Passage 2
Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:
Toronto's third City Hall, now known as Old City Hall, was designed by Edward James Lennox 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 (漫画) of councilors at the time.
Lennox even included himself in the caricatures, on the west side of the central arch (拱门), 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.
(78) The entire structure cost more than $2.5 million to build at the time. This is equal to $53 million today
Toronto's third City Hall came into use in ________.
细节题，文中第一段指出 declared open on Sept. 18, 1899，所以本题答案为 B。
文章大意及结构分析：
本文是叙述文，介绍加拿大多伦多旧市政厅建造历史以及用途等。第一段讲旧市政厅的 建造者，第二段讲该建筑最初的用途及其在今天的地位，第三段讲旧市政厅的建造历史以及 人们对建筑雕刻的一些看法，第四段指出在该建筑上有建造者的自画漫画，第五段讲其用途， 第六段讲新的市政厅建成后认为怎样保护旧市政厅不被推倒，第七段讲旧市政厅的地理位置 等，第八段介绍建造花费情况。
Old City Hall was constructed in ________ years.
细节题，文中第三段指出，it took 11 years to build it，所以花费了 11 年，答案为 D。
The third City Hall is now used as a ________.
细节题，文中第五段指出，The third City Hall was originally used as councilors' offices and legal offices, but it is used only as a courthouse today，可知其现在用于 a courthouse ，答案为 D。
From the passage we learn that ________.
细节题，倒数第三段指出 It was saved by a group of people called the "Friends of Old City Hall. "，可见选项 B 正确。其它选项都不能由文章推出。
Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
细节题，倒数第二段中提到 Old City Hall was declared a historical site in 1989，可 知选项 D 正确，其他均有错误。
文章长难句分析：
1.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.
句子结构分析：句首为状语从句，由于是被动关系，所以采用过去分词形式，实际上省 略了引导词和主语、谓语。turned out to be 意为“成为，结果为”。
2.When the fourth City Hall (the one we know today) was declared open in 1965, Old City Hall was threatened to be pulled down.
句子结构分析：when引导时间状语从句，pull down意为“推倒”，be threatened to意为“有... 的危险”。
3.The clock tower stands parallel with the middle of Bay Street, rather than with the center of the building.
句子结构分析：stand/be parallel with 意为“与...平行”，“rather than”意为“而不是”。
核心词汇：
1.contemporaries :当代人，同代人，同辈人
2.carving：雕刻
3.caricature：漫画
4.signature：签名
5.originally：原始地，最初地
文章翻译：
多伦多第三代市政厅，现在叫作旧市政厅，是由爱德华詹姆斯伦诺克斯设计的。该市政 厅于 1899 年 9 月 18 日宣布开放。
该市政厅建造的目的是为市政官员提供更多场所，结果当时它是多伦多最大的建筑物， 同时也是北美最大的建筑物。
伦诺克斯花费了三年时间设计该市政大厅。它建造完成花费了 11 年。同代人认为皇后 街入口上面古怪的雕刻事实上是当时议员的漫画。
伦诺克斯甚至画了他自己的漫画，在中央拱门西侧，并在建筑连接部分的石雕上留下奇 怪的签名。
第三市政厅最初用作议员办公室和法务办公室，但现在仅用作法务办公室。
当第四市政厅（我们今天所熟知的）在 1965 年宣布开放时，旧市政厅差点被推倒。 它被一群称为“旧市政厅的朋友”的人们所救下。
钟塔与贝街中部平行，而不是与旧市政厅中心平行。塔上的铃铛在建筑物开放时还未安 装。旧市政厅在 1989 年被列入历史遗址。
当时整个建造花费超过 250 万，等同于今天的 5300 万。