Thousands of years ago in Egypt (埃及)， Kings built the pyramids (金字塔). They used to build them as their tombs (坟墓). The kings thought the pyramids would help them find life [填空1]death. They also wanted the world remember them as important people. Some pyramids were for queens, but they are [填空2]interesting because they are not so big. The[填空3]pyramid that we know today is the pyramid that we know today is the pyramid near Sahara ( 撒哈拉沙漠) in Egypt. It is about 5,000 years old. There are many pyramids along the Nile River (尼罗河). The largest is the pyramid of Khufu (法老胡夫). It is made of two million three hundred thousand huge stones, most of [填空4]higher than a person. It is about 144 meters high. Inside the pyramid[填空5]the burial rooms (墓室）for the king and queen and long passage (通道) ways [填空6]these rooms. The rest of the pyramid is solid (坚固的) stone. We know there were wonderful[填空7]in the pyramid. Robbers[填空8]into the pyramids and took many of these treasures (财宝). Today some of the treasures are in museums [填空9]. How did the people of ancient [填空10]build the pyramids?How did they carry and lift the huge stones? Each stone [填空11]so well and they didn’t have our[填空12]machines. Scientists[填空13]the pyramids but nobody can say just how they [填空14]. Some day if you can, you ought to go to see the pyramids. I[填空15]you that they would be amazing.1. A. beforeB. afterC. behindD. in front of2. A. moreB. lessC. noD. very3. A. eldestB. youngestC. oldestD. smallest4. A. themB. whomC. whichD. that5. A. there areB. there isC. areD. is6. A. toB. withC. forD. in7. A. treasureB. treasuresC. moneyD. gold8. A. cameB. wentC. brokeD. walked9. A. thoughB. howeverC. everD. since10. A. dayB. momentC. momentsD. days11. A. wearsB. fitsC. liftsD. carries12. A. freshB. electronicC. modernD. scientific13. A. have studiedB. will studyC. studiedD. were studying14. A. have done thatB. did soC. did itD. are doing it15. A. sureB. assureC. insureD. ensure