1. 阅读背景知识填空 The Eiffel Tower was constructed to commemorate the 100 years of ________________. The tower was not built to be a radio tower because _____________________________. The tower remained the tallest structure until 1931 by __________________. The tower welcomes ____________________ visitors every year. To keep the tower looking fresh, ____________________ are reapplied every 8 years. 2. 请配对下列著名建筑 The Eiffel Tower 东方明珠 The Oriental Pearl TV Tower 金门大桥 The Golden Gate Bridge 台北101大楼 The Empire State Building 上海环球金融中心 Shanghai World Financial Center帝国大厦 Taipei 101 埃菲尔铁塔 3. 用下列单词词组造句 depend on _______________________________________________________________________ surpass _______________________________________________________________________ invent _______________________________________________________________________ in comparison _______________________________________________________________________ communication _______________________________________________________________________ 4. 完型填空 I often __1__ about Pisa when I was a boy. I read about the famous building called the Leaning Tower of Pisa. But when I read the word Pisa, I was thinking of __2__. I thought this tower was a place to buy pizza. It must be the best place to buy pizza in the world, I thought. Many years later I finally saw the Leaning Tower. I knew then that it was Pisa not pizza. But there was still something special about it for me. The tower got its name because it really does lean to one __3__. Some people want to fix it now. They are afraid it may fall over and they don’t like to see it lean over the city. I don’t think it’s a good idea to try to __4__ it. The tower probably will not fall down because it is 600 years old. Why should anything happen to it now? And, if you ask me about it, I should say I like what it looks like. “Nothing is perfect”, it seems to say. And who cares? Why do people want things to be __5__? Imperfect things may be more interesting. Let’s take the tower in Pisa. Why is it so famous? There are many other older and more beautiful towers in Italy. But Pisa Tower is the most famous. People come from all over the world to see it. ( ) 1. A. dreamed B. looked C. went D. asked ( ) 2. A. cake B. hamburger C. hot dog D. pizza ( ) 3. A. place B. corner C. sideD. face ( ) 4. A. climb B. fixC. destroy D. break ( ) 5. A. perfect B. wonderful C. beautiful D. pretty
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