Machu Picchu is considered to be a truly extraordinary archaeological(考古学的) discovery and is one of South America’s largest tourist sites. As many as one thousand visitors visit the ancient Incan（印加文化的） ruins daily. What draws vacationers and adventurers to this remote location high in the Andes Mountains of Peru（秘鲁）? A large part of the attraction is the mysteries that surround Machu Picchu. For example, Machu Picchu is considered “the lost city” of the Incas because it was never found by Spanish invaders and was known to only a few local peasants for almost four hundred years.
The “city in the clouds”, Machu Picchu’s lasting beauty es from the careful blending of its striking architecture with its mountaintop environment. Its greatest skill shows are in the stone structures, which equals that of the ancient Egyptians. The stone blocks were so appropriately cut that they fit together without the need for mud. The largest stones at Machu Picchu weigh as much as fifteen tons! It has been difficult to explain how the huge blocks were transported. The buildings, including many that have survived lots of earthquakes, contain stones which interlock so perfectly that a knife cannot be forced between them. When pared to other ancient civilizations, it is difficult to understand how Machu Picchu could have been missed by the Spanish and lost from history for four hundred years.
For many of the mysteries of Machu Picchu being unsolved, it is clear why Machu Picchu remains “the most famous ruins in all of South America”.
【小题1】Which of the followings is NOT a mystery of Machu Picchu? A．Machu Picchu is called the “city in the clouds”. B．Machu Picchu remains “the most famous ruins of South America”.C．Machu Picchu is “the lost city” of the Incas.D．Machu Picchu is the largest stone city of the world.【小题2】The underlined word “interlock” probably means A．putB．fitC．meetD．lie【小题3】From the passage we can learn that . A．Machu Picchu has gone through lots of earthquakesB．all of the mysteries of Machu Picchu have been solvedC．the city has never been discovered by people outsideD．Machu Picchu is the most valuable ruins in history.【小题4】The purpose of writing the passage is to .A．ask us to pay a visit to Machu PicchuB．show us the beauty of Machu PicchuC．introduce Machu Picchu’s mysteriesD．make the ancient Incan ruins knownD
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解析：文章是对秘鲁的马丘比丘进行了介绍，解释了为什么很多游客都喜欢到那里去旅游。
【小题1】事实细节题，根据 The largest stones at Machu Picchu weigh as much as fifteen tons可知，该段只是讲有很多大石头，最大的达15吨重，并没有说它是最大的石头城。
【小题2】根据后面的a knife cannot be forced between them可知，石头之间互相匹配/安装在一起非常好。
【小题3】推理判断题。根据第二段The buildings, including many that have survived lots of earthquakes可知，从很多词地震中幸存了下来。
【小题4】推理判断题，根据第一段和最后一段可知，马丘比丘最大的特点就是神秘，也是吸引游客的地方。