FromDabanwemovetoanotherancientsmalltownLoulan.DabantownisfamousforgirlsandwindmillswhileLoulanisamyth(神话)inthedesert.TwothousandyearsagobesidethebeautifulandrichLuobuLaketherelayLoulanancient
FromDabanwemovetoanotherancientsmalltownLoulan.DabantownisfamousforgirlsandwindmillswhileLoulanisamyth(神话)inthedesert.
TwothousandyearsagobesidethebeautifulandrichLuobuLaketherelayLoulanancientcityoftheSilkRoad.Businessmenfromeverycountrygatheredhereandthereweredancingparties.EverythingshowedthatpeopleinLoulanlivedarichlifethen.
HowevertwothousandyearslaterthisrichlandsuddenlydisappearedfromthemapofChina.Thenitbecameanareacoveredwithsandanddeadtreetrunks.
Loulanwasfirst"discovered"byaSwedishmanin1900.PeoplefromAmericaBritainJapanandSwedenallsetfoothere.Theninthe1930saChinesenamedHuangWenbicametoLoulanforthefirsttime.Hevisitedandstudiedthisareaandfoundmanyrelicsthatwerebeautifullyandcarefullymade.
ItisrecordedthattheancientcityofLoulanwasthecapitalofLoulanKingdomduringtheHanandJinDynasties(朝代），andcoveredanareaofsome100，000squaremetres.Insidethecitytherearetheruinsofgovernmentofficestemplesandotheroldbuildings.Outsidethecitytherearesomedriedriversandmuchfarmland.InthepastcenturymanythingshavebeendugoutthereincludingHanDynastycoins，mirrorsandmanythingsfromGreekandRoman.AllthesethingsshowthatalotofbusinessbetweenEastandWestoncetookplacethere.
LyingonthenorthwestoftheLopNurareatheLoulanKingdomisnowalifelessarea withendless"forests"ofmounds(小丘)whicharen'teasilyseeninotherpartsoftheworld.Its mysteryhasbeenattractingsomanypeoplefromsomanycountries.
( )5.ThefirstpersonwhosetfootinLoulaninthe20thcenturyis
A.aEuropean B.anAmerican
C.anEnglishman D.aJapanese
( )6.BeforeLoulandisappeared
A. alotofbusinessbetweenEastandWesthadtakenplacethere
B. peoplefromAmericaandJapanhadsetfootthere
C. alifelessareawithlotsofmoundscouldeasilybeseenthere
D. noEuropeanshadvisitedtheancientcountry
( )7.Wecaninferfromthepassagethat
A. Loulanwasdestroyedbytheterribleweatherthere
B. warsmadeLoulandisappear
C. foreigner