高中英语：UnitTheCulturalRelics 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2课时 Reading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