Track 47

The wind blows down the empty street. There are no cars or people on the street. Grass and weeds grow there. The wind blows through houses. The boards shake. No one cares. The houses are gray and empty. This is a ghost town.
Most ghost towns are in the mountains. They were built near old mines. Men came to work in the mines. They were looking for gold and silver.
The men who had families built houses. Soon there were stores selling food and other things. There were places to eat. The town was a busy place.
In twenty years，the gold and silver were gone. The men left. They took their families with them. The man who owned the stores left，too. All the people moved out. Today，only empty，gray old buildings are there. Can you tell why it is called a ghost town？
生词
board
/bɔːd
/ n.木板：The old house needed new floor boards. 这座旧房子要换上新地板。
ghost
/ɡəʊst
/ n.鬼，幽灵：She thought she saw the ghost of her Aunt Martha. 她认为她看见了姑姑玛莎的鬼魂。
mine
/maɪn
/ n.矿，矿井：At 14，he went down the mines. 他14岁就下矿井了。
own
/əʊn
/ v.拥有：They dreamed of owning their own home. 他们梦想着拥有自己的家。
store
/stɔː(r)
/ n.商店：Harrods is a large department store. 哈罗德是一家大型百货公司。
❶ When the gold and silver were gone，the people _.
A. cried
B. sang
C. leftD. moved
❷ The words in the story that mean“a place no one lives in any more”are _.
A. capital
B. desert
C. ghost town
D. mine
❸ Which of the following is true？
A. Men with families live in ghost towns.
B. People make a town live and grow.
C. Most towns are gray and empty.D. Ghost towns are interesting.
❹ Where are most of the ghost towns according to the story？
A. In the cities.
B. In the mountains.
C. In the busy places.
D. In the villages.
❺ What is the main idea of the whole story？
A. Gold is very difficult to find in a busy old town.
B. Houses and stores are built in mines.C. Some towns that were once busy became ghost towns.
D. Men looked for gold and silver in the mines
参考译文
风吹过空旷的街道。街道上没有车辆，也没有行人。野草在那里生长。风吹过房屋，木板摇晃起来。没人在意这些。房屋颜色灰暗，里面空无一人。这是一座鬼城。
大多数鬼城都在山区。它们建在废弃的矿井旁。男人们曾经来这里工作，他们是来寻找金银的。
已经成家的男人在那里盖起房子。很快就有商店卖食品和其他东西，还有了吃饭的地方。小镇一片繁荣。
20年后，金银开采完了。男人们离开了，他们带着家人一起走。开店铺的人也离开了。所有的人都迁走了。现在，只有空无一人的、灰暗的破旧建筑还在那里。你能说出为什么它叫鬼城吗？