Nearly 5, 000 years ago, during the Late Stone Age, people began building Stonehenge. It became a long-term project. People added to the site for more than 1, 500 years. Most likely Stonehenge was first built as a place to hold religious ritual (儀式) and bury the dead. But experts (專家) are not sure because there are no written records telling us what took place at Stonehenge.

　　At first the site was just a circular ditch(溝渠). Within the circle were two burial hills, and a smaller circle of 56 holes. Scientists have found ashes in the holes. They believed these are from the burning of the dead bodies.

　　But Stonehenge may have been more than a ritual site. Some experts suggested it was also used as huge calendar(日歷) for watching stars. Outside the entrance of the construction stands the Heel Stone. On the summer solstice, the longest day of the year, a person standing at the center of the circle can look out through the entrance and see the first rays of the rising sun hit the top of the Heel Stone. At the winter solstice, the year’s shortest day, a person standing at the entrance can look into the circle and see the setting sun between the stones of a trilithon, formed by two standing stone posts topped by a stone in flat position. In this way Stonehenge may have marked the passing seasons.

　　The position of the stones and holes shows that Stonehenge may also have been used for watching the moon and stars. The construction may even have been a huge prehistoric “computer” used to study other natural object in space. The Stone Age people in the area were farmers. Perhaps they used Stonehenge to figure out changes in the weather and to time the planning of their crops.

　　1. The purpose of the text is_______________.

　　A. to show research done by today’s scientists

　　B. to describe life of the Stone Age

　　C. to tell about the early farming

　　D. to introduce an ancient site

　　2. It is suggested in the text that Stonehenge was completed by________.

　　A. people in different historical periods

　　B. expels during the late Stone Age

　　C. people from different places

　　D. expels in various fields

　　3. A “trilithon” (1ine 6, para.3) described in the text would most probably look like _________.

　　4. What was NOT one of the uses suggested for Stonehenge?

　　A. A way to know when they should plant crops

　　B. An ancient device used like a computer

　　C. A way to show what time of year it was

　　D. A way to know the time of day

　　參考答案：

　　1 D 【解析】此題問的是這篇文章的寫作目的。通過閱讀，我們發(fā)現(xiàn)整篇文章說的都是關(guān)于Stonehenge的，可見作者是向我們介紹了這一古遺址的情況，故D正確。

　　2. A 【解析】此題問的是Stonehenge是怎么完成的。第一段的第二、三句提到那是一個長期的工程，經(jīng)歷了1,500多年，人們不斷建立起來的�？梢�，Stonehenge的建立經(jīng)歷了好幾個時期，故A正確。

　　3. A 【解析】此題問的是下面那個圖形最能體現(xiàn)trilithon的意思。在文章的第三段，我們可以看到這個單詞所在的句子。通過分析，我們可以看出句子的后半句是對trilithon這個詞的解釋，文中說這是由兩根直立的石頭上面平方了一塊石頭形成的。故A正確。

　　4. D 【解析】此題問的是選項中哪項不是對Stonehenge的用處的猜測。文章第三段的最后一句說Stonehenge記錄了歲月的流逝，故C是提到的猜測;最后一段降到這個建筑可能作為是錢“計算機”，也可能被農(nóng)民用來計算農(nóng)作物的耕種時間，故A和B也是文中提到的猜測，只有D沒有提到，故D正確。