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PartⅣ Reading Comprehension(Reading in Depth) (25 minutes)
Section A
Directions：In this section,there is a short passage with 5 questions or incomplete statements．Read the passage carefully．Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words on Answer Sheet 2．
Questions 47 to 51 are based on the following passage．
注意：此部分試題請在答題卡2上作答。
47．According to the passage，when did Herakleion and Eastern Canopus disappear?
48．As Stanley said,if you want to know how，when or why Herakleion and Eastern Canopus disappeared，there was／were____________to refer to．
49．Stanley thought that_________was to blame for the cities’collapse in the middle of the eighth century A.D．
50．What found below the waters could show that the cities were once the destinations for religious pilgrims?
51．According to the author，the fortunes of Herakleion and Eastern Canopus declined in__________________.
Section B
Directions：There are 2 passages in this section．Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements．For each of them there are four choices marked[A],[B],[C]and[D].You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center．
Passage One
Questions 52 to 56 are based on the following passage．
注意：此部分試題請在答題卡2上作答。
52．In ancient Greece,the Olympic Games___________.
[A] were merely national athletic festivals
[B]were in the nature of a national event with a strong religious color
[C]had rules which put foreign participants in a disadvantageous position
[D]were primarily national events with few foreign participants
53．In the early days of ancient Olympic Games,______________.
[A]only male Greek athletes were allowed to participate in the games
[B]all Greeks，irrespective of sex，religion or social status，were allowed to take part
[C]all Greeks，with the exception of women，were allowed to compete in Games
[D]all male Greeks were qualified to compete in the Games
54．The order of athletic events at the ancient Olympics____________.
[A]was not definitely established
[B]varied according to the number of foreign competitors
[C]was decided by Zeus，in whose honor the Games were held
[D]was considered unimportant
55．Modem athletes’results cannot be compared with those of ancient runners because______________.
[A] the Greeks had no means of recording the results
[B] details such as the time were not recorded in the past
[C] they are much better
[D] they are much worse
56．Nowadays，the athletes’expenses are paid_______________.
[A]out of the prize money of the winners
[B]out of the funds raised by the competing nations
[C]by the athletes themselves
[D]by contributions
