The high bell tower cast a long (影子)on the grass.
高三英语完成句子中等难度题
The high bell tower cast a long (影子)on the grass.
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阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
High on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau 1.(lie) China’s “water tower” Sanjiangyuan. It is home to the headwaters of China’s three rivers: the Yellow River, Yangtze River, and Lancang(Mekong) River. It is the three rivers 2. provide water for about half the population of China. However, human activities are putting this ecosystem 3. risk. Hopefully, though, we can repair this damage. In 2016, the Chinese government established Sanjiangyuan National Park in Qinghai province. The park, 4.(schedule) to open in 2020, has increased the area’s green coverage and attracted more wildlife. The local government has also made great effort to improve biological diversity. The success of Sanjiangyuan will mark the start of a 5.(green) future. With Sanjangyuan 6.(take) the lead, nine other regions in China 7.(choose) by a field conservation station to carry out projects over the past three years, 8. will form a national park system together. The idea of a national park system is still new in China, but9.(it) realization is urgent. After all, building an ecological civilization bears great 10.(important) in the development and progress of human civilization.
高三英语语法填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Why doesn’t the Leaning Tower of Pisa fall over during its over 800 years history? To understand their situation, it's helpful to understand why the tower tilted in the first place.
In the 12th century, the wealthy maritime republic of Pisa set about turning its cathedral square into a magnificent landmark. In 1173, construction began on a free-standing bell tower. The engineers and architects of the time were masters of their craft but knew far less about the ground they stood on. Less than five years later, the tower's southern side was already underground. If workers added more weight, the pressure from upper stories would sink the structure and fatally increase the lean. But construction stopped at the fourth story for nearly a century, which allowed the soil to settle.
When construction began again in 1272, workers compensated for the tower's minor tilt by making the next few floors taller on the southern side. But the weight of the extra masonry made that side sink even deeper. By the time they completed the seventh floor and bell chamber, the angle of the tilt was 1.6 degrees.
In 1838, engineers dug a walkway around the base to examine the sunken foundation. But removing the supporting sand only worsened the tilt. In 1935, the Italian Corps of Engineers injected mortar to strengthen the base. However, the mortar wasn't evenly distributed throughout the foundation, resulting in another sudden drop and moving the tower closer to its tipping point.
With exact data and new computing technology, in 1992, the construction team drilled diagonal tunnels to remove 38 cubic meters of soil from under the tower's north end. Then, they temporarily counterbalanced the structure, with 600 tons of lead ingots before anchoring the base with steel cables. More than six centuries after its construction, the tower was finally straightened to a tilt of about four degrees.
Today the tower stands at 55– or 56– meters tall, and it should remain stable for at least 300 years as a monument to the beauty of imperfection.
1.The passage is developed mainly in the form of ______.
A.time and events B.definition and description
C.contrast and conclusion D.examples and statements
2.What does the underlined phrase “compensated for” in paragraph 3 probably mean?
A.arranged for B.made up for C.called for D.accounted for
3.What has finally led the tower to approach closer to its tipping point?
A.Engineers’ misjudgment of the soil under the tower
B.Making the next few floors taller on the southern side
C.Removing the supporting sand from the sunken foundation
D.The unevenly distributed mortar throughout the foundation
4.What can be a suitable title for the passage?
A.Who is to blame for the leaning?
B.Why doesn't the Leaning Tower of Pisa fall over?
C.How did the Leaning Tower of Pisa get its name?
D.Will the Leaning Tower of Pisa fall over?
高三英语阅读选择中等难度题查看答案及解析
No one can deny China’s efforts to reach for the sky.
At one kilometer high, the two Phoenix Towers planned for Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province in central China, will be the tallest in the world if completed on schedule in 2017.
The towers will also be pink, crazily futuristic and environmentally friendly.
Designed to sit on an island in a lake, the largest of the towers will stand 172 meters taller than Burj Khalifa in Dubai.
“We were asked to create an iconic building for Wuhan, which embodies a strong environmental and social content as well as reflecting Chinese tradition,” Laurie Chetwood of UK-based design firm Chetwoods Architects told CNN.
The design is inspired by dualism(二元论) in Chinese culture-the traditional Chinese phoenix symbol of the two birds, Feng and Huang, as well as the idea of yin and yang.
