高中英语 Unit1 The Cultural Relics Reading同步测控 新人教必修2.doc

《高中英语 Unit1 The Cultural Relics Reading同步测控 新人教必修2.doc》由会员上传分享，免费在线阅读，更多相关内容在教育资源-天天文库。

1、高一英语同步测控必修2Unit1TheCulturalRelics第2课时Reading课前预习阅读理解TheGreatPyramid     TheGreatPyramidwasbuiltthousandsofyearsagoforakingcalledKhufu.ItislocatedonthewestbankoftheNileRivernotfarfromCairo.Infact,allthepyramidsalongtheNileareonthewestbank.TheancientEgyptianscomparedtherisingofthesuntot

2、hebeginningoflifeandthesettingofthesuntotheendoflife.ThisiswhytheirdeadwereburiedonthewestbankoftheNile.    It’sveryhardtorealizejusthowbigtheGreatPyramidis.Therewereover2,300,000blocksofsolidstone.Thesehugestoneblocksweighanaverageoftwoandahalftoneseach,asmuchasasmallcar.Someevenweig

3、hfifteentones.Withoutmachinery,theancientEgyptianscut andmovedandliftedeachofthesestones.ManyoftheblockscamefromtheeastbankoftheNile,andtheyweretakenacrosstheriverinboats.Ittookmorethan100,000slavestwentyyearstobuildtheGreatPyramid.    TheGreatPyramidisover450feethightoday,anditwasonc

4、ehigher.Eachofthesidesofthepyramidis755feetlong.ThebodyofKhufuwasinagreatstonecoffinandmanytreasureswereburiedwithhim.1.Answerthefollowingquestions1).WhyareallthepyramidsinEgyptalongNilebuiltonthewestbank?______________________________________2).HowlongdidittakeEgyptianstobuildtheGrea

5、tPyramid?____________________________________2.TellTorFtothefollowingsentences1).TheGreatPyramidwasbuiltforaqueencalledKhufu.2).TheGreatPyramidliesinthecityofCairo.6用心爱心专心3).Alltheblocksforthepyramidsweremovedbytrucks.4).ManytreasureswereburiedwiththebodyofKhufu.一.课文摘要填空Thepassagetell

6、susthe1)_____oftheAmberRoomintheorderof2)____sothatwecanclearlyknowwhathappenedtoit.Itwasgiventhename3)______almostseventhousandtonsof4)___wereusedtomakeit.FirstitwasbuiltinPrussia,thenFrederickWilliamⅠ,thekingofPrussia,sentittoPetertheGreatasa5)___offriendshipfromPrussianpeople.Andth

7、eAmberRoomsoonbecamepartoftheCzar’swinter6)______inStPetersburg.Later,CatherineⅡhadtheAmberRoommovedtoapalaceoutsideStPetersburgwhereshespenthersummersandshetoldherartiststoaddmoredetailstoits7)___.InSeptember1941,theNaziGermanarmy8)_____stoletheAmberRoomandsentboxesoftheAmberRoomonat

8、rainf