▲ 閱讀下文，回答第 21 − 25 題Almost 5,000 years ago, Egypt became a powerful nation in the ancient world. For morethan 2,000 years, leaders called pharaohs ruled this country. Pharaohs were treated like gods.People believed that pharaohs could control the weather and how the crops grew. Pharaohs builtenormous tombs, or pyramids, which were as big as palaces. To build a pyramid, thousands ofworkers spent years of cutting, dragging, and stacking huge blocks of stone. Pharaohs believedthey could take precious objects with them to another life after they died.The ancient Egyptians lived along the great Nile River. They depended on its water fordrinking, washing, and growing crops. The river was their main means of transportation. It wasalso the home of fish and many other animals, such as the hippopotamus. Along the banks of theNile grew a reed called papyrus. The Egyptians used it to make boats, fishing nets, paper, andmany other things.All ancient Egyptians were a part of a social class. Most people were peasants. They grewcrops, such as figs, dates, and pomegranates. They also worked on buildings, such as temples.Except for slaves, peasants belonged to the lowest class. Ranked above them were craftsmen.Higher up were scribes. Because they could read and write, scribes often had a lot of power. Inthe highest class were people who ran the government and temples, or who were in charge ofdifferent regions of Egypt. Not surprisingly, many of these were members of the pharaoh’sfamily.The ancient Egyptians were expert farmers. They had hoes for loosening the earth andplows for turning it over. Women were able to own property, but they did not have positions ofpower. They often did jobs, such as grinding grain, baking bread, and spinning flax.
21. According to the passage, which of the following statements about pharaohs is NOT true?
(A) Pharaohs ruled Egypt more than 2000 years and were treated as gods.
(B) Pharaohs built huge tombs, or pyramids, which were as big as palaces.
(C) Pharaohs could control how the weather was like and how the crops grew.
(D) Pharaohs believed that they could bring nothing with them after they died.