Before Nicholas Clapp got there, he had half hoped that he might run into some of Ubar’s ruins sticking(凸出) out of the sand. But finding the city wasn’t that easy. During the summer, he and his 40 helpers dug at 35 different spots. The only things they found were ground spiders, giant ticks, and deadly snakes.

Just before Thanksgiving says Clapp, “We were within a whisker of total failure.”

But then Clapp’s team looked at the high-tech maps again and saw something surprising. Many of the caravan routes(沙漠商队路线)on the high-tech maps came together on the same spot marked “Omani Marketplace” on Ptolomy’s map. Two maps, made almost 2000 years apart, pointed the team toward the same area!

In December 1991, Clapp arrived at the spot where, according to the maps, the caravans met. Clapp had a handheld instrument that could detect(探测) objects below the ground. It showed ruins under the sand! He and his team started digging. And then they found it! A tower buried in the sand. They slowly unearthed a giant, eight-sided fortress(堡垒). It had nine towers and many rooms. People had lived in this fortress 2000 years ago. Outside its walls, they had found buried remains of nearly 40 campsites. They seemed to be camping areas for traders(商人). 

More digging found shards, or pieces of pottery(陶瓷) from ancient Rome, Greece, China, Egypt, and Syria. Diggers and scientists agree that people were here for about 5000 years. Clapp and his team were excited as they continued to discover more pieces of the past that seemed to prove that it was the lost city of Ubar.

“We started with this hopeless myth(神秘),” says Clapp, “and then finally found the truth behind the myth.” But is this unearthed site really the once-great Ubar? Experts aren’t totally persuaded.

Donald Whitcomb is an archeologist(考古学家) at the University of Chicago. He doubts that Clapp really discovered Ubar. “There’s probably some truth to this myth,” he says. “But Ubar is described as a place with walls all made of gold, and the rubies and emeralds(宝石).” No gold or precious stones have been found by Clapp.

“I’m not sure whether they discovered Ubar because I’m not sure if Ubar really existed,” Whitcomb says.

1.The following statements are true according to the reading EXCEPT_____.

2.Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined part?

3.It can be inferred from the reading that Nicholas Clapp is _____

根据对话内容，从选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

------1 

------Going shopping is always boring 。

------2  There are many things to choose from.

-------3  We spend a lot of time but come back without anything。

------4  

-----I have always been afraid to bear you say “I am sorry I have changed my mind”.

----5  I prefer to stay at home watching TV  .

E. Sometimes I really have trouble choosing among so many things.

F. But without you I can’t make a decision on what to buy.

1.They had left the        (行李)at the station.

2.She had to tidy the classroom as         (惩罚)for being late.

3.The first step in the           (步骤)for making a kite is to build the frame.

4.Old people are usually more        (保守的)than young people .

5.He drove his car with        (谨慎).

6.A         (稳定的)government is essential to economic growth.

7.He whipped out a        (手帕)to bind up his finger.

8.She replied without          (犹豫).

9.           (删除)his name from the list.

10.The morning’s work was constantly,           (打断)by phone call.

When Joe left university, he got a good work in a bike factory.

But after he had been worked there for some years, he decided

to have change, so he put a notice in several newspapers,

saying what experiences he had and the kind of job he would

like to have. One of the answers he accepted was from a man

was looking for a job, too. This man wrote to him, “Dear, sir,

when you get a new job, be kind enough to give your name and

address to your present boss as I have been trying to find

a position like yours for a long time.” After he reads the letter,

he suddenly realized that what he had done was real foolish.

根据以下提示。请给中国日报写一篇英文简讯。要点如下：

1、王刚，男，37岁，教授。现在清华大学工作。

2、1983年毕业于湖南大学，毕业后执教留校。

3、他刻苦钻研，科研成果显著。1988年去日本一所大学深造，获得物理学博士学位。

4、很多国家的大公司以高薪聘请他，他拒绝了。

5、他于1994年毅然回国报效祖国。目前已为祖国作出了很大贡献。

　　　注意：字数100左右。

Take your time---- it’s just_________ short distance from here to ___________ restaurant.

--- We can give you a ride into town.

--- ________ Thank you.

Knowledge and learning are important if we want to be successful, but they may also ______ our thinking.

Such a grammar mistake is _____ among the beginners of English study.

5.      

Gun control is a subject _________ Americans have argued for a long time..