Question

【题目】阅读短文，回答问题及翻译划线部分的句子。

The Great Sphinx(狮身人面) is a lion with the head of a person.It's a statue(雕像) located in Egypt.Some people think that there is a hidden area inside the sphinx for people to enter.But no one has found a way to get inside.

There is a story about a young man who fell asleep next to the Great Sphinx.He had gone hunting(打猎) in the daytime and he was tired.The man had a dream that he would be the king of Egypt if he cleaned the sand away from the sphinx.①At__that__time，the__Great__Sphinx__was__covered__up__with__sand. ②但是这个故事没有结局。Did the man clean the sand away from the Great Sphinx？Did he become the king of Egypt？No one seems to know.

The statue is very large.The head is 30 feet long and 14 feet wide.

Wind and sand have worn(磨损) parts of the statue away.These parts will be rebuilt to look as good as new.

【1】What does the Great Sphinx look like?

【2】What did the young man do in the daytime?

【3】Why does the statue need to rebuild?

【4】将划线①译成汉语。

【5】将划线②译成英语。

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 A lion with the head of a person.

【2】 He went hunting.

【3】 Because wind and sand have worn parts of the statue away./Because some parts of it have been worn.

【4】 那时，狮身人面像被沙子覆盖。

【5】 But the story doesn't have an ending.

【解析】

【1】根据文章第一句The Great Sphinx(狮身人面) is a lion with the head of a person.可知狮身人面是有着人头的狮子雕像，故回答A lion with the head of a person.

【2】根据文章第二段He had gone hunting(打猎) in the daytime and he was tired.可知他白天出去打猎，故回答He went hunting.

【3】根据文章最后一句Wind and sand have worn(磨损) parts of the statue away. These parts will be rebuilt to look as good as new.可知雕像需要重建是因为风沙已经磨损了雕像的一部分，故回答Because wind and sand have worn parts of the statue away./Because some parts of it have been worn.

【4】At that time意思是在那时，be covered with被…覆盖，这是被动语态，was covered with sand被沙子覆盖，故翻译为：那时，狮身人面像被沙子覆盖。

【5】没有结局has no ending/ doesn’t have an ending, 用but表示转折，故翻译为：But the story doesn't have an ending.

本文属于阅读短文回答问题，回答问题之前需要快速浏览短文，了解故事大意，再带着具体问题，找到答案在原文中的位置，根据问题要求回答问题；例如第1小题，问题是狮身人面是什么样子的，根据文章第一句The Great Sphinx(狮身人面) is a lion with the head of a person.可知狮身人面是有着人头的狮子雕像，故回答：A lion with the head of a person.