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IV. Reading Comprehension 教嬨㷔槿 (30%):閱讀測驗 A. Passage 1    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 insome 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. Theeyes of the “lion man” stare forever at the eastern horizon. However, no one voiced any doubts about the origin ofthe Sphinx until 1979, when John West, an amateur archaeologist and Egyptian tour guide, published a bookcalled Serpent in the Sky. In this book, he claimed that the Sphinx was actually built thousands of years before thetime of Khafre. His evidence was based on a careful examination of erosion on the stone. West noticed thaterosion patterns on the Sphinx were not horizontal like those on other monuments at Giza. He knew that suchhorizontal weathering was the result of prolonged exposure to strong winds and sandstorms. But the marks on theSphinx were vertical. Sandstorms couldn’t have caused them. It looked like erosion from water, but where couldthe 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 rainierclimate. Unfortunately, West had no scientific credentials—he wasn’t a professor and he had no Ph.D.—so hisrevolutionary theory was not taken seriously
(36)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.

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答案：[無官方正解]
難度：非常困難0
統計：A(0),B(0),C(1),D(3),E(0)

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