在本系列中，Shark 会对《剑桥16阅读文章》进行解析。 但是本系列解析不会像真实阅读月计划那样讲做题方法，不包含题目考点总结，不会视频解析文章里的长难句，不会对易错题抽丝剥茧地讲解，没有文章重点词汇总结，也没有全文详细翻译。这是因为要保护付费学员的权益，敬请理解。 但我保证自己写的解析，一如既往的清晰易懂。各位同学可以把本系列看成是一个思维正确的简单版解析，仅供大家练习后参考。今天我们继续推送剑16的第二篇阅读，也就是 Test1，Passage2，<The Step Pyramid of Djoser>。 长按下方二维码，可获取本篇文章▼ 参考答案： 14-20: iv, vii, ii, v, i, viii, vi21-24: city, priests, trench, location25-26: B/D 14. A段最后一句：However, there is no question that, as far as Egypt is concerned, it began with one monument to one king designed by one brilliant architect: the Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara. 本句话提到，只要讨论到与埃及相关的话题，永远都是从位于塞加拉的乔塞尔阶梯金字塔开始的。即在众多不确定中，这一点是肯定的，由此确定 iv 为正确答案。 15. B段第三句：Djoser' s main offcial conceived of building a taller, more impressive tomb for his king by stacking stone slabs on top of one another, progressively making them smaller, to form the shape now known as the Step Pyramid. 本段说到，之前的金字塔都是由干燥后的陶土砖建成，而且是矩形的。后来,乔塞尔的主要幕僚提出要用石头，最终形成阶梯状。即改变了墓穴结构的设计，由此确定 vii 为正确答案。 16. C段第二句和最后一句：Much experimentation was involved ... The weight of the enormous mass was a challenge for the builders ... C段提到，金字塔建造过程中进行了多实验，而且巨大石块的重量也给建造者们提出挑战。虽然整段没有明显的中心句，但可以比较清晰的看出来本段主要是在描述建造过程的难度，由此确定 ii 为正确答案。 17. 这道题比较简单一些。D段整段对金字塔所在的建筑群和外围设施进行了详细的描述，包括围墙、假门、壕沟等，很容易确定 v 为正确答案。 18. E段前两句：The burial chamber of the tomb, where the king s body was laid to rest, was dug beneath the base of the pyramid, surrounded by a vast maze of long tunnels ... One of the most mysterious discoveries found inside the pyramid was a large number of stone vessels. 本段主要描述了金字塔内部的迷宫和大量的石制容器。前者对应 i 选项中的 areas，后者对应 artefacts，由此锁定答案。 19. F段第二句和最后一句：a small number of his valuables overlooked by the thieves. There was enough left throughout the pyramid and its complex, however, to astonish and amaze the archaeologists who excavated it. 尽管金字塔內只留下一些盗墓贼看不上的物品。但它们已经足以让进行发掘的考古学家感到震惊。vii 选项中, few remains 对应 a small number，increadible experience 对应 astonish and amaze，由此确定答案。 20. G段最后一句：The Step Pyramid was a revolutionary advance in architecture and became the archetype which all the other great pyramid builders of Egypt would follow. 本句提到，阶梯金字塔成为其他埃及金字塔建造者遵从的典范。ⅵ 选项中，copied 对应 follow，其他基本都是原词，由此确定答案。 21. 定位D段：The complex in which it was built was the size of a city in ancient Egypt. 关于金字塔外围的描述主要集中在D段，空格前词 as big as 对应 the size of，根据修饰关系确定答案是 city. 22. 定位D段：… included a temple, courtyards, shrines, and living quarters for the priests. 顺着上一题往下，题干中的 accommodation 替换 living quarters，根据句义可以推断空格应该填某种人，由此确定答案是 priests. 23. 定位D段：the entire wall was then ringed by a trench 750 meters long and 40 meters wid. 从题干可以看出，要填的是墙外有……。空格后词 encircled 与 ringed 同义替换，由此确定答案是 trench. 24. 定位D段：If someone wished to enter, he or she would have needed to know in advance how to find the location of the true opening in the wall. 根据 know 定位到这句话，题干中 real entrance 替换 true opening，根据所属关系确定 location 为正确答案。 25/26. B段最后一句：Djoser is thought to have reigned for 19 years, but some historians and scholars attribute a much longer time for his rule. 人们普遍认为乔塞尔统治了19年的时间，但一些历史学家和学者认为他的统治时间要更长一些。即关于他的统治长度存在争议，由此确定B为正确答案。F段中间靠后位置：all archaeologists found were a small number of his valuables overlooked by the thieves. 考古学家发现的仅仅是被盗墓贼所看不上的、乔塞尔财宝的一小部分。即部分财宝仍然在墓穴中,由此确定D为正确答案。
