高中英语：unit 1 the cultural relics reading（新人教必修2）

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1、高一英语同步练习必修2Unit1TheCulturalRelics第2课时Reading基础练习阅读理解TheGreatPyramid     TheGreatPyramidwasbuiltthousandsofyearsagoforakingcalledKhufu.ItislocatedonthewestbankoftheNileRivernotfarfromCairo.Infact,allthepyramidsalongtheNileareonthewestbank.TheancientEgyptianscomparedtherisingofthesuntothebeginni

2、ngoflifeandthesettingofthesuntotheendoflife.ThisiswhytheirdeadwereburiedonthewestbankoftheNile.    It’sveryhardtorealizejusthowbigtheGreatPyramidis.Therewereover2,300,000blocksofsolidstone.Thesehugestoneblocksweighanaverageoftwoandahalftoneseach,asmuchasasmallcar.Someevenweighfifteentones.With

3、outmachinery,theancientEgyptianscut andmovedandliftedeachofthesestones.ManyoftheblockscamefromtheeastbankoftheNile,andtheyweretakenacrosstheriverinboats.Ittookmorethan100,000slavestwentyyearstobuildtheGreatPyramid.    TheGreatPyramidisover450feethightoday,anditwasoncehigher.Eachofthesidesofthe

4、pyramidis755feetlong.ThebodyofKhufuwasinagreatstonecoffinandmanytreasureswereburiedwithhim.1.Answerthefollowingquestions1).WhyareallthepyramidsinEgyptalongNilebuiltonthewestbank?______________________________________2).HowlongdidittakeEgyptianstobuildtheGreatPyramid?___________________________

5、_________2.TellTorFtothefollowingsentences1).TheGreatPyramidwasbuiltforaqueencalledKhufu.2).TheGreatPyramidliesinthecityofCairo.3).Alltheblocksforthepyramidsweremovedbytrucks.4).ManytreasureswereburiedwiththebodyofKhufu.一.课文摘要填空Thepassagetellsusthe1)_____oftheAmberRoomintheorderof2)____sothatw

6、ecanclearlyknowwhathappenedtoit.Itwasgiventhename3)______almostseventhousandtonsof4)___wereusedtomakeit.FirstitwasbuiltinPrussia,thenFrederickWilliamⅠ,thekingofPrussia,sentittoPetertheGreatasa5)___offriendshipfromPrussianpeople.AndtheAmberRoomsoonbecamepartoftheCzar’swinter6)______inStPetersbu

7、rg.Later,CatherineⅡhadtheAmberRoommovedtoapalaceoutsideStPetersburgwhereshespenthersummersandshetoldherartiststoaddmoredetailstoits7)___.InSeptember1941,theNaziGermanarmy8)_____stoletheAmberRoomandsentboxesoftheAmberRoomonatrainforKonig