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1、第五单元检测(时间:90分钟 满分:120分)第一部分 阅读理解(共两节,满分40分)第一节(共12小题;每小题2.5分,满分30分)阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。A(导学号58980025)Theoldeststonebuildingsintheworldarethepyramids(金字塔).Theyhavestoodfornearly5,000years,anditseemslikelythattheywillcontinuetostandforthousandsofyearsyet.Thereareovereightyoft
2、hemscattered(散布)alongthebanksoftheNile,someofwhicharedifferentinshapefromthetruepyramids.Themostfamousofthesearethe“Step”pyramidandthe“Bent”pyramid.Someofthepyramidsstilllookasmuchalikeastheymusthavebeenwhentheywerebuiltthousandsofyearsago.Mostofthedamagesufferedbytheothershasbeenattheh
3、andsofmenwhowerelookingfortreasureor,moreoften,forstonestouseinmodernbuildings.ThedryclimateofEgypthashelpedtokeepthepyramidsingoodcondition,andtheirveryshapehasmadethemlesslikelytofallintoruin.Thesearegoodreasonswhytheycanstillbeseentoday,butperhapsthemostimportantisthattheywereplanned
4、tolastforever.The“Step”pyramidhadtobeonthewestsideoftheNile,thesideonwhichthesunset.Thiswasforspiritualreasons.Italsohadtostandwellabovetheleveloftherivertoprotectitagainsttheregularfloods.ItcouldnotbetoofarfromtheNile,however,asthestonestobuilditneededtobecarriedinboatsdowntherivertoth
5、enearestpoint.Watertransportwas,ofcourse,mucheasierthanlandtransport.Thebuildersalsohadtofindarockbase,whichwasnotlikelytocrack(破裂)underthegreatweightofthepyramid.Finally,ithadtobenearthecapital,orbetterstillneartheking’spalacesothathecouldvisititeasilytopersonallychecktheprogressbeingm
6、adeonthefinalrestingplaceforhisbody.1Accordingtothepassage,the“Step”pyramid . A.isunlikelytofallintoruininthenearfutureB.wasbuiltonthebanksalongtheNileC.isonethatwasbuiltlaterthanthetruepyramidsD.isthemostfamousofthetruepyramids答案A解析细节理解题。从第一段第二句话“Theyhavestoodfornearly5,000years,andi
7、tseemslikelythattheywillcontinuetostandforthousandsofyearsyet.”可以看出金字塔不可能受损,A项中的unlikely意为“不可能”。本文主要介绍了埃及的金字塔能保存长久的原因及其中被称为Step的金字塔建立在尼罗河西侧的原因。2Themostimportantreasonwhysomepyramidsremainingoodconditionisthat . A.peoplehavetakengoodcareofthemB.itdoesn’trainofteninEgyptC.theyw
