EveryyearthousandsoftouristsvisitPompeiiItaly.TheyseethesightsthatPompeiiisfamousfor―itsstadium(露天大型运动场)andtheatresitsshopsandrestaurants.ThetouristsdonothoweverseePompeii’speople.They

　　EveryyearthousandsoftouristsvisitPompeiiItaly.TheyseethesightsthatPompeiiisfamousfor―itsstadium(露天大型运动场)andtheatresitsshopsandrestaurants.ThetouristsdonothoweverseePompeii’speople.TheydonotseethembecausePompeiihasnopeople.NoonehaslivedinPompeiiforalmost2000years.OncePompeiiwasabusycityof22000people.ItlayatthefootofMountVesuviusagrass-coveredvolcano.MountVesuviushadnoteruptedforcenturiessothepeopleofPompeiifeltsafe.Buttheywerenot.

　　InAugustofAD79MountVesuviuserupted.Theentiretopofthemountainexplodedandahugeblackcloudroseintotheair.SoonstonesandhotashbegantofallonPompeii.WhentheeruptionendedtwodayslaterPompeiiwasburiedunder20feetofstonesandashes.Almostallofitspeopleweredead.

　　ForcenturiesPompeiilayburiedunderstoneandash.Thenintheyear1861anItalianscientistnamedGinseppebegantouncoverPompeii.SlowlycarefullyGinseppeandhismendug.ThecitylookedalmostthesameasithadlookedinAD79.Therewerestreetsandfountains（喷泉）housesandshops.Therewasastadiumwith20000seats.PerhapsthemostimportantofalltherewereeverydayobjectswhichtellusagreatdealaboutthepeoplewholivedinPompeii.ManyglassesandjarshadsomedarkbluecolourinthebottomsoweknowthatthepeopleofPompeiilikedwine.Theylikedbreadtoo;metalbreadpanswereineverybakery.Inonebakerytherewere81roundflatloavesofbread―atypeofbreadthatisstillsoldinItalytoday.Tinyboxesfilledwithadarkshinypowdertellusthatwomenlikedtoweareyemakeup.

　　Ginseppehasdiedbuthisworkcontinues.One-fourthhasnotbeenuncoveredyet.ScientistsarestilldiggingstillmakingdiscoveriesthatdrawthetouriststoPompeii.

　　小题1:WhydolargenumbersofpeoplecometoPompeiieachyear?A．TovisitthevolcanoB．ToshopandeatthereC．TowatchsportsandplaysD．TowatchhowPompeiianslived小题2:WhyhadsomanyPompeiiansremainedbyvolcanicMountVesuvius?A．Thecitynearbyofferedallkindsoffun.B．TheareaproducedthefinestwineinItaly.C．Fewpeopleexpectedthevolcanotoeruptagain.