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  Often referred to as "The Lost City of the Incas"，Machu Picchu is probably the most fa?miliar symbol of the Inca Empire(印加帝國）.It was built around the year 1450, but abandoned (遺棄）a hundred years later,at the time of the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire. Forgotten for centuries, the site was brought to worldwide attention in 1911 by Hiram Bingham, an Amer?ican historian. Since then,Machu Picchu has become an important tourist attraction. It was an?nounced a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983. It is also one of the New Seven Wonders of the World. But it has recently come to light that the site may have been discovered and robbed secretly as early as in 1867 by a German businessman, Augusto Beras.

  7,000 feet above sea level and located on a small hilltop between the Andean Mountain Range, the majestic city rises above the Urabamba Valley below. Then a huge wall,the Tai-wan-kai, handrails are all seems to be naturally formed in the same precipice. Machu Picchu is surrounded by tropical jungle. Separated into three areas―farming,urban, and religious(宗教的）一the structures are arranged so that the function(功能）of the buildings matches the form of their surroundings. The agricultural terracing and ditches(梯田和溝渠）take advantage of the nat?ural slopes(斜坡)；the lower areas contain buildings occupied by farmers and teachers, and the most important religious areas are located at the crest of the hill，over-looking the fresh green Urabamba Valley thousands of feet below.

  Hikers,tourists, and the early explorers describe similar emotions as they'climb their way through the Inca Trail. Many call the experience magical and say the area creates a wonderful green paradise, making it a must for anyone who travels to Peru.

(   ) 1. Augusto Berns was said to      

A.     report his find to the government at the first time

B.     be the first one who discovered the ruins of Machu Picchu

C.     help make Machu Picchu a UNESCO World Heritage Site

D.     work together with Bingham on research about Machu Picchu

(   ) 2. The underlined word "crest" in the second paragraph can be best replaced by

A. bottom    B. centre C. valley    D. top
(   ) 3. The three areas of Machu Picchu were arranged mainly according to      

A.     the quality of soil

B.     the number of people

C.     the need of transportation

D.     the landform and social ranks

(   ) 4. What would be the best title for the passage?

A.     New Seven Wonders of the World

B.     A Brief Introduction to Machu Picchu

C.     Who Found "The Lost City of the Incas"

D.     Why Machu Picchu Became a Hot Tourist Site

Answer 1

1-4 BDDB  

A篇介紹了位于秘魯?shù)氖澜缥幕�遺產(chǎn)—— 被稱作"失落的印加城市"的Machu Picchu(馬丘比丘）的相關(guān)情況。

1. B細節(jié)理解題由第一段最后一句可知。

2. D詞義猜測題由第二段可知，Machu Pic-chu按構(gòu)造可分為農(nóng)業(yè)區(qū)、城市居住區(qū)和宗教區(qū)。由第二段最后兩句可知，農(nóng)業(yè)區(qū)在山的斜坡上，低一點的地方是農(nóng)民和教師居住的地方，而最重要的宗教區(qū)在山的crest部分，俯撖下面幾千英尺的山谷。從over-looking 和below這兩個詞以及山的構(gòu)造可以推斷出crest的意思是top(頂部）。

3. D邏輯推理題從文章第二段可推斷,Ma?chu Picchu的三個區(qū)域主要是依據(jù)山的地理構(gòu)造特點以及文章中提及的宗教背景所導(dǎo)致的社會等級的不同來劃分的。

4. B主旨大意題本文主要介紹了Machu Picchu這一世界文化遺產(chǎn)。A選項涵蓋了世界新七大奇跡，而本文只描述了其中一大奇跡；C、D兩項均只描述了本文中關(guān)于Machu Picchu的一個方面，并不全面。B項最為全面，是合適的標(biāo)題。