Most people have heard the story of the lost city of Atlantis.But is any part of the story （1）t

rue

rue

？
    Over two thousand years ago，the Greek writer Plato wrote about Atlantis，an island in the Atlantic Ocean（大西洋）.The island's people were very rich.They （2）b

uilt

uilt

a big city with many great buildings.But the people became greedy（貪婪的）——they had many things，but they still wanted （3）m

ore

ore

.So the gods became angry.Earthquakes and large waves began to hit the island.Finally，Atlantis went down （4）i

nto

nto

the sea.
    Many explorers （探險(xiǎn)家） have （5）l

ooked

ooked

for Atlantis.In 2004，explorer Robert Sarmast reported finding the remains of a city under the sea near Cyprus.However，Sarmast and other scientists later realized the structures he found under the sea were （6）n

atural

atural

，not man-made.Mark Adams，writer of the 2016 book Meet Me in Atlantis，（7）b

elieves

elieves

the city was in Morocco.Plato wrote about red and black stone circles around the city.Adams found （8）s

imilar

imilar

red and black stones in the desert there，very near the Atlantic Ocean.
    Most people，however，think Atlantis is simply a story.The （9）p

urpose

urpose

of the story may be to teach people not to be greedy.Richard Ellis also wrote a book about Atlantis in 1999.He says"there is not a piece of solid evidence （證據(jù)）"for a real Atlantis.
    So was the island real or not？We （10）o

nly

nly

know one thing：The mystery（謎） of Atlantis will be with us for a long time.