Question

【题目】短文填空、请根据短文内容及首字母提示填空，使短文意思完整、连贯。

The Great Pyramid of Giza is one of the Wonders of the Ancient World. It was b【1】more than 4, 000 years ago in Egypt. It is so P【2】that millions of tourists from around the world come to visit it every year.

In Egypt there are over 80 pyramids and the I【3】one is the Great Pyramid. It I【4】on the west bank of the Nile. In fact, all the pyramids along the Nile are on the west bank. The ancient Egyptians compared the rising of the sun to beginning of life and the setting of the sun to the end of life. That is w【5】their dead bodies were buried(埋葬)on the west bank of the Nile.

You can h【6】imagine how huge the Great Pyramid is. It has over 2 million blocks. Some are as heavy as five school buses. A【7】they were heavy, workers were able to put a block into the pyramid every three minutes.

The workers, Egyptian men and women, worked in teams. The teams had different t【8】. Some dug up the stones. Others moved them. Another team cut the stones. The last group put the stones into the pyramid. There were so many different teams, but the pyramid is perfect. No stone is in the w【9】position.

But how did the Egyptians move those heavy stones to the top w【10】any modern machinery(机械)? No one knows for sure. Many things about the Great Pyramid are still a mystery.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】built

【2】popular

【3】largest

【4】lies

【5】why

【6】hardly

【7】Although

【8】tasks

【9】wrong

【10】without

【解析】

本篇文章难度适中，主要讲述埃及金字塔以及它坐落的方位，在古代如何建成的仍然是一个谜。

【1】句意“在埃及，它4000年前就被造出来了”。build建造，主语it与动词build之间为被动关系be done，故填built。

【2】句意“它是如此地受欢迎，以至于每年世界上有数百万的游客来参观”。根据millions of tourists from around the world come to visit it every year可知，有数百万人来参观，是受欢迎的，popular受欢迎的，故填popular。

【3】句意“在埃及，有超过80个金字塔，但最大的是“大金字塔””。根据You can h____6____imagine how huge the Great Pyramid is可知，大金字塔很大，large大的，且根据there are over 80 pyramids可知，用最高级，故填largest。

【4】句意“它位于尼罗河的西岸”。lie坐落于，指现在的状态，用一般现在时，且主语为it，故填lies。

【5】句意“那就是为什么他们的尸体要埋在西岸”。根据The ancient Egyptians compared the rising of the sun to beginning of life and the setting of the sun to the end of life可知，表示原因，故填why。

【6】句意“你想不到大金字塔有多大”。根据It has over 2 million blocks可知，它是由200万块积木搭成的，所以你几乎想象不到它有多大，hardly几乎不，故填hardly。

【7】句意“尽管它很沉，但是工人们能每三分钟就把积木放到金字塔里”。根据句意可知，前后文表示让步，although尽管，且空位于句首，故填Although。

【8】句意“团队有不同的任务”。根据Some dug up the stones. Others moved them. Another team cut the stones. The last group put the stones into the pyramid可知，他们的任务不同，分工不同，task任务，且根据different可知，用复数，故填tasks。

【9】句意“没有石头放在错误的位置”。根据but the pyramid is perfect可知，他们很完美，没有错误的，wrong错误的，故填wrong。

【10】句意“但是，在没有现代机械的情况下，埃及人如何将这些沉重的石头搬到顶部的？”。根据It was b___1___more than 4, 000 years ago in Egypt可知，4000年前没有现代机械，without没有，故填without。