高考调研选修八单元卷5.doc

单元测试卷(五) 本试卷分第Ⅰ卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分，共150分。考试时间120分钟。 第Ⅰ卷(选择题，共100分) 第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分) (略) 第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分40分) 第一节 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A，B，C和D)中，选出最佳选项。 The kings of ancient Egypt planned strong tombs to keep their bodies safe after death and to hold their treasures. The Great Pyramid was built thousands of years ago for a king called Khufu. It stands on the west bank of the Nile River not far from Cairo. In fact all the pyramids along the Nile are on its 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 bodies were buried on the west bank of the Nile. The people of Mexico also built pyramids. They did not build the pyramids for tombs. They used to build a pyramid and then a temple on top of it. The pyramids of Mexico are not as high as the pyramids of Egypt, but they are big. Each of the pyramids has a wide stairway (阶梯) that goes from the bottom to the top. More pyramids were built in the Americas than in Egypt. About 90 pyramids are known to have stood in Egypt, while several hundred small pyramids are scattered (分散) across Central and South America. The biggest pyramid in Mexico is almost 2,000 years old. Scientists think it took 10,000 men more than ten years to build it. On the top they built a temple of the sun. The temple is no longer there but people still called it the Pyramid of the Sun. Near it is another huge pyramid, the Pyramid of the Moon. 21. In ancient Egypt pyramids were built ________. A. for visitors to see B. for kings to live in C. as the kings’ tombs D. for king Khufu 22. All the pyramids along the Nile are on its west bank, because in ancient Egypt people thought ________. A. they died in the west B. the sun sets in the west C. the end of their lives was like the setting of the sun D. they would go to the west after death 23. The pyramids in ancient Mexico were built ________. A. for the kings B. for the