埃及因金字塔和木乃伊而聞名，是許多游客的理想目的地。

1 Egypt is known for its ancient artifacts， tombs， pyramids， and pharaohs. One of its most famous rulers， a boy king named Tutankhamun， has been a source for one of the greatest archeological （考古學(xué)的） discoveries in the world.

2 Recently， my family and I visited Egypt for eight days. Located in Northern Africa， the country is home to more than 105 million people. While there， we explo red the pyramids， tombs， and temples built by the ancient Egyptians.

3 Even before I visited any historical sites， I noticed great differences between Egypt and the United States. In the places I visited， I rarely saw traffic lights at the crossroads.

4 Many buildings appeared unfinish ed. Often the top floor still had concrete pillars （柱子） and wires sticking out， as if another floor was to be built. Our guides gave us two different explanations for this. One was that an unfinished building wasn？蒺t taxed. We were also told that when a father ran out of money， his son was supposed to finish the house.

5 The first site we toured was the Great Pyramid of Giza. It was built more than 4，500 years ago by the pharaohs Khufu， Khafre， and Menkaure. While ex perts still dont know how such an amazing structure could be built so long ago， Egyptologists （埃及古物學(xué)者） think that ramps （活動梯） were used to pull the heavy blocks up into position. It was long thought that enslaved people built the pyramids， but that isn t true. Egyptian laborers who helped in the construction were finally buried near the king， which was considered a great honor.

6 We also saw temples made of cut rock. “The Abu Simbel Temples were my favorite part of Egypt，” said my 10 year old sister， Vida. “Seeing the amazing? temples was definitely worth the long drive and 4 am wake up call.”

1. What can we know about Tutankhamun？

A. He discovered many ancient artif acts.

B. He was a king in Egypt.

C. He was famous for his travel to No rthern Africa.

D. He made friends with many phara ohs in Egypt.

2. How long did the author stay in Egypt？

A. About one week.

B. About half a month.

C. About one month.

D. About half a year.

3. What？蒺s special about Egypt according to the text？

A. Many buildings appear old.

B. An unfinished building should also be taxed.

C. Traffic lights can hardly be seen at the crossroads.

D. Sons should build houses for par ents.

4. Which of the following does Vida like best？

A. Pyramids. B. Tombs.

C. Pharaohs. D. Temples.

Difficult sentence

While experts still don？蒺t know how such an amazing structure could be built so long ago， Egyptologists think that ramps were used to pull the heavy blocks up into position. 雖然專家們還不知道如此驚人的建筑是如何在很久以前被建成的，但埃及古物學(xué)者認(rèn)為活動梯在那個(gè)時(shí)候 就被用來把重型石塊拉到相應(yīng)位置。

【點(diǎn)石成金】該句中，while引導(dǎo)一個(gè)讓步狀語從句，意為“雖然”;主句中，Egypt ologists是主語，think是謂語，that引導(dǎo)一個(gè)賓語從句。