2025年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语（一）试题
SectionIUseofEnglish
Directions:
Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestword(s)foreachnumberedblankandmarkA,B,CorD
ontheANSWERSHEET.(10points)
LocatedinthesouthernPeloponnesianpeninsula,Pavlopetri(themodernnameofthesite)
emergedasaNeolithicsettlementaround3500B.C.andbecameanimportanttradingcenterfor
MycenaeanGreece(1650-1180B.C.).ThisareaoftheAegeanSeais__1__toearthquakesand
tsunamis,whichcausedthecityto__2__sink.TheslowsealevelriseinMediterranean__3__this
cityaround3000yearsago.
Formillennia,thecitys__4__layunseenbelowsome13feetofwater.Theywerecoveredby
athicklayerofsand__5__theislandofLaconia.Inrecentdecades,shifting__6__andclimate
changehaveerodedanaturalbarrierthat__7__Pavlopetri.In1967ascientificsurveyofthe
Peloponnesiancoastwas__8__datatoanalyzechangesinsealevels__9__Britishoceanographer
NicholasFlemmingfirstspottedthesunken__10__.Ayearlater,hereturnedwithafewstudents
to__11__thelocationandmapthesite.__12__theexcitinginitialfinds,thesitewouldlie__13__
fordecadesbeforearchaeologistswouldreturn.
In2009archaeologistsChrysanthiGallouandJonHenderson__14__theexcavationof
PavlopetriincooperationwiththeGreekMinistryofCulture.Sincethe1960s,underwater
archaeology__15__andtoolshadmadehugeadvances.Theteam__16__robotics,sonarmapping,
andstate-of-the-artgraphicstosurveythesite.From2009to2013theywereabletobringthe
underwatertownto__17__Coveringabouttwoandahalfacres,Pavlopetri’sthreemainroads
__18__some50rectangularbuildings,allofwhichhadopencourtyards.Excavationsrevealeda
largenumberofMinoan-styleloomweights,__19__Pavlopet