Question

【題目】Perhaps the most wonderful building put up in the 19th century was the Crystal Palace（水晶宮）which was built in Hyde Park for the Great Exhibition of 1851. The Crystal Palace was different from all the other buildings in the world, for it was made of iron and glass. It was one of the biggest buildings of all the time and a lot of people from many countries came to see it. Plenty of goods were sent to the exhibition from all parts of the world. There was also a great deal of machinery on show. Though in those days, traveling was not as easy as it is today, steamboats carried thousands of visitors across the Channel from Europe. On arriving in England, they were taken to the Crystal Palace by train. There were six million visitors in all, and the money from the exhibition was used to build museums and colleges. Later, the Crystal Palace was moved to the South London. It remained one of the most famous buildings in the world until it was burnt down in 1936.

【1】The Crystal Palace was built up_________.

A. in the 1950s B. in the 1990s C. shortly before 1851 D. after 1851

【2】People from many countries came to the Crystal Palace mainly to______.

A. buy goods B. visit an exhibition

C. travel D. enjoy the Crystal Palace itself

【3】What happened to the Crystal Palace in 1936?

A. It caught a terrible fire. B. It disappeared suddenly.

C. It was moved away to the south of London D. It was rebuilt.

【4】The Crystal Palace was famous to all because__________.

A. it was the biggest building in the world then

B. it was made of iron and glass

C. so many visitors had been there

D. it was burnt down at last

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】A

【4】B

【解析】這是一篇介紹英國以前的水晶宮的說明文，通過這篇文章我們要抓住水晶宮的特質(zhì)和它的建造時間和地位，要留意文中一些不起眼的細節(jié)，因為它們往往會干擾我們選擇，如第四小題的A項偷偷的把“one of”給刪去了，從而讓讀者乍一看沒什么毛病，但是已經(jīng)把水晶宮的地位弄錯了。

【1】考察文章細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)“the Crystal Palace（水晶宮）which was built in Hyde Park for the Great Exhibition of 1851.”這里告訴我們水晶宮是在1851年建造的。故選C。

【2】考察文章細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)“It was one of the biggest buildings of all the time and a lot of people from many countries came to see it.”它是（當時）所有時期最大的建筑物，有很多來自其他國家的人來看它。所以人們來看的是水晶宮本身。故選D。

【3】考察文章細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)“It remained one of the most famous buildings in the world until it was burnt down in 1936.”它在當時依然是世界上最有名的建筑物之一直到它在1936被燒毀。故選A。

【4】考察文章細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)“The Crystal Palace was different from all the other buildings in the world, for it was made of iron and glass.”這里告訴我們水晶宮之所以和世界上其他建筑物不一樣是因為它由鋼鐵和玻璃鑄造的。又由“It was one of the biggest buildings of all the time”可知A項錯誤，它只是當時最大的建筑物之一，而不是唯一的。故選B。