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一、阅读理解（共1道小题，共25.0分） The Great Wall of China is the longest wall in the world. It is more than 6000 kilometers long, about 7 meters high, 5 to 6 meters wide. It is known to be the only one of the structures built by men on Earth that can be seen from the moon.The Potala（布达拉宫）in Tibet, China, is the world’s highest palace. It is over 3 kilometers above the sea level.The great Pyramid in Egypt is the biggest burial place ever built. It is about 137 meters high, or about the height of 40-storey building. Each side of the Pyramid is about 230 meters long, or about as long as 2 city blocks.The Sears Tower in Chicago, U.S.A., reaches a height of 443 meters. It has 110 storeys and covers a total floor space of 420,000 square meters. It is the tallest office building in the world. The Great Wall of China is the longest wall in the world because it is _____. over six thousand kilometers long about two hundred and thirty meters long about as long as two city blocks more than three kilometers above sea-level The biggest burial place that men ever built is in ______. Tibet Egypt the Potala the Great Wall The Sears Tower is about ____, so it is the tallest office building in the world. seven meters high one hundred and thirty seven meters high four hundred and forty-three meters high four hundred and twenty thousand meters high The only one of the objects built by men on the earth that can been seen from the moon is _____. the Great Pyramid the Great Wall the Sears Tower the Potala The Potala is in _____. Chicago Egypt the U.S.A China 试题分值：25.0 得分：[5, 5, 5, 5, 5] 提示：[1]A.细节题。本题问“长城是世界上最长的墙，这是因为______。”中心词是“the longest wall”。答案在第一段的第二句，该句大意是“长城有6000多公里长，7米高，5至6米宽”。据此可知答案是A。B的意思是“长城长度约230米”，C的意思是“长城约有两个街区长”，D的意思是“长城比海平面高3公里多”。[2]B.细节题。本题问“人类建造的最大的墓穴是在_____。”中心词就是“the biggest burial place”，答案在第三段的第一句话，该句大意是“埃及的大金字塔是最大的墓穴”。据此可知答案是B。[3]C.细节题。本题问“希尔斯大楼的高度大约是______，所以它是世界最高的办公大楼。”中心词是“the Sears Tower”，答案在最后一段的第一句，该句大意是“美国芝加哥的希尔斯大楼高达443米”。据此可知答案是C。A的意思是“7米高”，B的意