The kings of ancient Egypt planned strong tombs to keep their bodies safe after death and to hold their treasure．The GREat Pyramid was built thousands of years ago for a king called Khufu．It stands on the west bank of the Nile River not far from Cairo．In fact，all the pyramids along the Nile are on its west bank．The ancient Egyptians compared the rising sun to the beginning of life and the setting sun to the end of life．This is why their dead bodies were buried on the west bank of the Nile．
The people of Mexico also built pyramids．They did not build the pyramids for tombs．They used to build a pyramid and then a temple on top of it．The pyramids of Mexico are not as high as the pyramids of Egypt，but they are big．Each of the pyramids has a wide stairway that goes from the bottom to the top．
The biggest pyramid in Mexico is more than 2，000 years old．Scientists think it took 10，000 men more than ten years to build it．On the top they built a temple of the sun．The temple is no longer there，but people still call it the Pyramid of the Sun．Near it is another huge pyramid，the Pyramid of the Moon．
1．In ancient Mexico pyramids were built _________．
A．in honour of the gods B．for the kings' tombs
C．to hold the kings' treasure D．as places of interest
2．Which pyramid was built about in 100 B．C．？
A．The GREat Pyramid．B．The Pyramid of the Sun．
C．None of the pyramids．D．The Pyramid of the Moon．
3．Which of the following is TRUE？
A．The pyramids of Mexico are as big as those of Egypt．
B．The pyramids of Egypt are less high than those of Mexico．
C．The pyramids of Mexico are just the same as those of Egypt．
D．The pyramids of Mexico are quite different from those of Egypt．
4．According to this passage，which of the following would be most probably a Mexican pyramid？
参考答案：1．A 2．B 3．D 4．B