Feng and Huang, or phoenix, are a pair of mythical birds in Chinese culture traditionally used to denote royalty.
Three large spheres containing restaurants will be accessible via suspended “skywalks” between the two towers.
The spheres “represent planets orbiting the towers”, according to the designers.
The larger building will also have the unlikely boast of housing the world’s tallest kaleidoscope(万花筒) driven by a wind turbine(涡轮机).
A commercial square at the towers’ base will meet China’s growing demand for cultural tourism.
“You’ll have a French street, a Japanese street, a Turkish street, and so forth… to allow people to see the world without necessarily having to leave China,” Chetwood told the Guardian.
The towers are designed to have green features such as pollution-absorbing surfaces to filter the city’s air as well as technology to filter the water.
The towers are designed to be able to produce enough power to fulfill their own needs and those of neighboring areas.
“If you work in the UK, if you come up with anything that’s off the wall ( 有点出格的) or slightly out there, you sort of get kicked back,” Chetwood said. “ In China it goes the other way- they ask for a bit more. That’s a stimulating experience for a designer.”
1.Which of the following about the two Phoenix Towers is TRUE?
A. Their inspiration comes from Chinese culture.
B. At present they are the tallest in the world.
C. They will be surrounded by three ground-level spheres.
D. People will have a taste of foreign flavors inside the spheres.
2.According to Laurie Chetwood in the last paragraph, China’s response to new ideas is _________.
A. doubtful B. negative
C. cautious D. enthusiastic
3.This article focuses on the _________ of the two Phoenix Towers.
A. appearances B. construction
C. features D. height
4. Which would be the best title for the passage?
A. The Phoenix Towers: Pink and controversial.
B. The Phoenix Towers: Super tall and green.
C. The Phoenix Towers: Work of a Great Architect.
D. The Phoenix Towers: Work of China-UK cooperation.
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(2013·合肥模拟)The very thing most senior 3 students long for is to study in they call the Tower of Ivory in the near future.
A. what; where B. which; what
C. that; where D. that; what
高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
This photo of mine was taken________stood the famous high tower.
A.which B.in which
C.where D.there
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251. The America’s selling weapons to Taiwan cast a shadow on the Sino-U.S relationship. Which of the following can explain the underlined part?
A.was a good omen on | B.had ill effect on | C.was at war with | D.Effected |
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The old tower looks nice. It’s about ______
A. twelve-metre-high B. twelve-metre high
C. twelve-metrees high D. twelve metres high
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At long last, Stefano Boeri Architects’ brilliant Bosco Verticale towers are finally completed. The “world’s first vertical forest” consists of a fantastic pair of costly towers that add nearly 2.5 acres of lush vegetation to the sky line of Milan, a city notorious (声名狼藉的) for its air pollution. 1. Like a pair of green lungs, its forested appearance of 21,000 plants will absorb CO2, control noise pollution, lessen the urban heat island effect, and create oxygen and favorable micro-climates.
The Bosco Verticale mixed-use towers are constructed with a $2.5 billion public-private investment as part of the re-development of Milan’s Porta Nuova district. The towers, measuring 260 feet and 367 feet, house 800 trees between 9 and 30 feet tall, over 4,000 shrubs (灌木) and 15,000 ground cover plants. Bosco Verticale is created with LEED Gold Certification (绿色建筑黄金认证) in mind. 2.
The buildings shrub have welcomed their first residents. 3. A fast-growing bird population has already begun to nest in Bosco Verticale’s rich leaves, of which over a hundred different species of trees and shrubs are represented. 4.
The superstructure is also selected for the world famous International Highrise Building Award as one of the five most beautiful and original high-rises in the world that is completed. 5.
A. “We take great pride in this project, which may earn us an award” says Boeri.
B. Boeri is currently in China, where he plans to build another Bosco Verticale project.
C. It is also equipped with a gray water recycling and irrigation system.
D. However, Bosco Verticale will be more than just a beautiful sight to enjoy.
E. “The real key to this project is biodiversity,” says Boeri.
F. It is also well received by the Chinese experts in the field.
G. But those families aren’t the only ones to call the vertical forest home.
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It is the America’s selling weapons to Taiwan cast a shadow on the Sino—US relationship.
A.what B.which C.that D.where
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