Question ID - 85447 | SaraNextGen Top Answer

Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

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The Great Pyramid at Giza is one of the world’s most amazing landmarks. Rising high above the Sahara Desert in the Giza region of northern Egypt, the Great Pyramid stands some 450 feet into the burning desert sky and occupies and area of 13 acres. The rough climate of the Sahara has actually caused the pyramid to shrink 30 feet from its original height. The pyramid was such an amazing feat of engineering, that it remained the tallest structure in the world for over 3,800 years! The entire pyramid was originally faced with polished limestone to make it shine brilliantly in the sun.      Most Egyptologists, scientists who study ancient Egypt, agree that the Great Pyramid was built around 2560 BC, a little more than 4,500 years ago. It took tens of thousands of workers twenty years to build. The pyramid contains over two million stone blocks. Although most of the blocks weigh two or three tons, some weigh up to 80 tons!      The Great Pyramid of Giza was ordered built by the Pharaoh Khufu as a magnificent tomb. His vizier (advisor) Hemon is credited with being the pyramid’s architect. Khufu’s pyramid is actually part of a complex of pyramids that includes the Pyramid of Khafre, the smaller Pyramid of Menkaure, a variety of smaller pyramids and structures, and the Great Sphinx. The Great Pyramid of Giza is the last remaining of the Seven Wonders of the World.
Which of these does not house the Great Pyramid?
(a)	Giza.	(b)	Southern Egypt.
(c)	Northern Egypt.	(d)	Sahara Desert.
How may stone blocks constitute the pyramid?
(a)	4,500.	(b)	more than two million.
(c)	3,800.	(d)	2,560.
Most of the blocks in the pyramid weigh about …….. tons.
(a)	five	(b)	eighty
(c)	two or three	(d)	4,500
Which of the following definitions best describes the meaning of complex in the passage?
(a)	Pyramid.	(b)	Materials.
(c)	Group.	(d)	Army.
Which of the following false?
(a)	The Great Pyramid is the last of the Seven Wonders of the world.	(b)	Khufu was Hemon’s vizier and architect.
(c)	The Pyramid took tens of thousands of workers about twenty years to complete it.	(d)	Hemon was Khufu’s vizier and architect.