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Hello, viewers. (12) Today I’m standing at 2000 euro Roman sight. Here, the bright color seems that once decorative matching are being dug up. These scenes are turning up in Southern French city of Oral. Surprising that historians who have been working here since 2014. Patriots are painted still clean to the stone walls on the bedroom and reception all. Some of these painted walls are preserved in places to a height in one metre. (13)In addition, thousands of fragments that fell of the walls have been recovered. These pieces have been put back together with great care and displayed of reality images. Some of these images include figures never seen before in France, such as woman playing in instrument, possibly, a character from morphology. The paintings were done with such skills and with such expensive diets that (14) experts believe the artists originally came from Italy. They were likely hide here by one of cities, perhaps on Roman official wanted here to remind in this conventional treating court. In 64 B.C., as a colony for Roman army or maybe a wealthy local wanted to show off his worldly sophistication. The paintings may yield even more standing prices as additional sections are put together like pieces of a puzzle. (15) Whoever was that creative such magnificent pieces of art, they surly had no idea that work was still be around thousands of years later.
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预览四道题各选项,由选项中的 an ancient Roman city, site, an ancient Roman mansion和Rome 可以初步推测,短文内容与罗马遗址有关;再结合 images、 paintings、 expertise、 stunning、 artistic和 antiques等词可以进一步推测,短文内容涉及在该遗址发现的古罗马绘画艺术作品以及古董等。
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12.Where is the speaker standing?
短文开头男士说，他现在正站在一处有着2,000年历史的罗马时代遗址上。在这里，属于一座大宅院的色彩艳丽的景致正在被挖掘出来。这些景致出现在法国南部城市阿尔勒，震惊了自2014年以来一直在这里工作的历史学家。也就是说，男士正站在一座古罗马大宅院的遗址上，因此答案为C)。
13.What do thousands of fragments display when they put back together?
短文中提到，把这些碎片仔细拼接在一起就呈现出了各种各样的图像。因此答案为A)。
14.What make experts think the painting was done by artists in Italy?
短文中提到，这些绘画作品有着高超的技巧，而且所使用的颜料也非常昂贵，因此专家们认为绘制这些作品的艺术家来自意大利。因此答案为D)。
15.What do we learn from the passage about the owner mentioned?
短文中提到，这些艺术家很有可能是被城市中的某位精英雇用。雇主可能是一位来自罗马的官员，想通过庞贝风格的室内装饰来让他拥有家的感觉。或者也可能是一位富有的当地人，想用这些画作来展示他老练与世故的一面。由此可知，专家们并没有办法确认这座大宅院主人的身份。因此答案为B)。