四六级

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

　　16.

　　A.The anniversary of the setting up of New York City.

　　B.Grand Central Station's turning 101 years old.

　　C.A building being named as Grand Central Station.

　　D.The opening of the largest train station in the world.

　　17.

　　A.It has a large, arched gate.

　　B.The clocks are on four sides.

　　C.The ticket windows are jeweled.

　　D.The ceiling is a mirror image.

　　18.

　　A.The design of the building is for large numbers of people.

　　B.The plan of building a huge office over it failed.

　　C.The modem preservation movement gets more attention.

　　D.The beauty of the building has been known worldwide.

　　Passage One

　　(16) A famous building in New York City is turning 101 years old this year. A celebration is planned for Grand Central Terminal which is usually called Grand Central Station. The huge building has not changed much since it opened in February, 1913. About 750,000 people pass through Grand Central every day. Some just come to look at it, others to visit the stores. But most are there to catch the trains that enter and leave from the station. It is the largest train station in the world. There are 67 train tracks, all of them underground. (17) The main part of the building has large, arched windows, a jeweled four-sided clock and ticket windows. Grand Central has been seen in many movies through the years.

　　Dan Brucker has worked for the transit authority at Grand Central for 30 years. In all those years, he has not lost his interest in the building. According to Mr. Brucker, the station is the beginning of 20th century architecture. (17) And as people come through this terminal, they don't even realize that the magnificent celestial ceiling above them, the very roof of heaven, is exactly wrong, is exactly opposite. It's a mirror image. Justin Ferate, a historian, has been giving tours of Grand Central Station for 30 years. He says the station was designed to make travel a pleasure and (18) he also believes the building was designed for large numbers of people. A ten-year-long fight against plans to build a huge office building over Grand Central in 1968 helped create the modern preservation movement. Now, no one would think of changing the beauty of the station.

　　16.What do people plan to celebrate for?

　　17.What can be learned about the station?

　　18.What makes people drop the idea of making changes of the building?

　　参考答案：

　　【小题16】B

　　【小题17】D

　　【小题18】B

　　习题解析：

　　【小题16】此题问到人们计划庆祝什么。短文中提到 A famous building... turning 101 years old this year. A celebration is planned for Grand Central Terminal... 即“一座著名的建筑物今年即将 101 岁了，人们正在计划为纽约中央车站进行庆祝活动”。 选项 B与之相符，为答案。

　　【小题17】短文中提到...the magnificent celestial ceiling above them... It's a mirror image.即“人们头顶的富丽堂皇的天花板是一个镜像。”选项 D与此内容匹配，为正确答案。其他三项均属错误信息。

　　【小题18】此题问到什么让人们放弃了要改动这个车站的想法。答案出现在文章结尾处，即 A ten-year-long fight against plans... helped create the modem preservation movement.意为“一项长达十年的、反对在中央车站上盖办公楼计划的运动促成了现代的保护运动。”也就是说，是上一次想要改变该车站计划的破灭造成了这一结果，因此，正确答案为选项 B。

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