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自编题：语法填空：Pompeii，ACityFrozeninTime庞培一座定格在时间的古城

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A City Frozen in Time
The year 79AD would have seemed just like any other year in the Roman city of Pompeii. Each day, the streets were filled with the sounds of busy shops and customers enjoying the city's many cafes. People bathed and chatted 1._____(happy) in the beautifully built baths. No one gave any thought to Mount Vesuvius, a volcano close to Pompeii. Vesuvius had been 2._____(active) for years. The soil in that area was good for agriculture. The people of Pompeii had no reason to fear the volcano. But the 3._____(sleep) mountain was about to wake up...
The eruption, when it happened, was unlike anything 4._____(witness) before. A large cloud of hot ash and rock rose into the air, 5._____(cover) the surrounding area. Pompeii 6._____(leav
e) in total darkness. A young man, watching from a distance, recorded how the thick dark cloud spread everywhere. He described how people 7.______(frighten) by the sudden disaster. They took what they could as they tried to get away from the city. But many were 8._____(trap) by falling buildings. Suddenly, there was a powerful flow of gas, ash and rock. It moved down Vesuvius 9._____a speed of 450 kilometers an hour. When it reached Pompeii, it immediately killed anyone in its path. The city was covered by up to six meters of ash. Pompeii became a city 10._____(freeze) in time.
Pompeii was rediscovered in the mid-18th century. Many bodies have been found in the same positions in which they fell. Work continues to uncover the rest of the city---- and the ancient stories it has to tell.
参考答案:
1. happily 2. inactive 3. sleeping 4. witnessed 5. covering 6. was left 7. was frightened 8. trapped
9. at 10. frozen


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