Question

      The kings of ancient Egypt planned strong tombs (墳?zāi)? to keep their bodies safe after death and to hold their treasures (財寶) . The Great Pyramid was built thousands of years ago for a king called Khufu. It stands on the west bank of the Nile River not far from Cairo. In fact all the pyramids along the Nile are on its west bank. The ancient Egyptians compared the rising of the sun to the beginning of life and the setting of the sun to the end of life. This is why their dead bodies were buried (埋葬) on the west bank of the Nile. The people of Mexico also built pyramids. They did not build the pyramids for tombs. They used to build a pyramid and then a temple on top of it. The pyramids of Mexico are not as high as the pyramids of Egypt, but they are big. Each of the pyramids has a wide stairway (階梯) that goes from the bottom to the top.

　　More pyramids were built in the Americas than in Egypt. About 90 pyramids are known to have stood in Egypt, while several hundred small pyramids are scattered (分散) across Central and South America. The biggest pyramid in Mexico is almost 2,000 years old. Scientists think it took 10,000 men more than ten years to build it. On the top they built a temple of the sun. The temple is no longer there but people still called it ______________________. Near it is another huge pyramid, the Pyramid of the Moon.

 

1. What is the best title of the passage? (Please answer within 10 words.)

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2. Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?

The ancient Egyptians thought the rising of the sun stood for the beginning of life and the setting of the sun stood for the end of life.

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3. Please fill in the blank in the last paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence. (Please answer within 10 words.)

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4. What are the different purposes of building pyramids in Egypt and Mexico? (Please answer within 30 words.)

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5. Translate the underlined sentence in the first paragraph into Chinese.

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Answer 1

1. Pyramids in Egypt and Mexico

（評分要求：依據(jù)與文章整體內(nèi)容的相關(guān)程度酌情給分, 關(guān)鍵詞pyramids）

2. The ancient Egyptians compared the rising of the sun to the beginning of life and the setting of the sun to the end of life.

（評分要求：要求準(zhǔn)確找出以上的句子。）

3. the Pyramid of the Sun

（評分要求：要求給出的答案要保持與上下文的連貫性，而且與參考答案的意思相近。）

4. （略）

5. 每座金字塔都有一個從底部到頂端的寬階梯。

（評分要求：要求在準(zhǔn)確、全面的基礎(chǔ)上，翻譯成較為通順的漢語，并表達出作者的思路。）