Question

  Daban town is famous for girls and windmills , while Loulan is a myth(神話) in the desert. Two thousand years ago, beside the beautiful and rich Loubu Lake, there lay Loulan ancient city of the Silk Raod. Businessmen from every country gathered and there were dancing parties. Everything shows that people in Loulan lived a rich life then.

   However, two thousand years later, this rich land suddenly disappeared from the map of China. It became an area covered with sand and dead tree trunks.

   Loulan was first“discovered” by a Swedish man named Sven Hedin in 1900. People from America, British , Japan and Sweden, all set foot here. Then in the 1930’s, a Chinese man named Huang Wenbi came to Loulan for the first time. He visited and studied this area and found many relics that were beautifully and carefully made.

   It is recorded that the ancient city of Loulan was the capital of the Loulan Kingdom during the Han and Jin Dynasties, and covered an area of some 100,000 sq. metres. Inside the city , there are the ruins of government offices, temples and other old buildings. Outside the city there are some dried-up rivers and much farmland. In the past century, many things have been dug up there including Han Dynasty coins, mirrors and many others of Greek and Roman times. All these things show that a lot of business between the East and West once took place there.

   Lying on the northwest of the Lop Nur area, the Loulan Kingdom is now a lifeless area with endless “forests” of mounds( 小丘 ) which aren’t easily seen in other parts of the world. Its mystery has been attracting many people from many countries.

46.The first person to set foot in Loulan in the 20th century was______.

   A. a European     B. an American     C. an Englishman    D. a Japanese

47.Before Loulan disappeared, ________.

  A. people from America and Japan had set foot there.

  B. much business between the East and West had taken place there.

  C. a lifeless area with lots of mounds could easily be seen there

  D. there were no government offices or temples

48. We can infer from the passage that_______.

  A. Loulan was destroyed by the terrible weather there

  B. wars between Dynasties made Loulan disappear

  C. foreigners came to Loulan and destroyed it

  D. how Loulan disappeared is still unknown to us

49. What makes so many people visit the Loulan Kingdom now?

  A. Its beautiful scenery .                               B. Its developing business.

  C. Its mystery.                                              D. The treasures.

50. The title for this passage might be_______.

  A. Famous Town, Daban                               B. Ancient Town in the Desert

  C. Business in Ancient Loulan                       D. Cities in Ancient China

Answer 1

【小題1】A

【小題2】B

【小題3】D

【小題4】C

【小題5】B