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1、Alandofdiversity李仕才***阅读理解。Beijing"sForbiddenCityisaplacefullofwonder・Fromitsthousandsofroomstoitsmanybeautifulartifacts,there"snowonderit'soneofChina，smostpopulartouristdestinations.Butevenmorethan600yearsafteritwasbuilt,it，sstillmanagingtoserveupsur
2、prises.SinceitwasbuiltduringtheMingDynasty,it"sestimatedthattheForbiddenCityhassurvivedmorethan200earthquakes・Andwhilemoststructuresaretmadetosurvivenaturaldisasters,letaloneonesbuilthundredsofyearsago,itseemsthattheForbiddenCitywasbui11towithstandany
3、thing.ArecenttelevisiondocumentotybyUKbroadcasterChannel4exploredtheskillsoftheancientbuilding'sdesigners・AgroupofChinesecarpcntersandcngineerswereshownbuildingascalemodel（成比例模型）ofoneoftheForbiddenCity"spalaces,atonefifthofthesize・Toshowhowstrongancie
4、ntChinesearchitecturereal1yis,themodelwasputtothetest・Itwassubjectedtoasimulated（模拟白勺）earthquakeof9.5ontheRichterscale-equivalenttothelargesteverrecordedquake-andsurvived・Insteadoffallingapart,themodelwasjustmovedgentlyduringthetest・Accordingtoexperts
5、,theanswertotheForbiddenCity"sstrength,aswellasotherancientChinesestructures',1iesindougong-acenturies-oldbuildingmethodinventedinChina.Thisisthenameforspecialbracketsonbuildings・Despitebeingheldtogetherwithoutanynailsorglue,thebracketsareperfectatkee
6、pingstructurestogetherwhentheweathergetsrough・"Dougongdesignisanimportsntearthquake-resistantfeatureofclassicalChinesestrueturesbecausetheframeworkchangesinshapewhenunderpressure,much1iketheshockabsorbers（减震器）ofacar,”accordingtoChineseNationalGeograph
7、y.uAncientChinesecraftsmencreatedstructuresthatwerebothenduringandaesthetically（在美学方面）pleasingusingdougong,revealingtheiradvancedunderstandingofmathematics,architecture,materials,andstructuralscience.”TheForbiddenCitydrawsvisitorsbecauseofitsrichhisto
8、ryandculturalsignificance,butperhapsitshouldaddonemorethingtoits1istofattract!ons:earthquakeshelter.1.Whatisthearticlemainlyabout?A.WhathasmadetheForbiddenCityapopulartouristdestination・B.WhathashelpedtheForbiddenCitysurvivesomanyearthquakes-C
