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浙江省嘉兴市2016-2017学年九年级 (上册) 英语期末检测(解析版)
一、完形填空
1、阅读下面短文,掌握大意,然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
For thousands of years,no other country has been as wonderful to the world as this one.It makes you wonder what's 1 the pyramids,how people made mummies(木乃伊)and why the Great Sphinx stands there to be with the 2 .This is Egypt,one of the oldest civilizations in the world.
Built along the world's longest 3 , the Nile,Egypt is a big country with the second largest population 4 Africa.As a land rich in beauty,history and culture,ancient Egypt left behind many 5 for the world.
The solar calendar(日历)we use today actually 6 Egypt.Around 4,000 BC,Egyptians used a calendar that was 365 days long.They had twelve months made of 7 days each.And they made the left five days a festival.
Egyptian characters(文字)are some of the 8 characters in the world.It looks like our oracle bon