My first visit to Angkor Wat(吳哥窟) was in 1980. The country had been at war for many years and the temple was deserted and falling to pieces. Plants were growing out of the roofs, and trees were growing in the courtyards.
Today, the temple is the scene of a busy repair program. A team of 15 Indian experts are organizing a workforce of 400 Cambodians, most of them women, who are cleaning, repairing and rebuilding parts of this temple.
  As I walked through the courtyards, I noticed the Cambodian women devote hours to cleaning carefully a tiny area of stone. Boards are laid down to protect the precious painted stones while the repair work is going on. There are very few machines and little heavy equipment. Workers carry building materials in buckets at the end of long poles. Piles of stones lie in a corner of the courtyard, waiting to be replaced.    
  The work of cleaning the stones is watched over by three Indian chemists. It is a very slow task. First they clean the stones with brushes using buckets of a weak chemical. Then gaps between the stones are filled in. Finally another material is painted onto the stones which will protect them from water forever.
Work starts every day at 7 a. m. and goes on until late afternoon six days a week, with a break at midday.
Evening is the best time to visit the temple, after the tour groups have left. As the sun sinks lower, shadows spread across the courtyard. After sunset, the sky turns pink. The grey stone towers take on a golden color before turning pink. Nowhere else in the world can there be such a quiet, beautiful place.
小題1:This passage mainly tells ________.
A.the poor look of the temple Angkor Wat in 1980
B.the history of the temple Angkor Wat
C.the repair work being done to the temple Angkor Wat
D.the difficulty in the repair work
小題2:According to the author, which of the following plays the LEAST important role in the repair work?
A.The women workers.B.The Indian workers
C.MachinesD.Skilled workers
小題3:The underlined sentence “the temple was deserted” possibly means that _______.
A.there was no one in the temple and it was in a poor state
B.the temple was built on desert and nobody noticed it
C.the temple was very old with a long history
D.the temple was repaired by the Cambodians, most of whom women
小題4:To clean the stone, how many steps should be followed?
A.TwoB.ThreeC.FourD.Five
小題5:Which work needs a lot of time to do?
A.To get rid of certain types of plants.
B.To carry the building materials.
C.To replace the stones.
D.To clean the stones.

小題1:C
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:B
小題5:D

試題分析:這篇文章是一個(gè)新聞?dòng)浾咴诩砥艺l(fā)來(lái)的報(bào)道有關(guān)吳哥寺的修理情況,詳細(xì)介紹修繕工作的步驟和細(xì)節(jié)。
小題1:主旨題:從第二段的句子:Today, the temple is the scene of a busy repair program. 可知這篇文章講的是吳哥窟的修繕情況,選C
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)題:從第三段的句子:There are very few machines and little heavy equipment. 可知在修繕過(guò)程中機(jī)器的作用最小,選C
小題3:句意理解題:從第一段的句子:Plants were growing out of the roofs, and trees were growing in the courtyards.可知這里很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間沒(méi)有人居住,狀況很差。選A
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)題:從第四段的句子:First they clean the stones with brushes using buckets of a weak chemical. Then gaps between the stones are filled in. Finally another material is painted onto the stones which will protect them from water forever.可知清理石頭有三個(gè)步驟。選B
小題5:細(xì)節(jié)題:從第四段的句子:The work of cleaning the stones is watched over by three Indian chemists. It is a very slow task. 可知清理石頭需要很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間,選D
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