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1、 Module 6. Cloze adapted from the texts Pompeii: The city that became a time capsule Around the end of the first century AD, A Roman writer called Pliny wrote about a terrible volcanic _that he had _as a young man. The eruption had _ on August 24th, 79 AD. The earth began to _ and a volcano named Ve

2、suvius, near Pompeii, Italy, erupted. Pliny described a cloud _ down the mountain, blocking_the sun and _ everything in its path,_whole villages and towns. This particularly sad _ left a deep impression_ Pliny who had lost an uncle in the eruption. _, over the centuries, there was a greater_. The pe

3、ople, towns and villages that had disappeared under the ashes were _ forgotten by the world. However, more than 1,600 years later, some scientists found the _towns that had been _ under the ashes. By 1748, they had found an _ historical site. They had started to dig_the ancient city of Pompeii. In a

4、 way, Pompeii is like a “time capsule” _ a frozen moment in history. Before the eruption _, it had been a _ Roman city with temples, markets, _and theaters. Now as you walk along the streets of the city, time _. You can admire the ancient architecture, statues, _walls and _ objects characteristic of

5、 the time. However, much more than buildings and objects, it is the forms of the people who were _in the disaster that have made the city a _ to human history. The bodies of people who had died in Pompeii left _ in the _ that showed their exact _ As you walk, you will pass people _together for _ in

6、their last hours of life. One person, _ alone, looks like he is praying. Another man, _ on his side, looks _he is trying to get up. One can only feel _ and deep _ for these once-living statues. Today, more than 250 years after scientists found the city, _ of tourists and_ of scientists visit Pompeii

7、 every year to learn more about the _ world. _ this way, the city, _ the world had once forgotten, lives on nearly 2,000 years after its loss.HelenKellerHelenKellerwasaveryspecialgirlwhoneededa_teacher.Bythetimeshewassevenyearsold,shestillcouldntspeak,readorwrite.ThiswasbecauseHelenKellercouldntseeo

8、rhear.Withthese_onhercommunication,Helensbehaviorwasoften_.Shewas_andangry,andoftenbroke thingswhenshewasntunderstood.AnneSullivanwasbroughtintohelpHelen.AnnewasateacherandformerstudentataschoolfortheblindinBoston.Shehadhadeyesightproblemsearlyinlifeaswellsoshecould_Helensdifficulties.Herfirstgoalwa

9、stostopHelens_behaviour.Helenwouldneedthis_preparationinordertolearnlanguage.Shewouldalsoneedlotsoflove.WhenAnneandHelenfirstmet,AnnegaveHelenabig_.Helenwouldhavetolearntounderstandwords_onherhand.Annes_was_and_.shewouldputanobjectintooneofHelenshandsandspellthewordintoherotherhand.Shestartedwithdol

10、ls.ShewouldletHelenplaywiththedoll,andthenspelltheletterD-O-L-Lintoherhand.Helenthoughtthiswasagame.Shehada_descriptionofher_inherbook,Thestoryofmylife:Runningdownstairstomymother,I_myhandandmadeletterfordoll.IdidntknowthatIwasspellingawordoreventhatwordsexisted;Iwassimplymakingmyfingersgoinmonkey-l

11、ike_.Thenoneday,AnnetookHelenouttothewell.AnneputHelenshandunderthewaterflowedoveronehand,Annespelledw-a-t-e-rintotheotherhand.Thensuddenly,Helenhada_ofunderstanding;the_ofthefingersmeantthecoolwaterflowingoverherhand.This_knowledgegaveherhopeandjoy.Finally,theworldofwordwas_toher.NowthatHelenunders

12、toodthe_tolanguage,shewasveryeagertolearnmoreanduseitasmuchasshecould.ChildrenwhocanseeandhearlanguageeasilybutforHelen,itwas_andsometimespainfulprocess.Thissoonledhertodiscovermore_wordsandchangedherthinking_.Tryingtolearnthewordlovewasan_thatsherememberwell.Thisis howshedescribedinherbook,Thestory

13、ofmylifeIrememberthemorningthatIfirstaskedmeaningofthewordlove.ThiswasbeforeIknewmanywords.Ihadfoundafewearly_inthegardenandbroughtthemtomyteacher.MissSullivanputherarm_roundmeandspelledintomyhand:IloveHelen.Whatslove?Iasked.She_meclosertoherand said,Itishere,_tomyheart. Herwords_meverymuchbecauseId

14、idntthenunderstandanything_Itouchedit.Themeaningoflovewasstillnot_toHelenbutshe_tryingtounderstand.Ismeltthevioletsinherhandandasked,halfinwords,halfinsigns,aquestionwhichmeant,Islovethe_offlowers?No,saidmyteacher.Helenthenfeltthe_ofthesunshiningonthem.Shepointed_andaskedifthatwaslove.When herteache

