Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)
Located in the southern Peloponnesian peninsula, Pavlopetri (the modern name of the site) emerged as a Neolithic settlement around 3500 B.C. and became an important trading center for Mycenaean Greece (1650-1180 B.C.). This area of the Aegean Sea is ___1___ to earthquakes and tsunamis, which caused the city to ___2___ sink. The slow sea level rise in the Mediterranean ___3___ the city more than 3,000 years ago.
For millennia, the city's ___4___ lay unseen below some 13 feet of water. They were covered by a thick layer of sand ___5___ the island of Laconia. In recent decades, shifting ___6___ and climate change have eroded a natural barrier that ___7___ Pavlopetri. In 1967 a scientific survey of the Peloponnesian coast was ___8___ data to analyze changes in sea levels ___9___ British oceanographer Nicholas Flemming first spotted the submerged ___10___. A year later, he returned with a few students to ___11___ the location and map the site. The team identified some 15 buildings, courtyards, a network of streets, and two chamber tombs. ___12___ the exciting initial finds, the site would lie ___13___ for decades before archaeologists would return.
In 2009 archaeologists Chrysanthi Gallou and Jon Henderson ___14___ the excavation of Pavlopetri in cooperation with the Greek Ministry of Culture. Since the 1960s, underwater archaeology ___15___ and tools had made huge advances. The team ___16___ robotics, sonar mapping, and state-of-the-art graphics to survey the site. From 2009 to 2013 they were able to bring the underwater town to ___17___. Covering about two and a half acres, Pavlopetri's three main roads ___18___ some 50 rectangular buildings, all of which had open courtyards. Excavations revealed a large number of Minoan-style loom weights, ___19___ Pavlopetri was a thriving trade center with a ___20___ textile industry.