ABOUT TO GIVE UP THE SEARCH, I HEARD THE GARBAGE TRUCK（垃圾车）PULL UP TO THE SIDEWALK NEXT TO ME. WHEN A VOICE CALLED FROM THE INSIDE, “ALISA CAMACHO?” I THOUGHT I WAS DREAMING. HOW COULD THIS MAN KNOW MY NAME? THE DOOR OPENED, AND OUT JUMPED A SMALL RED- HAIRED MAN WITH AN AMUSED LOOK IN HIS EYES. “IS THIS WHAT YOURE LOOKING FOR?” HE ASKED, HOLDING UP A SMALL SQUARE SHAPE. IT WAS NEARLY 3 A. M. BY THE TIME I GOT INTO BED. I WOULDNT GET MUCH SLEEP THAT NIGHT, BUT I HAD GOT MY WALLET BACK. I ALSO HAD GOT BACK SOME ENJOYMENT OF CITY LIFE. I REALIZED THAT THE CITY COULDNT BE A BAD PLACE AS LONG AS PEOPLE WERE WILLING TO HELP EACH OTHER. 50. HOW DID THE WRITER FEEL WHEN SHE WAS WALKING HOME AFTER WORK? A. COLD AND SICKB. LUCKY AND HOPEFUL C. SATISFIED AND CHEERFULD. DISAPPOINTED AND HELPLESS 51. FROM THE FIRST PARAGRAPH, WE LEARN THAT THE WRITER WAS BUSY_. A. SOLVING HER PROBLEM AT THE BANKB. TAKING PART IN VARIOUS CITY ACTIVITIES C. LEARNING ACTING IN AN EVENING SCHOOLD. PREPARING FOR THE FIRST NIGHT SHOW 52. ON HER WAY HOME THE WRITER_ A. LOST HER WALLET UNKNOWINGLYB. WAS STOPPED BY A GARBAGE TRUCK DRIVER C. WAS ROBBED OF HER WALLET BY A MAN WITH A KNIFE D. FOUND SOME HOMELESS PEOPLE FOLLOWING HER 53. IN THE FIFTH PARAGRAPH, WHY DID THE WRITER SAY SHE WAS DREAMING? A. SOMEONE OFFERED TO TAKE HER BACK HOME B. A. RED-HAIRED MAN CAME TO SEE HER. C. SHE HEARD SOMEONE CALL HER NAME D. HER WALLET WAS FOUND IN A GARBAGE TRUCK 54. FROM THE TEXT, WE CAN INFER THAT THE WRITER_ A. WOULD STOP WORKING AT NIGHTB. WOULD STAY ON IN SAN FRANCISCO C. WOULD MAKE FRIENDS WITH CLEANERS. D. WOULD GIVE UP HER JOB AT THE BANK D BRINGING ART INTO HOSPITALS. THE MEDICAL WORLD IS SLOWLY REALIZING THAT THE QUALITY OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN HOSPITALS MAY PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN HELPING PATIENTS TO RECOVER（康复）. AS PART OF A NATIONWIDE EFFORT IN BRITAIN TO BRING ART OUT OF THE MUSEUMS AND INTO PUBLIC PLACES, SOME OF THE COUNTRYS BEST ARTISTS HAVE BEEN CALLED IN TO CHANGE OLDER HOSPITALS AND TO SOFTEN THE HARD, MODERN BUILDINGS. OF THE 2500 NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE HOSPITALS IN BRITAIN, ALMOST 100 NOW HAVE COLLECTIONS OF ART IN PASSAGES（走廊）, WAITING AREAS AND TREATMENT ROOMS. THESE RECENT MOVEMENTS WERE FIRST STARTED BY ONE ARTIST, PETER SENIOR, WHO SET UP HIS STUDIO AT A MANCHESTER HOSPITAL IN NORTHEASTERN ENGLAND DURING THE EARLY 1970S. HE FELT THE ARTIST HAD LOST HIS PLACE IN MODERN SOCIETY, AND THAT ART SHOULD BE ENJOYED BY MORE PEOPLE. A. COMMON HOSPITAL WAITING ROOM MIGHT HAVE AS MANY AS 5000 VISITORS EACH WEEK. WHAT A GOOD PLACE TO HOLD EXHIBITIONS（展览）OF ART! SENIOR HELD THE FIRST EXHIBITION OF HIS OWN PAINTINGS IN THE WAITING AREA OF THE MANCHESTER ROYAL HOSPITAL IN 1975. BELIEVED TO BE BRITAINS FIRST HOSPITAL ARTIST, SENIOR WAS SO MUCH IN DEMAND THAT HE WAS SOON JOINED BY A TEAM OF SIX YOUNG ART SCHOOL GRADUATES. THE EFFECT IS AMAZING. NOW IN THE PASSAGES AND WAITING ROOMS THE VISITORS EXPERIENCE A FULL VIEW OF FRESH COLORS, PLAYFUL IMAGES（形象） AND RESTFUL COURTYARDS. THE QUALITY OF THE ENVIRONMENT MAY REDUCE THE NEED FOR EXPENSIVE DRUGS WHEN A PATIENT IS RECOVERING FROM AN ILLNESS. A. STUDY HAS SHOWN THAT A PATIENT WHO HAD A VIEW ONTO GARDENS NEEDED HALF THE NUMBER OF STRONG PAIN KILLERS COMPARED WITH（与相比）PATIENTS WHO HAD NO VIEW AT ALL OR ONLY A BRICK WALL TO LOOK AT. 55. SOME BEST ARTISTS OF BRITAIN HAVE BEEN CALLED IN TO_ A. SET UP NEW