2019湖南學(xué)士學(xué)位英語模擬試題及答案（八）

     Toronto's third City Hall,now known as Old City Hall,was designed by Edward James Len-nox and declared open on Sept.18,1899.

     Created to provide more space for city officials,it turned out to be the largest building in the city and the largest city building in North America at the time.

     Lennox took three years to design the City Hall and it took 11 years to build it.Contemporaries believe that the odd carvings(雕刻)above the Queen Street entrance were actually caricatures(漫畫)of councilors at the time.

     Lennox even included himself in the caricatures,on the west side of the central arch(拱門),and left a strange signature in the stonework of the link portions of the building.

     The third City Hall was originally used as councilors'offices and legal offices,but it is used only as a courthouse today.

     When the fourth City Hall(the one we know today)was declared open in 1965,Old City Hall was threatened to be pulled down.It was saved by a group of people called the"Friends of Old City Hall."

     The clock tower stands parallel with the middle of Bay Street,rather than with the center of the building.The bells in the tower were not installed until the building opened.Old City Hall was declared a historical site in 1989.

     (80)The entire structure cost more than$2.5 million to build at the time.This is equal to$53 million today.

     21.Toronto's third City Hall came into use in__________.

     A.the 18th century

     B.the 19th century

     C.the 20th century

     D.the 21st century

     答案：B

     解析：【定位】第一段“Toronto’s third City Hall，…and declared open on Sept.18，1899.”。細(xì)節(jié)題。題干問的是“多倫多第三市政廳在哪一年投入使用?”根據(jù)定位句“多倫多第三市政廳…于1899年9月18日開放”可知，市政廳是在1899年投入使用。1899年屬于l9世紀(jì)，故選B。

     22.Old City Hall was constructed in__________years.

     A.3

     B.7

     C.9

     D.11

     答案：D

     解析：【定位】第三段第一句“…it took 11 years to build it.”。細(xì)節(jié)題。題干問的是“老市政廳修建了多少年?”根據(jù)定位句“…建設(shè)周期更長達(dá)11年”可知，共花了11年。故選D。

     23.The third City Hall is now used as a__________.

     A.middle school

     B.hospital

     C.cinema

     D.courthouse

     答案：D

     解析：【定位】第五段“…but it is used only as a courthouse today.”。

     細(xì)節(jié)題。題干問的是“第三市政廳目前作為什么使用?”根據(jù)定位句“…但今天只用作一個(gè)法庭。”可知目前只作為法庭使用。故選D。

     24.From the passage we learn that__________.

     A.Toronto spends lots of money yearly developing the city

     B.some local residents showed a great interest in protecting the city's cultural site

     C.the City Council of Toronto hasn't paid sufficient attention to the protection of the city's culture

     D.the City Hall is still the largest city building in North America today

     答案：B

     解析：【定位】第六段最后一句話“It was saved by a group of people called the‘Friends of Old City Hall.’”。

     細(xì)節(jié)題。題干問的是“從文中，我們可得知什么?”根據(jù)定位句“一…這座市政廳被稱為‘老市政廳之友’的群體拯救了。”可知B項(xiàng)是正確的。A項(xiàng)“多倫多每年花大量的錢來發(fā)展城市”，文中沒有提及;C項(xiàng)“多倫多市政府對城市文化的保護(hù)沒有給予足夠的重視”，這與倒數(shù)第二段最后一句將老市政廳列為歷史遺跡不符;D項(xiàng)“今天，市政廳仍是北美最大的城市建筑”，第二段中提到老市政廳曾經(jīng)是北美最大的市政建筑，但對今天的情況并沒有提到。’綜合考慮，故選B。

     25.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

     A.To build a structure like the City Hall will cost$2.5 million today.

     B.The clock tower stands parallel with the centre of the City Hall.

     C.Old City Hall was once pulled down in the development of the city.

     D.Old City Hall is now a historical site.

     答案：D

     解析：【定位】最后一段第二句話“This is equal to$53 million today.”;倒數(shù)第二段第一句“The clock tower stands parallel with the middle of Bay Street，rather than with the center of the building.”;第六段第一句“…Old City Hall was threatened to be pulled down.”;倒數(shù)第二段最后一句“Old City Hall was declared a historical site in 1989.”。

     綜合分析題。題干問的是“根據(jù)文章，下列哪項(xiàng)是正確的?”根據(jù)定位句“這相當(dāng)于今天的5300萬美元。”(A項(xiàng)不符);“鐘樓與貝街中心點(diǎn)平行，而不是與市政廳的中心平行。”(B項(xiàng)不符);“…老市政廳面臨著被拆除的危險(xiǎn)。”(C項(xiàng)不符);“老市政廳在1989年被認(rèn)定為歷史遺跡。”(D項(xiàng)符合)。綜合分析可知，答案中只有D項(xiàng)是符合文中原義的，故選D。