The kings of ancient Egypt built strong tombs（墳?zāi)梗﹖o keep their bodies safe after death and to hold their treasures. The Great Pyramid was built thousands of years ago for a king called Khufu. It is located on the west bank of 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 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 that goes from the bottom to the top.
The biggest pyramid in Mexico is almost 2000 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 call it the Pyramid of the Sun. Near it is another huge pyramid, the Pyramid of the Moon.
小題1:In ancient Egypt pyramids were built          .
A．for visitors to seeB．for kings to live in
C．a(chǎn)s the kings’ tombsD．for king Khufu
小題2:All the pyramids along the Nile are on its west bank, because in ancient Egypt people thought
A．they died in the west
B．the sun sets in the west
C．the end of their lives was like the setting of the sun
D．they would go to the west after death
小題3:Which of the following is Wrong?
A．The kings of ancient Egypt built strong tombs only to hold treasures.
B．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.
C．The biggest pyramid in Mexico is nearly 2000 years old.
D．Near the Pyramid of the Sun, there is the Pyramid of the Moon.

小題1:C
小題2:C
小題3:A

試題分析：文章介紹埃及的金字塔的建造的樣式和作用，也給讀者介紹了墨西哥金字塔的建造的相關(guān)的信息。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題：從文章第一段的句子：The kings of ancient Egypt built strong tombs（墳?zāi)梗﹖o keep their bodies safe after death and to hold their treasures.可知在埃及金字塔被建筑做為國(guó)王的墳?zāi)梗xC
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)題：從文章第一段的句子：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 on the west bank of the Nile.可知所有的埃及金字塔都在尼羅河的西邊，因?yàn)榘＜叭苏J(rèn)為他們生命的結(jié)束就像太陽(yáng)的落下。選C
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)題：從文章第一段的句子：The kings of ancient Egypt built strong tombs（墳?zāi)梗﹖o keep their bodies safe after death and to hold their treasures.可知在埃及金字塔的建造不僅是為了存放寶藏，也是為了讓他們的尸體安全。選A
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