完形填空 Though pyramids are found in Egypt, the word “pyramid comes from the Greek

完形填空

Though pyramids are found in Egypt, the word “pyramid” comes from the Greek language 1 the Greeks first arrived in Egypt long ago, they found many grand stone 2 which they named “pyramids”．The Greeks wondered 3 the Egyptians had built the great pyramids, but they could not find the 4 ,and even now we still don’t know exactly how．

It is 5 in many ancient books written in Arabic and found in Egypt that the Egyptians 6 life after death．When a person 7, his family or friends placed the things near his body which they thought he might need．Emperors or kings had great 8, so their bodies were kept inside the great pyramids, and they had had them built for many years even while they were 9．

The Great Pyramid, which was 482 feet high and 10 two square kilometers of land, was built for King Khufu with 2 300 000 blocks of large stones, the smallest of which even 11 over 2500 kilograms, as 12 as a car．

How the ancient Egyptians 13, moved and lifted such heavy stones without modern machines has always remained a great 14 to present scholars．Perhaps these stones were taken across the Nile in boats at 15 time．Maybe they were moved on rollers(滚筒)using slipper Nile mud on land and 16 up along sloping(倾斜的)roads to the sides of the pyramids．It is still a great 17 that the stones 18 together so well that even a straight knife cannot be pushed between them．

Century after century, strong winds have been 19 yellow sand around the pyramids．Different rulers have come and gone．Everything seems to 20 except the pyramids．They have remained a 5000-year-old mystery in silence．

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

(13)

(14)

(15)

(16)

(17)

(18)

(19)

(20)