五四真题剖析
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(2018·山东烟台中考)
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The Great Pyramid of Giza is one of the Wonders of the Ancient World. It was 1.b more than 4，000 years ago in Egypt. It is so 2.p that millions of tourists from around the world come to visit it every year.
In Egypt there are over 80 pyramids and the 3.l one is the Great Pyramid. It 4.l on the west bank of the Nile. In fact, all the pyramids along the Nile are on the 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. That is
5.w their dead bodies were buried(埋葬) on the west bank of the Nile.
You can 6.h imagine how huge the Great Pyramid is. It has over 2 million blocks. Some are as heavy as five school buses. 7.A they were heavy, workers were able to put a block into the pyramid every three minutes.
The workers, Egyptian men and women, worked in teams. The teams had different 8.t . Some dug up the stones. Others moved them. Another team cut the stones. The last group put the stones into the pyramid. There were so many different teams, but the pyramid is perfect. No stone is in the 9.w p osition.
But how did the Egyptians move those heavy stones to the top
10.w any modern machinery(机械)? No one knows for sure. Many things about the Great Pyramid are still a mystery.
【答案及解析】
1．built 结合语境及常识可知，此处介绍金字塔修建的时间，因为“金字塔”与“修建”之间是被动关系，故填过去分词built。
2．popular 由“millions of tourists from around the world come to visit it every year.”可知，金字塔很受欢迎，吸引了许多游客，故填popular。
3．largest 结合前后文可知，此处表示在80多个金字塔中，最大的一个是胡夫金字塔，故用形容词最高级。
4．lies 结合语境可知，此处介绍金字塔的地理位置，介绍事实，故用一般现在时；主语为it，故用第三人称单数。结合首字母提示可知，此处填lies。lie on表示“位于……”。
5．why 结合前文可知，此处介绍那就是他们的尸体葬于尼罗河西岸的原因。that is why“那是……的原因”。
6．hardly 句意：你几乎无法想象胡夫金字塔有多大！hardly“几乎不，简直不”副词，在此处修饰动词imagin e，表示“几乎无法想象”。
7．Although 前后两句句意存在转折关系，结合首字母提示可知填Although“虽然，尽管”。
8．tasks 由下文可知人们分工合作，每个组都有不同的任务，故填tasks“任务”。
9．wrong 由上文可知人们分工合作建造了完美的金字塔，没有一块石头被放错位置。wrong position“错误的位置”。
10．without 句意：在没有现代机械设备的情况下，埃及人 是如何将这些沉重的石头放在金字塔的顶端的？without“没有，无”，表示否定，符合句意。
