高三巩固拓展案话题六

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1、巩固拓展案六第二部分阅读理解：（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、和D）中，选出最佳选项.CloseyoureyesandpicturethecityofParis-Nowimaginethecitywithoutitsmostfamouslandmark：theEiffelTower.Theunthinkablealmosthappened.WhenFrenchengineerGustaveEiffelbuiltthistowerfortheP

2、arisWorld'sFairof1889,itwascontroversial.Theironstructurecontrasted（对比）sharplywiththehistoricstonebuildingsofParis.EiffePsfour-leggedironarchwaywassupposedtolastonly20years.ThafswhenEiffePspermittooperatethebuildingwouldexpire（过期）andthecitycouldchoosetotearitdown.

3、Yetfromthebeginning.Eiffelhadastrategytosavehisbuilding-IftheTowerwaslinkedtoimportantresearch,hereasoned,noonewoulddaretotakeitdown.Sohewouldmakeitagrandlaboratoryforscience.ScientificresearchbeganjustonedayaftertheToweropenedtothepubliconMay6,1889.Eiffelinstalle

4、daweatherstationontheTowerysthird（andhighest）floor.HeconnectedinstrumentsbywiretotheFrenchweatherbureauinParis.Withthese,hemeasuredwindspeedandairpressure.In1903,stillworriedthathisbuildingmightbetorndown,Eiffelgotacleveridea>HeaskedtheFrenchmilitarytoconductitsow

5、nresearchonradiocommunicationsattheTower.Heevenpaidthearmy'scosts.FrencharmycaptainGustaveFerrieworkedfromalittlewoodenhouseatthebaseoftheTower'ssouthernpillar•Fromthere,hemaderadiocontactwithfortsaroundParis.Convincedoftheimportanceofradiocommunicationstthearmyse

6、tupapermanentradiostationattheTower.In1910,thecityofParisrenewedthestructuredpermitforanother70years.Thisyearmarkstheiconicstructured125thbirthday-Overtheyears,researchconductedtherehasbroughtdramaticandunexpectedpayoffs.DuringWorldWarLforinstance,theFrencharmyuse

7、dtheTowerasagianteartoreceiveradiomessages.Itevenledtothearrestofoneofthewarfsmostfamousspies.21.Whatdoestheauthormeanby"Theunthinkablealmosthappened”？A.TheEiffelTowerwasalmosttorndown.B.GustaveEiffelwasmorethananengineer.C.IttookgreateffortstobuildtheEiffelTower.

8、A.TheEiffelTowerhasservedimportantpurposes.21.TheEiffelTowerwascontroversialbecause•A.itwasgiantanduglyB.itwouldexpiretoosoonC.somehistoricbuildingshadt