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　　Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passageyou have just heard.

　　16

　　A.It is the oldest bridge in the world.

　　B.It used to have the longest suspension span.

　　C.It allows 2 billion vehicles to cross monthly.

　　D.It has two 1,280 feet tall towers.

　　17

　　A.From its color.

　　B.From its location.

　　C.From its function.

　　D.From its value.

　　18

　　A.His suggestion of the color of the bridge was accepted.

　　B.He provided the original design of the bridge.

　　C.His donation to the project was the largest.

　　D.He published a newspaper article about the bridge.

　　Passage One

　　The Golden Gate Bridge is celebrating its seventy-seventh anniversary. The bridge opened to vehicle traffic on May 28th, 1937. Since then, more than two billion vehicles have crossed the world famous structure between San Francisco and Marin County, California. As many as 112,000 cars make the trip each day. (16) The Golden Gate Bridge had the longest suspension span in the world, at the time it was built. The suspended roadway stretches 1,280 meters between the bridge's two tall towers. Today it still rates among the top ten longest bridge spans in existence. Mary Currie works for the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District. She says the bridge is one of the most extraordinary engineering projects of all time.

　　(17) The Golden Gate Bridge is named after the Golden Gate Strait. That narrow passage of water connects the San Francisco Bay to the Pacific Ocean. Joseph Strauss was the chief engineer of the Golden Gate Bridge project. Work began in 1933. The project took four years to complete. The bridge is 2,788 meters long from one end to the other. It is 27 meters wide. Two large cables pass over the top of the bridge's towers. These structures stand 227 meters above water and 152 meters above the road. Each cable holds more than 27,500 strands of wire. The Golden Gate Bridge weighed 811,500,000 kilograms when it was completed in 1937. The San Francisco Chronicle newspaper called the finished project, "a thirty-five million dollar steel harp!"(18) Architect Irving Morrow gets credit for the bridge's bright orange color. The Navy wanted the bridge painted in yellow and black. The Air Force had suggested red and white.

　　16. Which one is true about the Golden Gate Bridge?

　　17. How did the bridge get its name?

　　18. What made architect Irving Morrow a special person to the bridge?

　　参考答案：

　　【小题16】B

　　【小题17】B

　　【小题18】A

　　习题解析：

　　【小题16】短文中提到The Golden Gate Bridge had the longest suspension span in the world, at the time it was built. 即“建成当时，金门大桥有世界上最长的跨度。”故答案为选项B。

　　【小题17】对金门大桥是如何命名的，短文中提到 The Golden Gate Bridge is named after the Golden Gate Strait.即“金门大桥是根据金门海峡来命名的。”与选项B中的location一词一致。

　　【小题18】短文在最后提到了 Architect Irving Morrow gets credit for the bridge's bright orange color.即“Irving Morrow因为主张把金门大桥涂成亮橘色而获得赞誉”，所以答案为选项A。

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