浙江省嘉兴市2017年九年级上册英语期末检测(解析版).pdfVIP

浙江省嘉兴市 2017 学年九年级 (上册 ) 英语期末检测 一、完形填空 1、阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从 A 、B 、C、 D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。 For thousands of years，no other country has been as wonderful to the world as this one ．It makes you wonder whats 1 the pyramids ， how people made mummies( 木乃伊 )and why the Great Sphinx stands there to be with the 2 ．This is Egypt ，one of the oldest civilizations in the world ． Built along the worlds longest 3 ， the Nile ，Egypt is a big country with the second largest population 4 Africa ．As a land rich in beauty ，history and culture ，ancient Egypt left behind many 5 for the world ． The solar calendar( 日历 )we use today actually 6 Egypt ．Around 4 ，000 BC ，Egyptians used a calendar that was 365 days long ．They had twelve months made of 7 days each．And they made the left five days a festival ． Egyptian characters(文字 )are some of the 8 characters in the world ．It looks like our oracle bone inscriptions in ancient China ．Their characters 9 many others，including the Latin alphabet( 字母表 )we use today． When it came to 10 science，Egyptians left us mummies ，which we try to see how they kept a 11 body for such a long time ．Egyptians covered bodies with a special salt This makes the· 12 dry, which keeps it looking lifelike ．Some mummies are more than 2,000 years old ． Today ，many people are 13 interested in this crazy land ．Scientists have found more than 130 pyramids in Egypt ， 14 a research in National Geographic ．The biggest is the Great Pyramid of Khufu in Giza ．It is about 138.8 metres 15 ， which is almost as tall as a 40 story building ．The Great Pyramid of Khufu is the most famous ancient wonder of the world th