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Here is some information about some of the wonders of the world. I am sure you will be interested in them.

The Pyramids of Egypt

There are about eighty pyramids known today. The most well-known was for Pharaoh(法老) Khufu. It is known as the “Great Pyramid”. It’s also the largest one. Workers used about 2.3 million blocks of stone to build it. (A)用了20年的时间才建成。

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon

The garden sat on a hill. It was a large and wonderful structure(建筑物). Many parts of the garden were high up on large columns(支柱). There were many big and green trees with lovely flowers. Although there are many different ideas about the garden, we are not sure whether this wonder ever existed(存在)!

The Lighthouse of Alexandria

The Lighthouse of Alexandria was designed about 2,000 years ago. It was in Egypt, too. (B) It was one of the ancient wonders of the world, about 135 metres high. It was once the highest building in the world. Although it doesn’t exist now, many people come to see its relic(遗址) every year.

1. The passage has talked about _____ wonders of the world.

2. “_____” has the same meaning as Sentence A.

A. We built it for twenty years.         B. It spent twelve years building it.

C. It took twenty years to build it.         D. Workers took twelve years to build it.

3. _____ raised high up the parts of the garden.

4. The Chinese meaning of Sentence B is “____”.

5. Which is NOT true?

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阅读下面短文，根据短文内容从每题所给的(A)、(B)、(C)、(D)四个选项中选出最佳答案。

　　Along with the Great Pyramid(金字塔) of Giza in Egypt, the Great Sphinx is one of the greatest and most studied monuments(纪念碑) of human history.

　　Carved(雕刻) from a single piece of stone of hundreds of tons, the Sphinx is the head of a man resting on the body of a lion.

　　The nose, eyes and ears have all been carved in the terrific proportions(比例). That's not easy for an object 180 metres long, 64 metres high and 35 metres wide.

　　No one knows what tools were used to carve the stone, when this was done, or by whom. The Egyptians wrote very little about the building of the Sphinx.

　　There are basically two schools of thought about how it was built.

　　No one knows what the Sphinx looked like when it was first finished because both natural erosion(侵蚀) and damage(破坏) done by man have changed its shape.

　　Many earlier pictures of the Sphinx show it with wings(翅膀), the body of a lion and ox(公牛), and the face of a man. Today only the man and the lion can be seen.

　　To this day, people can't agree with each other on the true role(作用) of the Sphinx.

1．The writer wrote this text to ________.

[　　]

A．tell us some information about the Sphinx

B．talk about the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt

C．tell us what the Sphinx looks like today

D．tell us to visit the Sphinx

2．Which of the following about the Sphinx is known to people?

[　　]

A．The date of building it.

B．The size of it.

C．The way of building it.

D．The role of it.

3．We may learn from the text that ________.

[　　]

A．two schools now are studying the Sphinx

B．the Sphinx was made of a lot of very big stones

C．the Sphinx today looks different from what it used to be

D．the Sphinx is the greatest monument

4．Which of the following used to be a part of the Sphinx?

[　　]

A．Wings.

B．The head of an ox.

C．The face of a man.

D．The body of the lion.

Here is some information about some of the wonders of the world. I am sure you will be interested in them.
The Pyramids of Egypt
There are about eighty pyramids known today. The most well-known was for Pharaoh(法老) Khufu. It is known as the “Great Pyramid”. It’s also the largest one. Workers used about 2.3 million blocks of stone to build it. (A)用了20年的时间才建成。
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
The garden sat on a hill. It was a large and wonderful structure(建筑物). Many parts of the garden were high up on large columns(支柱). There were many big and green trees with lovely flowers. Although there are many different ideas about the garden, we are not sure whether this wonder ever existed(存在)!
The Lighthouse of Alexandria
The Lighthouse of Alexandria was designed about 2,000 years ago. It was in Egypt, too. (B) It was one of the ancient wonders of the world, about 135 metres high. It was once the highest building in the world. Although it doesn’t exist now, many people come to see its relic(遗址) every year.

1. 1.

    The passage has talked about ______ wonders of the world.

   1. A.
      one
   2. B.
      two
   3. C.
      three
   4. D.
      four
2. 2.

    “_____” has the same meaning as Sentence

   1. A.
      We built it for twenty years.
   2. B.
      It spent twelve years building it.
   3. C.
      It took twenty years to build it.
   4. D.
      Workers took twelve years to build it.
3. 3.

    ______ raised high up the parts of the garden.

   1. A.
      Big green trees
   2. B.
      Lovely flowers
   3. C.
      Stones
   4. D.
      Large columns
4. 4.

    The Chinese meaning of Sentence B is “____”.

   1. A.
      它是世界奇迹之一
   2. B.
      它是世界古代奇观之一
   3. C.
      它是世界古代奇观
   4. D.
      它是世界自然奇观之一
5. 5.

    Which is NOT true?

   1. A.
      The Great Pyramid has used many stones to build.
   2. B.
      Scientists can prove that the Hanging Gardens of Babylon has ever existed.
   3. C.
      The Lighthouse of Alexandria was in Egypt.
   4. D.
      The Lighthouse of Alexandria was about135 metres high.

If you go to Egypt, you’ll see a lot of pyramids. The biggest of all is the Great Pyramid. It is about 137 meters high and made of 2,300,000 big stones. Each stone weighs about two and a half tons（吨）.The biggest ones even weigh fifteen tons. It took more than 100,000 men twenty years to build it. Nobody can tell just how the men cut, carried and lifted（举）the huge stones without our modern machines（机器）.

    The Egyptian kings told the people to build the pyramids for themselves. They thought they had tombs （坟墓）strong enough to keep their bodies well until they came back to life. But they never thought that about 5,000 years later their bodies would be on show in museums.

1.The Great Pyramid is in ________.

A. China          B. Japan           C. Egypt            D. France

2. A pyramid is ______.

A.a house         B. a huge stone      C. a king’s tomb      D. the name of a museum

3.The Great Pyramid is about _______ and made of _______ huge stones.

A.137 metres high; 100,000             B.137 high metres; 2,300,000

C.137 metres; 2,300,000                D.137 meters high; 2,300,000

4.Pyramids are built for _______.

A. the kings       B. the queens（皇后）  C. the kings' teachers      D. People

5.The kings thought they had the pyramids built to keep their bodies until _________.

A. they came home                    B. they became alive

C. they die                           D. they were on show in museums