HOSPITALSB. MAKE THE CORNERS OF HOSPITAL COLLECT PAINTINGS C. BRING ART INTO HOSPITALSD. HELP PATIENTS RECOVER FROM SERIOUS ILLNESS 56. AFTER THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT, _ A. PATIENTS NO LONGER TAKE DRUGS TO KILL THEIR PAINS B. PATIENTS DONT HAVE TO STAY LONG IN HOSPITAL C. PATIENTS NEED FEWER PAIN KILLERS WHEN THEY SUFFER FROM AN ILLNESS D. PATIENTS FEEL HAPPY IN HOSPITAL 57. IT CAN BE INFERRED FROM THE PASSAGE THAT_ A. THE ROLE OF HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT IS BEING RECOGNIZED B. HOSPITAL ARTISTS HAVE DONE MORE THAN DOCTORS C. EXHIBITIONS ATTRACT MORE PEOPLE IN HOSPITALS THAN IN MUSEUMS D. THE HOSPITALS IS A BETTER PLACE FOR PEOPLE THAN THE MUSEUM IN BRITAIN E BEFORE NICHOLAS CLAPP GOT THERE, HE HAD HALF HOPED THAT HE MIGHT RUN INTO SOME OF UBARS RUINS STICKING（凸出）OUT OF THE SAND. BUT FINDING THE CITY WASNT THAT EASY. DURING THE SUMMER, HE AND HIS 40 HELPERS DUG AT 35 DIFFERENT SPOTS. THE ONLY THINGS THEY FOUND WERE GROUND SPIDERS, GIANT TICKS, AND DEADLY SNAKES. JUST BEFORE THANKSGIVING SAYS CLAPP, “WE WERE WITHIN A WHISKER OF TOTAL FAILURE. ” BUT THEN CLAPPS TEAM LOOKED AT THE HIGH-TECH MAPS AGAIN AND SAW SOMETHING SURPRISING. MANY OF THE CARAVAN ROUTES（沙漠商队路线）ON THE HIGH-TECH MAPS CAME TOGETHER ON THE SAME SPOT MARKED “OMANI MARKETPLACE” ON PTOLOMYS MAP. TWO MAPS, MADE ALMOST 2000 YEARS APART, POINTED THE TEAM TOWARD THE SAME AREA! IN DECEMBER 1991, CLAPP ARRIVED AT THE SPOT WHERE, ACCORDING TO THE MAPS, THE CARAVANS MET. CLAPP HAD A HANDHELD INSTRUMENT THAT COULD DETECT（探测）OBJECTS BELOW THE GROUND. IT SHOWED RUINS UNDER THE SAND! HE AND HIS TEAM STARTED DIGGING. AND THEN THEY FOUND IT! A. TOWER BURIED IN THE SAND. THEY SLOWLY UNEARTHED A GIANT, EIGHT-SIDED FORTRESS（堡垒）. IT HAD NINE TOWERS AND MANY ROOMS. PEOPLE HAD LIVED IN THIS FORTRESS 2000 YEARS AGO. OUTSIDE ITS WALLS, THEY HAD FOUND BURIED REMAINS OF NEARLY 40 CAMPSITES. THEY SEEMED TO BE CAMPING AREAS FOR TRADERS（商人）. MORE DIGGING FOUND SHARDS, OR PIECES OF POTTERY（陶瓷）FROM ANCIENT ROME, GREECE, CHINA, EGYPT, AND SYRIA. DIGGERS AND SCIENTISTS AGREE THAT PEOPLE WERE HERE FOR ABOUT 5000 YEARS. CLAPP AND HIS TEAM WERE EXCITED AS THEY CONTINUED TO DISCOVER MORE PIECES OF THE PAST THAT SEEMED TO PROVE THAT IT WAS THE LOST CITY OF UBAR. “WE STARTED WITH THIS HOPELESS MYTH（神秘）,” SAYS CLAPP, “AND THEN FINALLY FOUND THE TRUTH BEHIND THE MYTH. ” BUT IS THIS UNEARTHED SITE REALLY THE ONCE-GREAT UBAR? EXPERTS ARENT TOTALLY PERSUADED. DONALD WHITCOMB IS AN ARCHEOLOGIST（考古学家）AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. HE DOUBTS THAT CLAPP REALLY DISCOVERED UBAR. “THERES PROBABLY SOME TRUTH TO THIS MYTH,” HE SAYS. “BUT UBAR IS DESCRIBED AS A PLACE WITH WALLS ALL MADE OF GOLD, AND THE RUBIES AND EMERALDS（宝石）. ” NO GOLD OR PRECIOUS STONES HAVE BEEN FOUND BY CLAPP. “IM NOT SURE WHETHER THEY DISCOVERED UBAR BECAUSE IM NOT SURE IF UBAR REALLY EXISTED,” WHITCOMB SAYS. 58. THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS ARE TRUE ACCORDING TO THE READING EXCEPT_. A. CLAPP MADE THIS DISCOVERY WITH THE HELP OF CARAVAN ROUTES ON THE MAPS B. CLAPP MADE THIS DISCOVERY WITH THE HELP OF SOME HIGH TECHNOLOGY C. CLAPP WAS NOT SURE THAT HE HAD FOUND UBAR D. DONALD WHITCOMB WAS NOT SURE IF CLAPP HAD FOUND UBAR 59. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS CLOSEST IN MEANING TO THE UNDERLINED PART? A. WE WERE READY FOR ANY FAILURE B. WE WERE ON THE POINT OF GIVING UP HOPES C. WE WOULD