13.When your country relies heavily on tourism and you lose more than a third of your visitors due to political revolution,you've got to do something pretty dramatic to get them back.And if you are Egypt,you reopen a pyramid.
The Egyptian government recently announced that one of its great pyramids 一 the Pyramid of Chefren 一 and as many as six other ancient tombs at the Giza Necropolis (吉薩金字塔群) will be reopened after a long restoration project.The move was made in an attempt to revive (重振) a tourism industry that was badly affected by last year's unrest.
Egypt became a no-go area following the unrest in 2011.Scenes of violent protests,mainly in the Capital Cairo,were broadcast ACROSS the world and understandably took the country off the holiday trail.
Despite that questions are still being asked about the security of potential tourists visiting the region,Egypt's antiquities minister Muhammad Ibrahim insisted that it was a safe country.He said the region was far more stable one year on,adding that other archaeological (考古的) sites were due to be opened across Egypt in coming months.
The Pyramid of Chefren,also known as the Pyramid of Chafren,is the second largest pyramid at the Giza site.It was built as the tomb for the Pharaoh Chafren from ancient Egypt's fourth dynasty.The pyramid and the other around it,were discovered in 1927 by American archaeologist George Reinser,and have been closed for restoration on several other occasions in the past.
In 1990s a site management plan was carried out to try and preserve these historic treasures when the antiquities ministry discovered that the large volume of visitors over the years had raised levels of humidity inside the structures to levels of up to 80 percent.Research found that every visitor to the pyramids released an average of 20 grams of water vapor through sweat,which slowly caused damage to the walls inside.
The project,which cost around $4 million,included cleaning the walls of the tombs and strengthening them,as well AS removing graffiti left by previous visitors.Inscriptions (銘文)and paintings were also preserved.
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81.The Pyramid of Chefren will be reopened following restoration project in an attempt torevive Egypt's tourism industry
82.According to the passage,why were tourists unwilling to go to Egypt after the unrest in 2011?Because tourists were worried about their safety.
83.What else does the Egyptian government plan to do in the coming months to help the country's tourism industry?To reopen other archaeological sites across Egypt.
84.A site management plan was carried out in the 1990s becausethe large volume of visitors had caused damage to the walls inside pyramids.
分析 本文講述了為重振埃及旅游業(yè),政府決定重新開放一些古遺跡,并出臺政策加強(qiáng)保護(hù).
解答 81.revive Egypt's tourism industry 細(xì)節(jié)題.根據(jù)第二段"revive (重振) a tourism industry"的介紹,可知重新開放金字塔目的為重振旅游業(yè).
82.Because tourists were worried about their safety.細(xì)節(jié)題.根據(jù)第二段最后一句以及第三段內(nèi)容可知,由于擔(dān)心受到"affected by last year's unrest"影響,游客擔(dān)心自身安全問題.
83.To reopen other archaeological sites across Egypt.細(xì)節(jié)題.第四段這句話"He said the region was far more stable one year on,adding that other archaeological (考古的) sites were due to be opened across Egypt in coming months"推出,埃及政府打算在接下來的幾個(gè)月重新開放考古遺址.
84.the large volume of visitors had caused damage to the walls inside pyramids 細(xì)節(jié)題.第六段第一句話"In 1990s a site management plan was carried out to try and preserve these historic treasures"告訴我們實(shí)施這樣一個(gè)管理計(jì)劃目的為保護(hù)這些古遺跡.
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