高中英语：Unit1 The Cultural Relics Reading(新人教必修2).docVIP

高一英语同步练习 必修2 Unit 1 The Cultural Relics 第课时 eading 基础练习 阅读理解 The Great Pyramid ? ????The Great Pyramid was built thousands of years ago for a king called Khufu. It is located on the west bank of the Nile River not far from Cairo. In fact, all the pyramids along the Nile are on the west bank. The ancient Egyptians compared the rising of the sun to the beginning of life and the setting of the sun to the end of life. This is why their dead were buried on the west bank of the Nile. ? ???It’s very hard to realize just how big the Great Pyramid is. There were over 2,300,000 blocks of solid stone. These huge stone blocks weigh an average of two and a half tones each, as much as a small car. Some even weigh fifteen tones. Without machinery, the ancient Egyptians cut?and moved and lifted each of these stones. Many of the blocks came from the east bank of the Nile, and they were taken across the river in boats. It took more than 100,000 slaves twenty years to build the Great Pyramid. ? ???The Great Pyramid is over 450 feet high today, and it was once higher. Each of the sides of the pyramid is 755 feet long. The body of Khufu was in a great stone coffin and many treasures were buried with him. 1. Answer the following questions 1).Why are all the pyramids in Egypt along Nile built on the west bank? ______________________________________ 2).How long did it take Egyptians to build the Great Pyramid? ____________________________________ 2. Tell T or F to the following sentences 1).The Great Pyramid was built for a queen called Khufu. 2).The Great Pyramid lies in the city of Cairo. 3).All the blocks for the pyramids were moved by trucks. 4).Many treasures were buried with the body of Khufu. 一.课文摘要The passage tells us the 1) _____of the Amber Room in the order of 2) ____so that we can clearly know what happened to it. It was given the name 3) ______almost seven thousand tons of 4) ___were used to make it. First it was built in Prussia, then Frederick William Ⅰ, the king o