Unit2
Part A
Directions:
Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. （40 points）
Text 1
When Alexandre Gustave Eiffel completed the design and commenced construction of the tower in Paris which was to bear his name, a lot of loud protests were heard from nearly every quarter. Artists, writers, composers, and others publicly condemned the structure as monstrosity. Yet today, more than a hundred years later, virtually everyone proclaims the Eiffel Tower a work of genius and great beauty.
The idea of a 1,000-foot tower had been proposed for the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition in 1876. But it was the French who finally authorized such a structure for their Paris Exposition of 1889. When the design competition was concluded, the winning entry was one submitted by Eiffel, a builder of bridges who had been among the first to employ prefabricated and standardized structural parts to speed and simplify construction. Earlier in his career, he had solved the problem of how to support the Statue of Liberty by fastening the envelope of copper sheets with an interior framework of wrought iron.
Thus it was that he approached the building of his tower with iron although he recognized steel as "the metal of the future." Within a little more than a year after the first ground was broken in 1887, the four huge inward-facing pillars were in place over the four-acre site, and the tower's first platform secured 187 feet above ground. When the French Exposition opened in May of 1889, the tower was complete, ready for the first of millions of people who would climb her 1,710 stairs or ride her elevators.
Owned since 1909 by the city of Paris, the Eiffel Tower is now 1,052 feet in height since the addition of a television transmission antenna. Almost two million visitors to the Paris Exposition paid to climb the tower during its first year, and a similar number continue each year to pay to inspect it, thus making the Eiffel Tower Europe's most popular tourist attraction. Alexandre Gustave Eiffel died in 1923 at the age of 91 years.
Notes:
wrought iron 鍛鐵，熟鐵
1. As is stated in the text,
［A］ the iron tower was named after its designer prior to its construction.
［B］ the construction of the tower began in an unfavorable atmosphere.
［C］ the design of the tower was considered as a work of genius.
［D］ the naming of the iron tower encountered widespread objections.
2. The construction of the tower gave rise to vigorous protests because it
［A］ cost a tremendous amount of labor and money.
［B］ didn't find favor with the highest quarters.
［C］ was considered as of extraordinary size and shape.
［D］ was disapproved by people from all parts of the globe.
3. Alexandre Eiffel was authorized to build such a tower because
［A］ he proposed the idea of such a tower early in 1876.
［B］ he was the first person to present his design to the authorities.
［C］ he had solved the problem of consolidating the Statue of Liberty.
［D］ his design was superior to any others technically and economically.
4. The Eiffel Tower was constructed
［A］ for the opening of the French Exposition.
［B］ on an enormous platform of four acres.
［C］ as high as one thousand and fifty-two feet.
［D］ with the metal of the future as building material.
5. It is a fact that
［A］ the height of the tower proper is well over a thousand feet.
［B］ the ground floor of the tower was fixed in more than a year.
［C］ the tower's essential parts were constructed on building site.
［D］ the completion of the iron monster took only two years.
Part A
Directions:
Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. （40 points）
Text 1
When Alexandre Gustave Eiffel completed the design and commenced construction of the tower in Paris which was to bear his name, a lot of loud protests were heard from nearly every quarter. Artists, writers, composers, and others publicly condemned the structure as monstrosity. Yet today, more than a hundred years later, virtually everyone proclaims the Eiffel Tower a work of genius and great beauty.
The idea of a 1,000-foot tower had been proposed for the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition in 1876. But it was the French who finally authorized such a structure for their Paris Exposition of 1889. When the design competition was concluded, the winning entry was one submitted by Eiffel, a builder of bridges who had been among the first to employ prefabricated and standardized structural parts to speed and simplify construction. Earlier in his career, he had solved the problem of how to support the Statue of Liberty by fastening the envelope of copper sheets with an interior framework of wrought iron.
Thus it was that he approached the building of his tower with iron although he recognized steel as "the metal of the future." Within a little more than a year after the first ground was broken in 1887, the four huge inward-facing pillars were in place over the four-acre site, and the tower's first platform secured 187 feet above ground. When the French Exposition opened in May of 1889, the tower was complete, ready for the first of millions of people who would climb her 1,710 stairs or ride her elevators.
Owned since 1909 by the city of Paris, the Eiffel Tower is now 1,052 feet in height since the addition of a television transmission antenna. Almost two million visitors to the Paris Exposition paid to climb the tower during its first year, and a similar number continue each year to pay to inspect it, thus making the Eiffel Tower Europe's most popular tourist attraction. Alexandre Gustave Eiffel died in 1923 at the age of 91 years.
Notes:
wrought iron 鍛鐵，熟鐵
1. As is stated in the text,
［A］ the iron tower was named after its designer prior to its construction.
［B］ the construction of the tower began in an unfavorable atmosphere.
［C］ the design of the tower was considered as a work of genius.
［D］ the naming of the iron tower encountered widespread objections.
2. The construction of the tower gave rise to vigorous protests because it
［A］ cost a tremendous amount of labor and money.
［B］ didn't find favor with the highest quarters.
［C］ was considered as of extraordinary size and shape.
［D］ was disapproved by people from all parts of the globe.
3. Alexandre Eiffel was authorized to build such a tower because
［A］ he proposed the idea of such a tower early in 1876.
［B］ he was the first person to present his design to the authorities.
［C］ he had solved the problem of consolidating the Statue of Liberty.
［D］ his design was superior to any others technically and economically.
4. The Eiffel Tower was constructed
［A］ for the opening of the French Exposition.
［B］ on an enormous platform of four acres.
［C］ as high as one thousand and fifty-two feet.
［D］ with the metal of the future as building material.
5. It is a fact that
［A］ the height of the tower proper is well over a thousand feet.
［B］ the ground floor of the tower was fixed in more than a year.
［C］ the tower's essential parts were constructed on building site.
［D］ the completion of the iron monster took only two years.