16．After more than 3，000years，a statue of the Egyptian king Amenhotep III has been erected in the city of Luxor after being knocked down by an earthquake．
One of the great figures in the story of ancient Egypt，Amenhotep III was a boy king．He became king of Egypt at the age of only 12years．He ruled at a time when Egyptian civilization was at its very height．
Amenhotep III was given statues in his honor and among them this 13-meter-high statue stood on the bank of the Nile until it was knocked down by an earthquake 3，000years ago．So for 30centuries，it lay in pieces in the field，more than 80pieces．Now the statue has been restored and shown to the public．There is another very similar huge statue of Amenhotep III．It was also damaged by that earthquake．And it，too，has been repaired and put back in its place．These two statues stand at the gates of the famous funerary temple in Luxor，which has another two huge seated figures of the kings．
And the background for this is just that tourism is very important to the Egyptian economy after what's been happening recently．Years of disturbance （骚乱）has hit the Egyptian economy in many ways and any improvement of that economy will need to be helped by the tourist industry．The legacy（遗产）of ancient Egypt is so much，so important to that tourist industry．And the images coming from Luxor today show just how delighted and proud the archeologists and the local people are for what they've seen today．
8．What can we learn about Amenhotep III from the passage？C
A．He was deeply loved by Egyptians．
B．He created the brilliant civilization of Egypt．
C．He began to rule Egypt at a young age．
D．He had a lot of statues built for himself．
9．The underlined word in Paragraph 3meansB．
A．put down
B．repaired
C．given back
D．recreated
10．According to Paragraph 3，the two statues of Amenhotep IIID．
A．were the same size and shape
B．were put back inside the funerary temple
C．were knocked down by different earthquakes
D．were both standing before a famous temple in Luxor
11．How may repairing the statues benefit Egypt？A
A．It can promote the economic development of Egypt．
B．It drives the development of archeology in Egypt．
C．It can help to end the serious disturbance in Egypt．
D．It encourages people to build great statues in Egypt．
分析 本文属于说明文阅读，作者通过这篇文章主要向我们讲述了埃及国王阿蒙霍特普三世的塑像被竖立在卢克索市被地震击倒后，修复重建，这发展了旅游业也促进了埃及的经济发展．
解答 28．C．细节理解题．根据文章第二段"He became king of Egypt at the age of only 12years"可知，Amenhotep III在十二岁当上了国王．故选C．
29．B．词义猜测题．"put down"放下．"repaired"纠正，补救．"given back"还给．"recreated"再创造．根据文章第三段原句"Now the statue has been restored and shown to the public"可知，and后面现在这个雕像已经展现在公众面前，显然这座雕像已经被补救．故选B．
30．D．细节理解题．根据文章第三段"These two statues stand at the gates of the famous funerary temple in Luxor"可知，这两尊雕像都站在卢克索著名的葬礼神殿的大门前．故选D．
31．A．细节理解题．根据文章最后一段"Years of disturbance has hit the Egyptian economy in many ways and any improvement of that economy will need to be helped by the tourist industry．"可知，埃及经济的改进需要旅游业．当然，雕像的修复也发展了旅游业．可知修复雕像可以促进埃及的经济发展；故选A．
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力，做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句，和题干进行比较，再做出正确的选择．在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实，要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断．
