下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道题，每题后面有4个选项。请仔细阅读短文，并根据短文回答其后面的问题，从4个选项中选择1个最佳答案。 第一篇 The treasure Locked away in a
vault underneath the presidential palace in Kabul is a priceless treasure which
is at the mercy of the American bombardment and the Taleban’s spite and
greed. Art experts want the UN to rescue this 2, 100-year-old
hoard of gold antiquities, called the Treasure of Bactria, before it is
destroyed or the Tableban melt it down. What is remarkable is
that the 20,000 or more gold statues, necklaces and ornaments set with precious
stones have survived for so long in a city scarred by years of war.
Rumors swirl around the bazaars of the capital about what the Taleban has
done with the treasure, which was excavated from a royal burial site in northern
Afghanistan by a Soviet team during the Soviet Union’s occupation. The team
described how the 20,000 gold pieces included statues, necklaces, dress
ornaments, hairpins and buckles deco rated with precious stones. There were also
plaques decorated with jewels and a crown covered in pearls and
turquoise. The treasure survived until its excavation in 1978.
After that, the country’s former President Najibullah, sealed it in many trunks
and hid them in a vault and protected by a steel door shut by seven locks with
keys held by seven different people. At least three of the key holders are now
dead, Mr. Najibullah included. Another popular fable circulating
in Kabul is that the Russians have a duplicate set of the seven keys. Others
claim that a traitor team of Soviet troops broke into the vault in the last
hours before they abandoned Kabul and replaced some of the treasures with
fakes. Now all anyone can say for sure is that the treasure was
last seen and inspected by international archaeologists in 1993. when the safe
was opened to clarify rumors that the Afghans had sold it.
UNESCO says that it has given the Americans a map so that its bombers can
avoid vital cultural sites, which include the vault in the presidential palace
and other places, where other museum treasures are stored. There
are many in Kabul who say the Taleban have already handed the treasure to Osama
Bin Laden. Robert Kluyver, of the Society for the Preservation of Afghanistan’s
Cultural Heritage, was told recently that Bin Laden had arranged for it to be
smuggled across the mountains to Pakistan in March where dealers awaited his
orders to sell it. Why were the treasures inspected by international archaeologists in 1993
A．To find out if the treasures had been replaced by Soviet troops. B．To prove that the treasures were still there instead of having been sold. C．Because the Afghans wanted to sell these treasures. D．Because the Afghans wanted to protect these treasures.