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模块综合检测卷(二)
(试卷满分120分,考试时间100分钟)
第一部分 阅读(共两节,满分50分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题2.5分,满分37.5分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的 A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Thesearefourfamousbridgesintheworld.
TheBridgeofSighs
TheBridgeofSighsisin Venice,Italy.Antonio Continodesignedthebridge.Thebridges
constructionbeganin1600andwascompletedin1603.Thebridgewassupposedtobethelastviewfor
prisoners,whowouldsighatthebeautyofVenice,beforebeingtakentoprison.Thatiswhyitiscaled
theBridgeofSighs.
TsingMaBridge
Thebridgeisnamedafterthetwoislandsitconnects—MaWanandTsingYiinHongKong,China.
Ithasbotharoadwayandarailwayandisthelargestsuspensionbridge(悬索桥)withtwodecks.The
bridgeis4,518feetlongand676feettal.ItwasdesignedbyMottMacDonald.Theconstructionbegan
in1992andwascompletedin1997.
TowerBridge
TowerBridgeissituatedinLondon,anditisacombinationofthedrawbridge(吊桥)andsuspension
bridge.DesignedbyHoraceJonesandJohn WolfeBarry,itwasbuiltbetween1886and1894.The
bridgestretchesacrossRiverThamesneartheTowerofLondon.Thedrawbridgeisdrawnabout1,000
timesayear.
TheGoldenGateBridge
TheGolden GateBridgejoinsthePacificOceanandSanFranciscoBay.Itschiefdesignerwas
JosephStrauss.Thebridgehasbeennamedthemostbeautifulandmostphotographedbridgeinthe
world.Itis8,981feetlong,746feettaland90feetwide.Constructionofthebridgebeganin1933and
wascompletedin1937.In1987,thebridgewasnamedaCaliforniahistoriclandmark.
1.Whichwasthefirstbridgetobecompleted?
A.TheBridgeofSighs. B.TsingMaBridge.
C.TowerBridge. D.TheGoldenGateBridge.
2.Whodesignedabridgethatgetsitsnamefrombothofitsends?
A.AntonioContino. B.MottMacDonald.
C.HoraceJones. D.JosephStrauss.
3.WhatdoweknowabouttheGoldenGateBridge?
A.Itlinkstwooceans. B.Itisthelongestbridgeintheworld.
C.Ittook8yearstofinishbuildingit. D.Lotsofpeopletookphotosofit.
B
Iddoneitbefore,soIhadnoreasontobelievethatthistimewouldbeanydifferent.Iwassure
thatwhenIreturnedhomefrom mytrip,asalways,Idbringbacknothingmorethansomedirtonmy
shoesandaholeortwoinmyjeans.LittledidIknowthatthistimeitwasgoingtobedifferent.
Thesummerbefore