Only women and children r __________in the village when the men went out to work.

The m________(鏡子)and pictures of the room shone like gold.

The judge cares only about whether the eyewitness has given useful information, which is called e_____________.

Who can p ___________that Chin has more people than any other country in the world?

There was no d __________that the house was destroyed by the flood at that time.

It is a w ________that he is still so healthy after returning from the war.

The city attracts thousands of tourists because of it’s rich cultural r_______.

      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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      The Taj Mahal (泰姬陵) is considered to be one of the most beautiful buildings in the world and the finest example of the late style of Indian architecture (建筑). It is at Agra in northern India. It lies beside the River Jumna in the middle of gardens with quiet pools.

     The Taj Mahal was built by the Mogul emperor (皇帝) Shah Jehan, who ruled India in the seventeenth century. It is in memory of his favorite wife, Arjumand Banu Bagam, known as Mumtaz Mahal, who died in 1631. The building, which was completed between 1632 and 1638, was designed by a local Muslim architect (建筑師), Ustad Ahmad Lahori. The whole building, with gardens and gateway structures, was completed in 1643. The Taj Mahal stands at one end of the garden tomb with marble (大理石) path. The room is softly lighted by the light that passes through double screens of carved marble set high in the walls. The building now is kept in good condition.

　 　The Taj Mahal took 22 years to build. Shah Jehan planned a similar building, but in black instead of white, to lie on the other side of the river. But before it could be built, Shah Jehan was imprisoned (監(jiān)禁) by his son and buried next to his wife in the Taj Mahal.

66. The Taj Mahal was built for____ .

　　A. Mumtaz                             　B. Shah

　　C. Either Mumtaz or Shah        　D. Both Mumtaz and Shah

67. Why do you think Shah Jehan was buried next to his wife?

　　A. His own tomb hadn't been built.

　　B. He hoped to be buried there.

　　C. King and Queen should be buried together.

　　D. He liked Mumtaz all his life.

68. The passage mainly tells us____ .

　　A. why the Taj Mahal was built

　　B. the love story between Shah and Mumtaz

　　C. some information about the Taj Mahal

　　D. the Taj Mahal--the pride of Indians

69. Form the passage we can learn that____ .

　　A. the Taj Mahal looks more beautiful than before.

　　B. the Taj Mahal doesn't exist now.

　　C. the Taj Mahal has completely changed.

　　D. the Taj Mahal has become a place of interest.