职称英语考试

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【单选题】

The Building of the Pyramids

The oldest stone buildings in the world are thepyramids. They have stood for nearly 5,000 years, and it seems like that_____(1)_____. There are over eighty of them scattered along the banks of theNile, some of which are different in shape from the true pyramids. The mostfamous of these are the "Step" pyramid and the "Bent"pyramid.

Some of the pyramids still look much the sameas they must have done when they were built thousands of years ago. Most of thedamage suffered by the others has been at the hands of men who were looking fortreasure or, more often, ____(2)____. The dry climate of Egypt has helped topreserve the pyramids, and their very shape _____(3)_____. These are goodreasons why they can still be seen today, but perhaps the most important isthat they were planned to last for ever.

It is practically certain that plans were madefor the building of the pyramids_____(4)____. However, there are no writings orpictures to show us how the Egyptians planned or built the pyramids themselves.Consequently, we are only able to guess at the methods used. Nevertheless, byexamining the actual pyramids and various tools which have been found,archaeologists have formed a fairly clear picture of them.

One thing is certain: there must have beenmonths of careful planning_____(5)_____. The first thing they had to do was tochoose a suitable place. You may think this would have been easy with miles andmiles of empty desert around, but a pyramid could not be built just anywhere.Certain rules had to be followed, and certain problems had to b overcome.

EXERCISE:

A. for stone to use in modern buildings

B. has made them less likely to fall into ruin

C. before they could begin to build

D. because the plans of other large works havefortunately been preserved

E. while building the pyramids

F. they will continue to stand for thousands ofyears yet

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网考网参考答案：F、A、B、D、C
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38%的考友选择了A选项
57%的考友选择了B选项
3%的考友选择了C选项
1%的考友选择了D选项
0%的考友选择了E选项
1%的考友选择了F选项
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