Among the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the oldest one is the Great Pyramid of Giza. There are three large pyramids at Giza, outside the modern capital of Egypt, Cairo. The largest and most famous one is called the Great Pyramid. The workers built it as a tomb (墳?zāi)? for the Pharaoh Khufu (法老胡夫).

It took more than twenty years to build the Great Pyramid. When it was built, the pyramid was about 146.5 metres high. Over the years it has lost about eight metres off its top.

The pyramid is made of large stone blocks (石塊) — 2,300,000 of them! Each of these blocks weighs over 2,000 kilograms. The ancient Egyptians did not have any modern machines. How did they build the pyramid? The pyramid shows that the ancient people were intelligent and had great skills.

People once thought that the Egyptians made slaves (奴隸) do all the work on the Great Pyramid. But in fact, they used farmers.

1.From the passage we can learn that _____.

2.According to the passage, the height of the Great Pyramid may be_____ metres now.

3.What does the underlined word “intelligent” mean in Chinese?

4.In fact, the Egyptians used ____ to build the pyramid.

5.What is the writer’s purpose in writing this passage?

Among the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the oldest one is the Great Pyramid of Giza. There are three large pyramids at Giza, outside the modern capital of Egypt, Cairo. The largest and most famous one is called the Great Pyramid. The workers built it as a tomb (墳?zāi)? for the Pharaoh Khufu (法老胡夫).
It took more than twenty years to build the Great Pyramid. When it was built, the pyramid was about 146.5 metres high. Over the years it has lost about eight metres off its top.
The pyramid is made of large stone blocks (石塊) — 2,300,000 of them! Each of these blocks weighs over 2,000 kilograms. The ancient Egyptians did not have any modern machines. How did they build the pyramid? The pyramid shows that the ancient people were intelligent and had great skills.
People once thought that the Egyptians made slaves (奴隸) do all the work on the Great Pyramid. But in fact, they used farmers.
【小題1】From the passage we can learn that _____.

Among the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the oldest one is the Great Pyramid of Giza. There are three large pyramids at Giza, outside the modern capital of Egypt, Cairo. The largest and most famous one is called the Great Pyramid. The workers built it as a tomb (墳?zāi)? for the Pharaoh Khufu (法老胡夫).
It took more than twenty years to build the Great Pyramid. When it was built, the pyramid was about 146.5 metres high. Over the years it has lost about eight metres off its top.
The pyramid is made of large stone blocks (石塊) — 2,300,000 of them! Each of these blocks weighs over 2,000 kilograms. The ancient Egyptians did not have any modern machines. How did they build the pyramid? The pyramid shows that the ancient people were intelligent and had great skills.
People once thought that the Egyptians made slaves (奴隸) do all the work on the Great Pyramid. But in fact, they used farmers.

1. 1.

   From the passage we can learn that _____.

   1. A.
      Giza is the modern capital of Egypt
   2. B.
      there are only three pyramids in Egypt
   3. C.
      the Pharaoh Khufu built the Great Pyramid by himself
   4. D.
      the Great Pyramid was built (被建) as a tomb for the Pharaoh Khufu
2. 2.

   According to the passage, the height of the Great Pyramid may be_____ metres now.

   1. A.
      146.5
   2. B.
      138. 5
   3. C.
      154.5
   4. D.
      156. 5
3. 3.

   What does the underlined word “intelligent” mean in Chinese?

   1. A.
      聰明的
   2. B.
      辛苦的
   3. C.
      誠實的
   4. D.
      熱情的
4. 4.

   In fact, the Egyptians used ____ to build the pyramid.

   1. A.
      machines
   2. B.
      slaves
   3. C.
      farmers
   4. D.
      children
5. 5.

   What is the writer’s purpose in writing this passage?

   1. A.
      To invite people to visit the Great Pyramid.
   2. B.
      To give information about the Great Pyramid.
   3. C.
      To describe his or her trip to the Great Pyramid.
   4. D.
      To tell how he or she feels about the Great Pyramid.

閱讀理解

Here is some information about some of the wonders of the world. I am sure you will be interested in them.

The Pyramids of Egypt

There are about eighty pyramids known today. The most well-known was for Pharaoh(法老) Khufu. It is known as the “Great Pyramid”. It’s also the largest one. Workers used about 2.3 million blocks of stone to build it. (A)用了20年的時間才建成。

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon

The garden sat on a hill. It was a large and wonderful structure(建筑物). Many parts of the garden were high up on large columns(支柱). There were many big and green trees with lovely flowers. Although there are many different ideas about the garden, we are not sure whether this wonder ever existed(存在)!

The Lighthouse of Alexandria

The Lighthouse of Alexandria was designed about 2,000 years ago. It was in Egypt, too. (B) It was one of the ancient wonders of the world, about 135 metres high. It was once the highest building in the world. Although it doesn’t exist now, many people come to see its relic(遺址) every year.

1. The passage has talked about _____ wonders of the world.

2. “_____” has the same meaning as Sentence A.

A. We built it for twenty years.         B. It spent twelve years building it.

C. It took twenty years to build it.         D. Workers took twelve years to build it.

3. _____ raised high up the parts of the garden.

4. The Chinese meaning of Sentence B is “____”.

5. Which is NOT true?

If you go to Egypt, you’ll see a lot of pyramids. The biggest of all is the Great Pyramid. It is about 137 meters high and made of 2,300,000 big stones. Each stone weighs about two and a half tons（噸）.The biggest ones even weigh fifteen tons. It took more than 100,000 men twenty years to build it. Nobody can tell just how the men cut, carried and lifted（舉）the huge stones without our modern machines（機器）.

    The Egyptian kings told the people to build the pyramids for themselves. They thought they had tombs （墳?zāi)梗﹕trong enough to keep their bodies well until they came back to life. But they never thought that about 5,000 years later their bodies would be on show in museums.

1.The Great Pyramid is in ________.

A. China          B. Japan           C. Egypt            D. France

2. A pyramid is ______.

A.a house         B. a huge stone      C. a king’s tomb      D. the name of a museum

3.The Great Pyramid is about _______ and made of _______ huge stones.

A.137 metres high; 100,000             B.137 high metres; 2,300,000

C.137 metres; 2,300,000                D.137 meters high; 2,300,000

4.Pyramids are built for _______.

A. the kings       B. the queens（皇后）  C. the kings' teachers      D. People

5.The kings thought they had the pyramids built to keep their bodies until _________.

A. they came home                    B. they became alive

C. they die                           D. they were on show in museums