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  3. Some time ago, an interesting discovery was made by【C1】______on the Aegean island of Kea. An American team explored a temple whi

Some time ago, an interesting discovery was made by【C1】______on the Aegean island of Kea. An American team explored a temple whi

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问题     Some time ago, an interesting discovery was made by【C1】______on the Aegean island of Kea. An American team explored a temple which stands in an ancient city on the promontory of Ayia Irini. The city at one time must have been【C2】______, for it enjoyed a high level of【C3】______. Houses—often three storeys high—were built of stone. They had large rooms with beautifully【C4】______walls. The city was equipped with a drainage system, for a great many clay pipes were found【C5】______the narrow streets.
    The temple which the archaeologists explored was used as a place of【C6】______from the fifteenth century B.C. until Roman times. In the most sacred room of temple, clay fragments of fifteen statues were found. Each of these【C7】______a goddess and had, at one time, been painted. The body of one statue was found among remains dating from the fifteenth century B.C. It’s missing head happened to be among remains of the fifth century B.C. This head must have been found in Classical times and carefully【C8】______. It was very old and precious even then. When the archaeologists reconstructed the fragments, they were【C9】______to find that the goddess turned out to be a very modern-looking woman. She stood three feet high and her hands rested on her hips. She was wearing a full-length skirt which swept the ground. Despite her great age, she was very【C10】______indeed, but, so far, the archaeologists have been unable to discover her identity.
A)preserved B)civilization C)graceful D)beneath
E)matching F)rested G)worship H)occasions
I)decorated J)qualification K)represented L)prosperous
M)amazed N)according O)archaeologists
【C9】
选项
答案M
解析 后文可得知人们是发现了什么。又由turn out to be可知结果让人惊奇，故选M，amazed最符合题意。
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