問題詳情
For a long time, Egyptologists agreed that the Sphinx was created during the time of the pharaoh Khafre (2520-2494 B.C.). However, it was clear that the Sphinx was unlike the pyramids and other monuments at Giza in some important ways. First, the Sphinx was not built with blocks of stone. It was carved out of the living bedrock. Second, it is not a temple, nor a pyramid. It is a huge statue with the head of a man and the body of a lion. The eyes of the “lion man” stare forever at the eastern horizon.However, no one voiced any doubts about the origin of the Sphinx until 1979, when John West, an amateur archaeologist and Egyptian tour guide, published a book called Serpent in the Sky. In this book, he claimed that the Sphinx was actually built thousands of years before the time of Khafre. His evidence was based on a careful examination of erosion on the stone. West noticed that erosion patterns on the Sphinx were not horizontal like those on other monuments at Giza. He knew that such horizontal weathering was the result of prolonged exposure to strong winds and sandstorms. But the marks on the Sphinx were vertical. Sandstorms couldn’t have caused them. It looked like erosion from water, but where could the water have come from in the arid region? According to West’s theory, the vertical weathering was caused by rain. Therefore, the Sphinx must have been built thousands of years earlier when Egypt had a much rainier climate.Unfortunately, West had no scientific credentials—he wasn’t a professor and he had no Ph.D.—so his revolutionary theory was not taken seriously.
【題組】41 Which statement about the Sphinx is true?
(A) It is one of the greatest pyramids in Egypt.
(B) It was created about two thousand years ago.
(C) It was once an important religious center.
(D) It is a giant monument that looks like a lion man.
參考答案
答案：D
難度：適中0.694805
統計：A(6),B(16),C(18),D(107),E(0) #
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【章瑜】評論
長期以來，埃及考古學家認為人面獅身像在Khafre法老（公元前2520年至2494年）的時候被創建。然而，很明顯，人面獅身像不像是金字塔和其他的古蹟在Giza在某些重要的方面。首先，人面獅身像不是由石塊建造。它被雕刻出來從活生生的基石(?)。其次，它不是一個寺廟，也不是金字塔。他是一個巨大有著人臉獅身的雕像。這’’獅人’’的眼睛永遠盯在東方的地平線。然而，直到1979年沒有人表示對獅身人面像的起源有任何懷疑，當John West，一個業餘考古學家和埃及導遊，出版了一本書，叫”天空之蛇”。在這本書中，他聲稱人面獅身像實際時間是建於Khafre幾千年之前。他的證據是根據仔細檢查侵蝕的石頭。West注意到，在人面獅身像侵蝕痕跡是不是水平的...
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PYRAMID 如果不知道這個單字 就很困難了~很容易選到A