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1、2012年职称英语阅读理解（综合类B级）教材1EiffelIsanEyeful2GoalofAmericanEducation3（新增）TheFamily4（新增）TalesoftheTerriblePast5SpacinginAnimals6SomeThingsWeKnowaboutLanguage7TheOnlyWayIsUp8CloneFarm9Income10（新增）SeeingtheWorldCenturiesAgo11ImportanceofServices12TheNationalParkService1
2、713FindYourselfPackingItOn?BlameFriends14（新）”Lucky”LordLucan---AliveorDead15PoolWatch16TheCherokeeNation17（新增）OseolaMcCarty2817EiffelIsAnEyeful1Some300metersup,neartheEiffelTower'swind-whippedsummittheworldcomestoscribble3.Japanese,Brazilians,Americans—theygraff
3、ititheirnames,lovesandpoliticsonthecoldiron—transformingthemostFrenchofmonumentsintosymbolofaworldonthemove5.WithParislaidoutinminiaturebelow，itseemsstrangethatvisitorswouldratherwastetimemarkingtheirpresencethanadmiringtheview.Butthegraffitialsoraisesaquestion：
4、Why,nearly114yearsafteritwascompleted,anddecadesafteritceasedtobetheworld,stalleststructure,islaTourEiffelstillsopopular?Thereasonsareascomplexastheironworkthatgracesastructuresome90storieshigh.Butpartoftheansweris,nodoubt,itsagelessness.Regularlymaintained,itsh
5、ouldneverrustaway.Graffitiisregularlypaintedover,butthetowerliveson."EiffelrepresentsParisandParisisFrance.Itisverysymbolic”，saysHuguesRichard10,a31-year-oldFrenchmanwhoholdstherecordforcyclinguptothetower'ssecondfloor—747stepsin19minutesand4seconds,withouttouch
6、ingthefloorwithhisfeet."It'sironlady，Itinspiresus11”，hesays.Buttowhat12?Afterall,thetowerdoesn'thaveapurpose.Itceasedtobetheworld’stallestin1930whentheChryslerBuilding13wentupinNewYork.Yes，televisionandradiosignalsarebeamedfromthetop,andGustaveEiffel,afreneticbu
7、ilderwhodiedonDecember27，aged91,useditsheightforconductingresearchintoweather,aerodynamicsandradiocommunication.Butinessencethetowerinspiressimplybybeingthere_ablankcanvasforvisitorstomakeofitwhattheywill14.Tothetechnicallyminded15,it'sanengineeringtriumph.Forlo
8、vers,it'sromantic."Thetowerwilloutlastallofus,andbyalongway16”，saysIsabelleEsnous,whosecompanymanagesEiffelTower.练习：1.WhydoestheauthorthinktheEiffelToweristransformed
