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    　　Skyscrapers（摩天大楼）and domed（拱形的）stadiums can amaze us. These modern "wonders of the world" are great achievements in building. But our modern buildings may seem small when compared to some ancient strutures. Our buildings may be large, hold many people, and protect us. However, many ancient structures stand as some of the greatest achievements in building. Ancient builders used great creativity and physical strength to plan and complete them.

    　　Stonehenge is a huge stone circle in Europe. It was built more than 4,000 years ago. The circle has stone slabs（厚板）that stand up to 30 feet tall. The heaviest stones in the circle weigh about 50 tons. How did people build Stonehenge without modern equipment? Scientists have studied it for years and think it probably took more than 30 million hours to complete the project.

    　　Tourists in Africa like to see the Great Pyramids of Egypt. These tombs for Egyptian kings were built over 4,000 years ago. Each tomb has walls shaped like triangles（三角形）and a square（正方形的）base. The largest pyramid is more than 450 feet tall and contains more than two million stones. Each stone weighs more than two tons. Some even weigh as much as 200 tons. More than 900 workers worked to move the largest stones into place.

    　　The stone faces are unusual structures on Easter Island. The faces are 12 to 20 feet high. Islanders made them more than 1,000 years ago. We do not know why they built them. There are more than 600 stone faces on the island. The great number is surprising, since Easter Island is only 11 miles long and 15 miles wide.

    　　They give only a glimpse of the ancient achievements in building. If we look back through history, we can find many more examples of marvelous（非凡的）structures built without the aid of modern tools and equipment.

    (1)What does the underlined sentence (in Paragraph 1) mean?

    [　　]

    A．Ancient structures are taller than modern buildings.

    B．Modern buildings seem smaller than ancient structures.

    C．Modern buildings can’t be compared to ancient structures.

    D．Ancient structures are greater achievements than modern ones.

    (2)According to the passage, ancient structures are amazing because they were built _______.

    [　　]

    A．of stone slabs

    B．in special places

    C．over long periods of time

    D．without using modern equipment

    (3)The word "Some" underlined in Paragraph 3 refers to _______.

    [　　]

    A．pyramids
    B．stones
    C．slabs
    D．walls

    (4)According to the passage, we know that _______.

    [　　]

    A．it is unbelievable to have so many stone faces on Easter Island

    B．Stonehenge was completed by more than 900 workers

    C．the heaviest stone for the faces weighs about 50 tons

    D．one pyramid needs 600 pieces of stone

    答案：D;D;B;A
    解析：

    (1)细节推理题。这句话字面上是说现代建筑看起来小，但通过全文可以推断，它可以引申为古代建筑所取得的成就较之现代建筑要更大一些。

    (2)细节理解题。从短文第二段第五句和全文的最后一句可以推出作者称这些古代建筑是greatest achievements和marvellous structures主要在于古代人在建造这些宏伟建筑时没有现代工具和设备可用。

    (3)指代题。前一句说到每块石头至少重两吨，本句接着是说有一些石头甚至重达二百吨。

    (4)细节判断题。根据第四段倒数第一句话可知A项正确。其余三项与文中事实不符。


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