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【題目】

To Machu Picchu and Cusco, searching for the lost Inca (印加人）city

Climb its towering staircases to a ceremonial temple set in the mountain face. These ruins mark the start of the 4-day Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, one of the world's most rewarding hikes. A quicker way to reach the remote Inca city is catching the train to the riverside town of Aguas and then jumping on a bus into the misty mountains.

Once the clouds rise from the mountain ridge above the Sacred Valley, the true splendor of Machu Picchu is finally revealed. It's a humbling experience to stand at an altitude of nearly 8,000 feet, and gaze down at the Inca city below. Overlooking the glorious ruins, it's easy to imagine the prosperity (緊榮) this peak must have been almost 600 years ago.

It's one of the world's greatest mysteries what became of the Incas who inhabited Machu Picchu.What was once major defense works in the largest empire on Earth was slowly swallowed by the jungle, only to be uncovered a century ago. The Inca dynasty has come and gone, but Incan families still survive in the highlands. These modern-day Children of the Sun still speak Quechua and continue to live off the land, although many come to Cusco to sell their crops and woolen textiles.

After dusk, when the story of the Incas becomes a whisper in the night, Cusco is covered under a starry blanket. A landscape so gorgeous that it deserves to be preserved for ever.

【1】The attraction of Machu Picchu lies in_____.

A.its towering staircasesB.its changeable weather

C.its natural scenery and cultureD.its wilderness and inaccessibility

【2】We can learn from the passage that_______

A.the Incas like to stay up chatting

B.Machu Picchu is a military base

C.the Quechua language is lost to the world

D.what happened to the Incas remains unknown

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【解析】

這是一篇記敘文。文章介紹了馬丘比丘和庫斯科兩處位于秘魯?shù)氖澜缰�名遺址，人們可以在這里探尋印加古城的遺跡。

【1】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段Once the clouds rise from the mountain ridge above the Sacred Valley, the true splendor of Machu Picchu is finally revealed. It's a humbling experience to stand at an altitude of nearly 8,000 feet, and gaze down at the Inca city below. Overlooking the glorious ruins, it's easy to imagine the prosperity (緊榮) this peak must have been almost 600 years ago.（當(dāng)烏云從神圣山谷上方的山脊升起時(shí)，馬丘比丘真正的壯麗終于顯露出來了。站在近8000英尺的高空俯視印加城是一種令人謙卑的體驗(yàn)。俯瞰著輝煌的廢墟，很容易想象600年前的繁榮景象。）由此推斷出，馬丘比丘的魅力在于它的自然風(fēng)光和文化。故選C項(xiàng)。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段第一句“It's one of the world's greatest mysteries what became of the Incas who inhabited Machu Picchu.”可知，居住在馬丘比丘的印加人后來怎么樣了，一直是世界一大未解之謎。故選D項(xiàng)。