9.There are thirty-four bridges on the Thames in London; the following are among the most famous ones.
Tower Bridge
Tower Bridge has stood over the Thames in London since 1894and is one of the finest,most recognizable bridges in the world.It is the bridge in London you may see in movies and on advertising writing for London.Tower Bridge is the only Thames bridge that can be raised.It used to be raised about 50 times a day,but nowadays it is only reised 4 to 5 times a week.
London Bridge
The construshtion of the first stone London Bridge started in 1176and finished years later.Houses and shops were once built on the bridge,which made the road so narrow that it was often jammed with people,horse and carts.A‘keep left'rule was made in 1733to keep the traffic moving.This became the rule of the road in Britain.In 1757the old bridge was pulled down and a new one was built in 1831.Interestingly,that one was pulled down again in 1967but rebuilt in Lake Havasu City,the USA,as a tourist attraction,The present London Brdge was opened in 1973.
Millennium Bridge
Millennium Bridge is a bridge for walkers.It was built to connect the Tate Modern Art Gallery to the city and St Paul's Cathedral(圣保羅大教堂) in 2000.Thousands of people rushed to see the new bridge.Almost imediately after open-ing,the bridge had to be shut because of the dangerous waving caused by too many visitors.It has now been reopened.The bridge is about 320meters,costs 16million pounds to build and only takes walkers.
Westminster Bridge
Westminster Bridge is a road and foot traffic bridge over the Thames between Westminster and Lambeth.The present bridge,opened in 1862,is the second on the site and took the place of an earlier bridge opened in 1750.The British romntic poet,William Wordsworth,wrote a famous popem Composed up-on Westminster Brdge in the autumn of 1802.
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53.If there were a huge ship on the Thames,it could run throughC.
A.Westminster Bridge
B.Millennium Bridge
C.Tower Bridge
D.London Bridge
54.According to the passage,we can infer thatA.
A.London Bridge is not a very wide bridge
B.Tower Bridge is oldest one among the four bridges
C.Millennium Bridge is a dangerous bridge
D.William Wordsworth likes Westminster Bridge most among the four bridges
55.The passage is most probably taken from aB.
A.school report
B.website article
C.teenage magazine
D.science fiction
56.What can we learn from the passage?C
A.William Wordsworth wrote many poems of the bridges on the Thames.
B.Millennium Bridge wasn't strong enough so that it had to be pulled down and rebuilt.
C.That all the traffic is kept left in Britain was from a rule of an old London Bridge
D.Tower Bridge is the symbol of London because it is the first bridge on the Thames.
分析 本文主要從不同的方面介紹了倫敦泰晤士河上的著名的四座大橋--塔橋、倫敦橋、千禧橋以及威斯敏斯特橋.
解答 答案:
53.C 細節(jié)推理題 根據Tower Bridge部分中的"Tower Bridge is the only Thames bridge that can be raised(塔橋是唯一可以被提升的泰晤士橋)"可知,如果在泰晤士河上有一艘大型的船只,它可以穿過塔橋;故選C
54.A 細節(jié)理解題 根據London Bridge部分中的"Houses and shops were once built on the bridge,which made the road so narrow that it was often jammed with people,horse and carts."可知,由于在倫敦橋上曾經建了一些房子和商店,它的上面經常擠滿了人,馬和車,所以使得倫敦橋變窄了;故選A
55.B 細節(jié)推理題 根據最后一段"Want to know more about the bridges on the Thames?Click here www.bridgesinbritain.Com."提供的網址可知,本文是來自網站上的文章;故選B
56.C 推理判斷題 根據最后一段"The British romantic poet,William Wordsworth,wrote a famous poem…1802."只提到英國浪漫主義詩人威廉•華茲華斯,于1802年的秋天寫了一首關于威斯敏斯特橋的著名的詩;并沒有提到他寫了許多有關泰晤士橋的詩,故排除A;根據Millennium Bridge部分中的"the bridge had to be shut because of the dangerous waving caused by too many visitors."可知,由于客流量過大,會產生危險,所以倫敦的千禧橋曾經被關閉;文中并沒有提到千禧橋是由于不夠結實而被拆了重建,故排除B;根據Tower Bridge部分"Tower Bridge has…and is one of the finest,most recognizable bridges in the world"只提到塔橋是世界上最好的,最知名的橋梁之一,并沒有提到因為塔橋是倫敦泰晤士河上的第一座橋,而使得它成為倫敦的象征,故排除D;根據London Bridge部分"A‘keep left'rule was made in 1733 to keep the traffic moving.This became the rule of the road in Britain"講到了英國靠左行走的道路交通規(guī)則正是源于倫敦橋上的交通規(guī)則;故選C
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