A)完形填空。(20分)
Though pyramids are found in Egypt,the
word "pyramid" comes from the Greek language. 1 the
Greeks first arrived in Egypt long ago, they found many grand stones 2
which they named "pyramids". The Greeks wondered 3
the Egyptians had built the great pyramids,but they could not find the 4
, and even now we still don't know exactly how.
It is 5
in many ancient books written in Arabic(阿拉伯语)and found in Egypt that the
Egyptians 6 life after death.
When a person 7 , his family or
friends placed the things near his body which they thought he might need.
Emperors or kings had great 8 ,
so their bodies were kept inside the great pyramids,which they had had them
built for many years even while they were still 9
.
The Great Pyramid,which was 482 feet
high and 10 two square
kilometers of land, was built for King Khufu with 23,000,000 blocks of large
stones, the smallest of which even 11
over 25,000 kilograms as 12 as
a car.
How the ancient Egyptians 13
, moved and lifted such heavy stones without modern machines has always
remained a great 14 to present
scholars. Perhaps these stones were taken across the Nile in boats at 15
time. Maybe they were moved on rollers using slippery Nile mud on land
and 16 up along sloping(倾斜的)roads to the
sides of the pyramids. It is still a great 17
that the stones 18 together so
well that even a straight knife cannot be pushed between them.
Century after century, strong winds
have been 19 yellow sand around
the pyramids. Different rulers have come and gone. Everything seems to 20
except the pyramids. They have remained a 5000-year-old mystery(奥秘)in silence.
1. A. While B. Since C. When D. As
