Question

【題目】There was a time when New York City buildings were almost all the same height.

Today you can see buildings of different heights that seem to touch the sky. They are called skyscrapers(摩天大樓). They shape the famous New York City skyline.

It started about 90 years ago. It began like a race. This wasn't a race down the street or around a track(跑道). It was a race for the sky. Who was racing? Buildings were.

Their builders were actually racing to build the world's tallest skyscraper.

The race started slowly.

First came the Woolworth Building, in 1913. It rose 792 feet(英尺) on the southern side of the city. Then the race heated up.In1930, two skyscrapers were nearing completion. The Bank of Manhattan Building was finished first. It rose up to 927 feet into the sky. Builders were then putting a round roof（屋頂）on the top of the Chrysler Building. It rose up t0 925 feet. The Bank of Manhattan, two feet taller, seemed to be the winner.

A few weeks later, New Yorkers saw a strange sight（景象）. The day that the Chrysler Building was to be completed, workers raised a shiny metal, spire（尖頂） through the top of the building, adding 121 feet to the building's height! At l,048 feet, the Chrysler Building was now the world's tallest.

But the race was not over. A year later, in 1931, the Empire State Building became the new winner.At l,250 feet, it was the world's tallest building.

In 1973, even that record was broken. Builders finished the World Trade Center. At 1,368 feet high, it rose above all other buildings in New York City.

Time goes on. As technology improves, taller buildings are being built. The race is still on.

A.根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容簡要回答問題。

【1】Which skyscrapers had been the world's tallest buildings? Please list them.

【2】During which period of the time did the race heat up?

B．將短文中劃線的句子譯成漢語。

【3】

【4】

C．請給短文擬一個適當?shù)挠⑽臉祟}。

【5】

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】The Woolworth Building, the Chrysler Building, the Empire State Building and the World Trade Center.

【2】From 1930 to 1931.

【3】今天你可以看到不同高度的建筑物，它們似乎可以觸摸天空。

【4】以1250英尺的高度，它成為世界上最高的建筑物。

【5】Race for the sky./A race for the sky

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文給我們講述的是紐約摩天大樓的比賽，從90年前起，紐約建起了很多的摩天大樓，他們就像是在比賽一樣，一個建筑比一個更高。從1930年到1931年，比賽更加激烈，一座座的摩天大樓建筑起來。而且隨著科技的發(fā)展，更高的大樓在建筑起來，比賽仍在繼續(xù)。

【1】這篇短文給我們講述了世界上著名的摩天大樓，在短文中提到了很多摩天大樓，其中有the famous New York City skyline、the Woolworth Building,、The Bank of Manhattan Building、the Chrysler Building、the Empire State Building等。

【2】根據(jù)短文第三段中的介紹可知，從1930年起，Then the race heated up，比賽升溫了。先是The Bank of Manhattan Building was finished firs，緊跟著是Builders were then putting a round roof（屋頂）on the top of the Chrysler Building。然后But the race was not over. A year later, in 1931, the Empire State Building became the new winner到1931年，帝國大廈成為了最高的建筑。

【3】buildings of different heights這個短語中of 短語做的是后置定語，修飾前面的名詞buildings；另外，這個句子中還有一個that引導(dǎo)的定語從句，修飾先行詞buildings。seem to do sth.好像去做某事；touch觸摸。

【4】at 1,250 feet以……的高度，是一個介詞短語，feet是一個長度單位，英尺。the world’s tallest building世界上最高的建筑物。根據(jù)文意可知，這里說的是1931年，帝國大廈建成后，它以1,250英尺的高度，成為世界上最高的建筑物。

【5】這篇短文給我們講述的是紐約摩天大樓的比賽，從90年前起，紐約建起了很多的摩天大樓，他們就像是在比賽一樣，一個建筑比一個更高。從1930年到1931年，比賽更加激烈，一座座的摩天大樓建筑起來。而且隨著科技的發(fā)展，更高的大樓在建筑起來，比賽仍在繼續(xù)。因此這篇短文最好的題目是A race for the sky。