2019-2020年高中英语 Unit1 The Cultural Relics Reading同步测控 新人教必修2

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1、2019-2020年高中英语Unit1TheCulturalRelicsReading同步测控新人教必修2课前预习阅读理解TheGreatPyramid     TheGreatPyramidwasbuiltthousandsofyearsagoforakingcalledKhufu.ItislocatedonthewestbankoftheNileRivernotfarfromCairo.Infact,allthepyramidsalongtheNileareonthewestbank.TheancientEgyptiansparedtheris

2、ingofthesuntothebeginningoflifeandthesettingofthesuntotheendoflife.ThisiswhytheirdeadwereburiedonthewestbankoftheNile.    It’sveryhardtorealizejusthowbigtheGreatPyramidis.Therewereover2,300,000blocksofsolidstone.Thesehugestoneblocksweighanaverageoftwoandahalftoneseach,asmuchas

3、asmallcar.Someevenweighfifteentones.Withoutmachinery,theancientEgyptianscut andmovedandliftedeachofthesestones.ManyoftheblockscamefromtheeastbankoftheNile,andtheyweretakenacrosstheriverinboats.Ittookmorethan100,000slavestwentyyearstobuildtheGreatPyramid.    TheGreatPyramidisov

4、er450feethightoday,anditwasoncehigher.Eachofthesidesofthepyramidis755feetlong.ThebodyofKhufuwasinagreatstonecoffinandmanytreasureswereburiedwithhim.1.Answerthefollowingquestions1).WhyareallthepyramidsinEgyptalongNilebuiltonthewestbank?______________________________________2).H

5、owlongdidittakeEgyptianstobuildtheGreatPyramid?____________________________________2.TellTorFtothefollowingsentences1).TheGreatPyramidwasbuiltforaqueencalledKhufu.2).TheGreatPyramidliesinthecityofCairo.3).Alltheblocksforthepyramidsweremovedbytrucks.4).Manytreasureswereburiedwi

6、ththebodyofKhufu.一.课文摘要填空Thepassagetellsusthe1)_____oftheAmberRoomintheorderof2)____sothatwecanclearlyknowwhathappenedtoit.Itwasgiventhename3)______almostseventhousandtonsof4)___wereusedtomakeit.FirstitwasbuiltinPrussia,thenFrederickWilliamⅠ,thekingofPrussia,sentittoPetertheGr

7、eatasa5)___offriendshipfromPrussianpeople.AndtheAmberRoomsoonbecamepartoftheCzar’swinter6)______inStPetersburg.Later,CatherineⅡhadtheAmberRoommovedtoapalaceoutsideStPetersburgwhereshespenthersummersandshetoldherartiststoaddmoredetailstoits7)___.InSeptember1941,theNaziGermanarm

8、y8)_____stoletheAmberRoomandsentboxesoftheAmberRoomonatrainfo