15、rsaidthatitwasnt,shewas_and_.Ithoughtitstrangethatmyteachercouldnotshowmelove.ThewordthinkwasalsoadifficultoneforHelenbutshehada_while_-onasimpletask.Shewasmakingnecklaces_thehelpofMissSullivanwhenshe_thatshehadmadesomemistakes._abouthowto_them,shestoppedtothinkcarefully._shedidthis,MissSullivan tou

16、chedHelensheadandspelledthewordthinkintoherhand.Ina _Iknewthatthewordwasthenameofthe_thatwasgoingoninmyhead.ItwasthefirsttimeHelenhadunderstoodsucha_word-awordforsomethingshecouldnttouch. Atthatmoment, hermindreturnedtotheword love.Asshethoughtaboutitsmeaningagain,thesuncameout.Shepointedtothesunand

17、askedherteacheragainifthatwaslove.AnneansweredHelenby_thatlovewaslikethesunandcloudsinaway.Youcannottouchtheclouds,youknow;butyou_therain.Youcannottouchloveeither;butyoufeelthesweetnessthatit_intoeverything.Withoutloveyouwouldnotbehappyorwanttoplay.Inthat_moment,Helen_understoodthebeautiful_ofthewor

18、dlove. Mr BeanMr Bean is an internationally _comedy character on TV and in films.He constantly _ akward and absurb situations,_greatly _ audiences _ their nationality or culture.The humour is always made clear though a series of simple and funny acts that rely _ on body language,which is _.One of my

19、 favourite shows has Mr Bean in a _restraunt.After_ his table,Mr Bean_out a card,_a few words on it,_ it in an _ and _it on the table.After a moment,he looks back at the envelope but this time he looks _, _ he did not know it was there.He opens it to find a birthday card and _puts it on the table fo

20、r everyone to see.When he looks at the menu,an _look _ appears on his face.He takes all the money out of his wallet,_ it and puts it in a saucer.He then looks from the menu to the money with _ until he finds one thing that makes him smile.Then he orders a dish called“steak tartare”.When the dish arr

21、ives,he is _ to discover that“steak tartare”is actually raw humburger.He makes an _to eat it,but it is clear from the look on his face that he finds the taste truly _.He cannot hide his feelings,_when the waiters ask if everything is all right.When this happens,he smiles and nods, _ that everything

22、is fine.When the waiters are not looking,however,he _ himself _the raw meat anywhere he can reachthe sugar bowl,the tiny flower vase,inside a bun and under a plate.He becomes so _ in the end _ he even hides some inside the purse of a woman _ near him and throws some down the trousers of the restraun

23、ts violinist!I like to watch Mr Bean on TV but Iwouldnt want to meet someone like him in real life and I certainly wouldnt want to have dinner with him!Rowan Atkinson is the actor who _ Mr Bean.In Britain,Mr Atkinson is quite _ for many other wonderful characters that he has _ but internationally,he

24、 is best _ for the dizzy,awkward,_but always amusing Mr Bean.If you think that Rowan Atkinson is anything _ his famous creation,then you are in for a _.Rowan was born on January6,1955,and spent his early years on the family farm with his mother,three older brothers and his strict father,_ did not be

25、lieve in the _ of Tv.For a time,he _ the same school _Tony Blair,who was two years old than him.At13,Rowan _ a scholarship to a boarding school. Later he studied at Newcastle University _ he had the highest marks in his year.At Oxford,he _ his Masters _in electrical engineering.This _ explain his in

26、terest in fast cars,_ which he has a vast collection.Rowans career _ from an electrical engineer to a famous _was _ due to some speaking problems he had in his childhood.He _ this _ talking very _.This may have_ the _speech patterns of many of his characters.While still at primary school,Rowan had a

27、lready shown _ acting talent.Although his teachers _ a career in acting,Rowan was not _himself,_ he met a group of talented people at university,who were _ in theatre,and he _ this could be a career for him.Another key event _ when,one day in 1976,he was playing around and pulling faces _ the mirror

28、.He realised something.“I _ my face,”he said later.John Lloy,who worked for the BBC,says ,“It was one of those things which happen very _ in your life,when you realize you are _ genius.I was convinced he would be more _ than Chaplin.” Beauty is in the eye of the beholderIn 1878, when Margaret Wolfe

29、Hungerford wrote “beauty is in the eye of the beholder ”, she was stating that there was no _ view on beauty. Standards of beauty change across time and cultural groups.Traditions and fashions, like society _. change and _ with time, so it is reasonable that our ideas of beauty change _ .In 19th-cen

30、tury Europe, women used to wear corsets to _ a body shape that is no longer considered _ .Men would wear woolen shawls _ their shoulders.It is hard to imagine that they would be seen as _ in the 2lst century.Nowadays, in the western world, one in _ ten people _ a tattoo or a form of body art.In the past, some cultures used tattoos _ an _ to costumes, to show family _ or to mark criminals so that they could easily be _. In contemporary society, culture remains a _ part in _ our ideas of beauty.In some countries, young women follow _ diets to lose extra kilos in _for their we