单选题 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.
（80） The entire structure cost more than $2.5 million to build at the time. This is equal to $53 million today.

单选题 Toronto"s third City Hall came into use in ______.

单选题 Old City Hall was constructed in ______ years.

单选题 The third City Hall is now used as a ______.

单选题 From the passage we learn that ______.

A、 Toronto spends lots of money yearly developing the city
B、 some local residents showed a great interest in protecting the city"s cultural site
C、 the City Council of Toronto hash t paid sufficient attention to the protection of the city"s culture
D、 the City Hall is still the largest city building in North America today

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 根据第六段最后一句“It was saved by a group of people called the "Friends of Old City Hall". ”可知，这座市政厅被一群称作“老市政厅之友”的人保留了下来，B项正确。A项意为“多伦多每年花很多钱来发展城市”，文中并未提及；C项意为“多伦多市政府对城市文化的保护没有给予足够的重视”，与文章倒数第二段最后一句“Old City Hall was declared a historical site in 1989. ”不符；D项意为“市政厅如今仍是北美最大的城市建筑”，文章第二段中提到老市政厅曾经是北美最大的城市建筑，但对今天的情况并没有详细说明。故选B。

单选题 Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 根据最后一段可知，建设市政厅的花费相当于今天的5300万美元，A项错误；根据倒数第二段第一句“The clock tower stands parallel with the middle of Bay Street...”可知，钟楼与贝街中心点平行，而不是与市政厅的中心平行，B项错误；根据第六段内容可知，老市政厅面临被拆除的风险，但最终还是被保留了下来，C项错误；根据倒数第二段最后一句“Old City Hall was declared a historical site in 1989. ”可知，老市政厅在1989年被认定为历史遗迹。故选D。