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1、BacktothePast A WhenyouthinkofGreece,youprobablythinkoftheParthenon1.ItsatontheAthenianAcropolis.Itwasbuiltover2,000yearsago,andstoodasareminderofthepoliticalpowerofitsleader,Pericles. Earlierinthe5thcenturyB.C.,theAtheniansbegantoconstructthetempleon
2、theAcropolis,butitwasnotcompleted.WhenthePersians2cametoAthensin480B.C.,whathadbeencompletedwasdestroyed,andonlythebaseblockswereleft. Severalyearslater,PericlesdevelopedanewplantobuildtheParthenononthesamesite.ThetemplestandsforAthens’andPericles’power
3、overtherestoftheworld.ConstructionofthehugeParthenonbeganin447B.C. TheParthenonwascompletedin432B.C.andmanyancienthistoriansdescribeditsgreatness.Itstoodthereformorethan1,000years.Duringthistimeitwasusedasatemple,andthenasaChristianchurch.ThentheOttoman
4、s3tookAthens. However,Parthenonreceivedagreatblowin1687,whenGreecewasunderattackfromtheVenetians4.TheOttomansusedtheParthenonasaplacetokeepgunpowder,sowhentheVenetiansfiredfromanearbyhillandhitthetemple,theymadethegunpowderexplode,causingagreatdealofdam
5、age.AndthuswastheendoftheParthenon’slongandgreathistory. Notes: 1.Parthenonn.帕台农神庙 2.Persiann.波斯人 3.Ottomann.土耳其人 4.Venetiann.威尼斯人 Readthepassageandchoosethebestanswerforeachquestion. 1.Accordingtothepassage,whichoftheseeventshappenedlast? A.Pers
6、iansdestroyedtheParthenon’sbaseblocks. B.VenetiansdestroyedtheParthenon. C.Periclesplannedtobuildagreattemple. 2.WhichofthefollowingdidtheOttomansdolast? A.TheyusedtheParthenontostockgunpowder. B.TheytookAthens. C.TheyattackedtheVenetians. B Onth
7、ebasisofarchaeological1finds,itisagreedthatancientactivitiesinJapanmaydatebacktoasearlyas200,000B.C.,whentheislandswereconnectedtotheAsianmainland. Basedonarchaeologicalevidence,theyalsoagreethatbetween35,000and30,000B.C.humanbeingsmovedtotheislandsfrom
8、easternandsoutheasternAsiaandhadwell-establishedpatternsofhunting,gathering,andstonetoolmaking.StonetoolsandhabitationsitesfromthisperiodhavebeenfoundonalloftheislandsofJapan. Inaround10,000B.C.thereweresignsofJapanesecul
