16.After more than 3,000years,a statue of the Egyptian king Amenhotep III has been erected in the city of Luxor after being knocked down by an earthquake.
One of the great figures in the story of ancient Egypt,Amenhotep III was a boy king.He became king of Egypt at the age of only 12years.He ruled at a time when Egyptian civilization was at its very height.
Amenhotep III was given statues in his honor and among them this 13-meter-high statue stood on the bank of the Nile until it was knocked down by an earthquake 3,000years ago.So for 30centuries,it lay in pieces in the field,more than 80pieces.Now the statue has been restored and shown to the public.There is another very similar huge statue of Amenhotep III.It was also damaged by that earthquake.And it,too,has been repaired and put back in its place.These two statues stand at the gates of the famous funerary temple in Luxor,which has another two huge seated figures of the kings.
And the background for this is just that tourism is very important to the Egyptian economy after what's been happening recently.Years of disturbance (騷亂)has hit the Egyptian economy in many ways and any improvement of that economy will need to be helped by the tourist industry.The legacy(遺產)of ancient Egypt is so much,so important to that tourist industry.And the images coming from Luxor today show just how delighted and proud the archeologists and the local people are for what they've seen today.
8.What can we learn about Amenhotep III from the passage?C
A.He was deeply loved by Egyptians.
B.He created the brilliant civilization of Egypt.
C.He began to rule Egypt at a young age.
D.He had a lot of statues built for himself.
9.The underlined word in Paragraph 3meansB.
A.put down
B.repaired
C.given back
D.recreated
10.According to Paragraph 3,the two statues of Amenhotep IIID.
A.were the same size and shape
B.were put back inside the funerary temple
C.were knocked down by different earthquakes
D.were both standing before a famous temple in Luxor
11.How may repairing the statues benefit Egypt?A
A.It can promote the economic development of Egypt.
B.It drives the development of archeology in Egypt.
C.It can help to end the serious disturbance in Egypt.
D.It encourages people to build great statues in Egypt.
分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀,作者通過這篇文章主要向我們講述了埃及國王阿蒙霍特普三世的塑像被豎立在盧克索市被地震擊倒后,修復重建,這發展了旅游業也促進了埃及的經濟發展.
解答 28.C.細節理解題.根據文章第二段"He became king of Egypt at the age of only 12years"可知,Amenhotep III在十二歲當上了國王.故選C.
29.B.詞義猜測題."put down"放下."repaired"糾正,補救."given back"還給."recreated"再創造.根據文章第三段原句"Now the statue has been restored and shown to the public"可知,and后面現在這個雕像已經展現在公眾面前,顯然這座雕像已經被補救.故選B.
30.D.細節理解題.根據文章第三段"These two statues stand at the gates of the famous funerary temple in Luxor"可知,這兩尊雕像都站在盧克索著名的葬禮神殿的大門前.故選D.
31.A.細節理解題.根據文章最后一段"Years of disturbance has hit the Egyptian economy in many ways and any improvement of that economy will need to be helped by the tourist industry."可知,埃及經濟的改進需要旅游業.當然,雕像的修復也發展了旅游業.可知修復雕像可以促進埃及的經濟發展;故選A.
點評 考察學生的細節理解和推理判斷能力,做細節理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進行比較,再做出正確的選擇.在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實,要根據文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.