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1、第六单元检测(时间:100分钟 满分:120分)第一部分 阅读理解(共两节,满分40分)第一节(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。AWhenGustaveEiffeldesignedthetowertocelebratethe100thanniversaryoftheFrenchRevolution,hehadneverimaginedittolastmorethan20years.However,thetowerhasbeenbeyondallex
2、pectations.Whileitsstructureisgreatlyadmiredtoday,suchwasn’tthecasewhenthedesignwaspresented.Manyartiststhoughtthedesignwasugly,butEiffeldidn’tchangeathing.Hebelievedthatonceitwasready,peoplewouldlovethetower.Hewastrue.ThetowerwasaninstanthitwhenitopenedonMarch
3、31st,1889,twoyearsafterconstructionbegan.Over30,000peoplecametoadmirethenewwonderandeventriedtoclimbtothetop.Thoughitwasfamous,Frenchofficialsstillconsideredtakingitdown.Fortunately,Eiffelstoppedthembyconvincing(说服)themtouseitforscientificexperiments,andthenafe
4、wyearslater,signalsfortelevisionbroadcasting.Overtheyears,thetowerwasalsohometoanewspaperoffice,postoffice,theaterandevenalabforGustaveEiffel.Today,thetowerhousesmanyrestaurantsonitsfirstandsecondlevel.Thethirdlevelhasbeenaplatformwherevisitorscanseetheentireci
5、tyofParis.Whilevisitorscantakethestairstothefirsttwolevels,theymusttaketheelevatorstotheplatform,whicharecloselymonitored.Thathasn’tstoppedattemptsbybravepeopletotrytodovariousperformancesoffthetower—frombungeejumpingtoclimbingitwiththeirbarehands.Tomakesurethe
6、“IronLady”looksgood,thetoweriscleanedandrepaintedeveryeightyears.Moreover,thankstothefactthatitwasmadeofironthatexpandsinhotweather,thetower“grows”upto6.75inchestallereverysummer!1TheEiffelTowerwasbuilt . A.inhonourofahistoricaleventB.beyondallpeople’sexpecta
7、tionsC.afterthreeyears’hardworkD.withthepurposeofamusingpeople解析细节理解题。由第一句话“WhenGustaveEiffeldesignedthetowertocelebratethe100thanniversaryoftheFrenchRevolution...”可知,埃菲尔铁塔修建的目的是纪念法国革命(历史事件)。答案A2Whatdoestheauthorexplainaboutthesuccessofthetowerwhenitopened?A.It
8、washighlythoughtofbymanyFrenchartists.B.Itremainstheworld’stallestman-madestructure.C.Thegovernmentwasplanningtotakethetowerdown.D.Itattractedmanypeopletovisitit.解析细节理解题。由第三
