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My name is Ann, a high school student. I felt lucky to be picked to  36 Canada to go on a cultural expedition to sites of lost civilization. I  37  visits to two places. One was Pompeii in Italy and  38  was Loulan in China. They both were important commercial center about 2,000 years ago.

As first I  39  a lecture about Pompeii and I learned it was founded in the 8^th century BC, then taken  40  by the Romans in 89 BC. Later, Pompeii was  41  by a volcano eruption. The eruption  42  for several days and covered Pompeii with ash.  43 , All the people were buried  44 , so was the city.

    Differently, Loulan disappeared under the sand. An explorer  45  the Loulan Kingdom. The remains of buildings together with a lot of treasures, such as coins, painted pots, silk materials, documents and wall paintings were buried under the   46  . There are just a few ruins left. In fact, Loulan was once a green land with enormous trees,  47  it was a stopping point on the famous Silk Road between the East and the West. What a pity!

36. A. get        B. represent     C. stand       D. return

37. A. went       B. spent        C. paid        D. took

38. A. other       B. others       C. another     D. the other

39. A. attended    B. reached      C. asked       D. missed

40. A. on         B. in          C. at           D. over

41. A. injured     B. destroyed    C. damaged     D. broke

42. A. left        B. stayed       C. lasted       D. kept

43. A. Actually    B. Unfortunately  C. Naturally   D. Luckily

44. A. sad        B. alive        C. dead        D. angry

45. A. invented    B. founded     C. discovered   D. examined

46. A. building    B. earth       C. city          D. sand

47. A. and        B. but         C. or          D. either