MucholderthantheGreatWallStonehenge(巨石阵)isoneoftheworld’smostfascinatingbutleastunderstoodhistoricalsites.EveryyearthousandsoftouristscometoadmireStonehenge’sbeautyandtowonderabouthowandwhyitwasbuilt.

ScientistshavedatedthesitewhichislocatedinEnglandtoaround3000BC.Thestonecirclewasconstructedinanumberofstagesoverhundredsofyears.Ittookmillionsofmanhourstoraisetheheavystones.

Thoughtherearemanytheoriesitisstillamysteryhowstone-agemandraggedsuchheavystonesover380kilometersfromwheretheyweremade.Prehistoric(史前)peoplehadonlybasicwoodentools.Tomovethestonestheyprobablyusedtreetrunkstorollthemalong.

SomehistoriansbelievethatStonehengewasatemplethesiteofancientsacrifices(祭祀).Othersbelieveitwasaburialplaceorperhapsevenagiantsundial(日冕)totellthetime.WhatevertheirancientusewasthestoneshavealwaysbeenasourceoffascinationforBritishpeople.Onerecordfrom1135saidthegreatstoneswerecarriedtoEnglandbygiantmagicalcreatures!

InmoderntimesStonehengehasbecomeahugehitwithtourists.

41.TouristsareinterestedinStonehengemainlybecause______.

A.ithassomethingtodowiththeGreatWall B.theyknownothingaboutitshistoryandsite

C.nowhereelsecantheyfindastonecircle D.mostofitshistoryremainsamystery

42.Accordingtothepassageitispossiblethatprehistoricpeople______.

A.spentmanyhoursbuildingthestonecircle B.movedthestoneswithsimplewoodentools

C.builtthestonecirclefornopurpose D.draggedstoneswiththehelpofmachines

43.ItisbelievedbysomehistoriansthatStonehengewasbuiltto______.

A.attracttheBritishpeople B.letpeopleknowthetime

C.exchangegoodsfordailyuse D.createalivingplaceformagicalcreatures

44.Theunderlinedwordsinthelastparagraphprobablymeans______.

A.Stonehengehasbecomeextremelypopularwithtourists

B.Stonehengehasbeenseriouslydamagedbytourists

C.touristshavesolvedthemysteryofStonehenge

D.