Petra was the top architectural site for more than 400 years until it was occupied by the Romans in 106 AD.It was seen first when discovered in 1812 after being lost through the 16th century for nearly 300 years! Petra has 800 monuments，including buildings，tombs，baths，halls，temples，and streets，which were mostly carved in the pretty sandstone.Petra sights are in their finest in the early morning and the late afternoon.Once the sun warms the colorful stones，you will see the majesty of Petra.

　　【解题导语】　本文介绍了具有悠久历史的古城Petra。

　　1．What do we know about Petra from the passage?

　　A．It is on the top of a mountain.

　　B．It was a palace for the king.

　　C．It is a unique site.

　　D．It was built by the Nabataeans in 106 AD.

　　解析：选C。推理判断题。根据第一段中的“Common sense says ‘perhaps there’s nothing on the planet that looks like it’”可推断，答案为C。

　　2．The underlined part “the legacy” in Paragraph 2 probably means“

　　”．

　　A．an excellent hotel that has a lot of rooms

　　B．a museum that exhibits many ancient things

　　C．a beautiful place that attracts a lot of visitors

　　D．property that was handed down from ancestors

　　解析：选D。词义猜测题。根据第二段中的“...the Nabataeans，a hard­working group of Arab people who settled in southern Jordan more than 2,000 years ago”和“...Petra has become a UNESCO world heritage site...”可推断，legacy意为“遗产”，故答案为D。

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