单选题
London's River Thames (泰晤士河) has twenty-seven bridges. But Tower Bridge, the first bridge over the Thames as you travel to London from the sea, is the most famous of them all. What makes Tower Bridge so exciting (令人激动)? Why do visitors from all over the world come to see it?
The thing that is surprising about Tower Bridge is that it is open in the middle. It does this to let the big ships through to the Pool (水域) of London. If you are lucky enough to see the bridge with its two opening arms high in the air, you will never forget it.
On its north side stands the Tower of London itself. Although they look the same age, the Tower is almost a thousand years old, and Tower Bridge is only about one hundred. It was built in 1890s. By 1850, everyone agreed that a bridge across the Thames near the Tower was most necessary (必要). But the designers (设计师) argued (争论) about the new bridge for another thirty years. They took so long because they had two big problems.
单选题 Tower Bridge is ______.
  • A. about one thousand years old
  • B. the oldest and the most famous bridge in London
  • C. the first one you can see when you go from the sea to London
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。由第一段中第二行可以得知，Tower Bridge是从海上坐船去伦敦时看到的第一座大桥。故C为正确答案。
单选题 People in London agreed that ______.
  • A. twenty-seven bridges should be built over Thames River
  • B. designers should argue about the bridge for about thirty years
  • C. a bridge should be built near the Tower of London
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。文中第三段讲到，每个人都认为修建Tower Bridge是必要的。故C为正确答案。
单选题 The Tower of London is ______.
  • A. across the Thames
  • B. on the north of Tower Bridge
  • C. in the middle of Tower Bridge
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。文中第三段开头便指出The Tower of London在Tower Bridge的北边。故B为正确答案。
单选题 From the reading we can learn that ______.
  • A. you have to go from the sea Tower Bridge
  • B. the Tower of London looks no older than Tower Bridge
  • C. Tower Bridge had two big problems
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 推断题。文章第三段第二句中的Although they look the same age指出，它们看起来建于同一个年代，即Tower of London看着不比Tower Bridge老。故B为正确答案。
单选题 The sentence "It does this to let the big ships through to the Pool of London." means ______.
  • A. it opens in the middle to let the big ships through to the Pool of London
  • B. it looks great of you watching it from a big ship to the Pool of London
  • C. it closes its arms if the big ships go through to the Pool of London
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 结合此句话的上下文，可以知道此句话中的this指的便是前面的open in the middle。故A为正确答案。