ThePentagon(五角大楼)headquartersoftheDepartmentofDefenseinUSisoneoftheworld'slargestofficebuildings.ItistwicethesizeoftheMerchandiseMartinChicagoandhasthreetimesthefloorspaceoftheEmpireStateBuil
ThePentagon(五角大楼)headquartersoftheDepartmentofDefenseinUSisoneoftheworld'slargestofficebuildings.ItistwicethesizeoftheMerchandiseMartinChicagoandhasthreetimesthefloorspaceoftheEmpireStateBuildinginNewYork.ThereareveryfewpeoplethroughouttheUnitedStateswhodonothavesomeknowledgeofthePentagon.Manyhavefollowednewsstoriescomingfromthisbuilding.Howeverrelativelyfewpeoplehavehadthechancetovisitit.
ThePentagonisinfactacityinitself.About23000employeesbothsoldiersandotherpeoplecontributetotheplanningofthedefenseofthecountry.ThesepeoplearrivedailyfromWashingtonD.C.andaroundoverabout30milesofhighwaysincludingexpressbuslanes(快车道)andoneofthenewestsubwaysysteminthecountry.Theyridepast200acresofgrasslandtoparkabout8770carsin16parkinglots;climb131stairwaysortake19liftstoreachofficesthatoccupy3705squarefeet.Whileinthebuildingtheytelltimeby4200clocksdrinkfrom691watertapsmakeuseof284restroomsuseup4500cupsofcoffee1700pintsofmilkand6800softdrinkspreparedorservedbyarestaurantof230personsanddistributed(分散于)in1diningroom2cafeteriasasnackbarsandanoutdoorsnackbar.
Thebuildingitselfisanextraordinarystructure.BuiltduringtheearlyyearsofWorldWarIIitisstillthoughtofasoneofthemostefficientbuildingsintheworld.Inspiteof17.5milesofcorridors(走廊)ittakesonlysevenminutestowalkbetweenanytwopointsinthebuilding.
60.WhichofthefollowingstatementsaboutthePentagonistrue?
A.MostAmericansknowaboutit.
B.Itisnowopentothepublic.
C.Around23000workerscontributetoitsplanning.
D.Itisoneoftheworld'stallestbuildings.
61.WhichofthefollowingstatementsaboutthetransportationofthePentagonisNOTtrue?
A.Itiseasytoreachbysubway. B.Peoplecandrivedirectlytoit.
C.Peoplecangotherebybus. D.Theparkinglotscover200acresofland.
62.Whydidtheauthorwritesomanynumbersinthesecondparagraph?
A.ToshowthatheknewquitealotaboutthePentagon.
B.ToshowthevastsizeofthePentagon.
C.Toshow