阅读理解A.VivelaTower!UntilNewYork'sChryslerBuildingwascompletedin1930theEiffelTowerwasthetal?leststructureintheworld.LocatedbytheriverSeineonanavenuenamedafteritsdesignerthis98
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A. VivelaTower!
UntilNewYork'sChryslerBuildingwascompletedin1930theEiffelTowerwasthetal?leststructureintheworld.LocatedbytheriverSeineonanavenuenamedafteritsdesignerthis985-foot(300-metre)toweristhemostfa?mousedificeinthecityofParis.GustaveEiffel'sideawascertainlychosenfromamong700proposalstorepresentthecityintheInternationalExhibitionofParisin1889.ItcommemoratecK纪念)the100thanniversaryoftheFrenchRevolution.
In1887,threehundredsteelworkersspenttwoyearsconstructingthe7000-tontower.Yetitwasalmosttorndowntwodecadesafteritscomple?tion.Luckilyitsantenna(天线),usedfortelegraphyatthetimesavedit.LastJulyitlookedtoobserversasthoughthetowermightbedestroyedafterallasominous(不吉利的)blackcloudsofsmokeencircledthestructure.Luckwasagainsmilinguponthetower:thefireturnedouttobeasmallonethatwasquicklyputoutbyattendantsonduty.
Todatemorethan200millionpeoplehavevisitedtheEiffelTower.Howeverithasnotalwaysbeenabelovedtouristattraction.AtfirstPari?siansdespisedit.Itsarchitecturalstyleandmetalliccompositionwerenotcon?sideredpleasing.TodaytheEiffelTowerisadorned(装饰)withspeciallightsthatsparklefortenminuteseachhourfromsunsetuntil1am.Ifyouhappentobepassingbylookupatthisbreathtakingmonumentforanastonishingsight.TheEiffelTowercomposedofironandsteelisgreaterthanthesumofitsparts.In1887,threehundredsteelworkersspenttwoyearsconstructingthe7000-tontower.Yetitwasalmosttorndowntwodecadesafteritscomple?tion.Luckilyitsantenna(天线),usedfortelegraphyatthetimesavedit.LastJulyitlookedtoobserversasthoughthetowermightbedestroyedafterallasominous(不吉利的)blackcloudsofsmokeencircledthestructure.Luckwasagainsmilinguponthetower:thefireturnedouttobeasmallonethatwasquicklyputoutbyattendantsonduty.
1.IfyouwantedtoseetheEiffelTowersparklewhenmightyoustopby?
A.1:15am. B. 3:30pm.
C. 9:10pm. D. 0:00am.
2.WhenwastheEiffelToweralmosttorndown?
A.1907. B. 1909.
C. 1889.