The Eiffel Tower was built in 1889, in memory of the 100th birthday of the French Revolution. The Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII of England, opened the tower. Of the 700 suggestions that were handed in, Gustave Eiffel’s was chosen.
However, at first, it was not well accepted by all and a group of people — including many well-known writers and painters at that time — were fiercely against its design.
Being about 300 meters in height, and 7,000 tons in weight, it was the world’s tallest building until 1930. It was a great project for France. 300 workers took two years to build it. It isn’t an ordinary building, since it is almost made of steel. For example, its body moves around at most 12 cm in heavy wind. Moreover, its height changes up to 15 cm according to the temperature.
It was almost destroyed in 1909, but was saved because of its antenna(天線), which is used for communication at that time. Beginning in 1910 it became part of the International Time Service. French radio and French television have also made good use of its height.
The Eiffel Tower has also seen a few strange things. In 1923, a journalist rode a bicycle down from the first level of it. And in 1954, a mountain climber climbed on top of it and tried to measure its exact height.
Anyway, although its birth was difficult, it is now well accepted all over the world. It has been considered as one of the symbols of Paris.
【小題1】The passage mainly tells us ________.  

A．the history of the Eiffel Tower
B．some information about its design
C．what the Eiffel Tower was used for
D．how it became one of the symbols of Paris
【小題2】Which of the following statements is TRUE according to this passage?
A．Many people couldn’t accept the Eiffel Tower at the beginning.
B．It was the world’s tallest building for hundreds of years.
C．A journalist rode down from the Eiffel Tower in 1954.
D．The Eiffel Tower was saved because of its height.
【小題3】The French Revolution took place in _______.
A．1889B．1923C．1789D．1930


【小題1】A
【小題2】A
【小題3】C

解析【小題1】A 主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章主題段第一段及第三段可知是關(guān)于埃菲爾鐵塔的歷史及其它的信息。故A正確。
【小題2】A 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段1,2行at first, it was not well accepted by all and a group of people — including many well-known writers and painters at that time說明開始的時候很多人都不能接受這樣的鐵塔設(shè)計。故A正確。
【小題3】C 計算題。根據(jù)文章第一段The Eiffel Tower was built in 1889, in memory of the 100th birthday of the French Revolution.埃菲爾鐵塔是1889年建成的，是為了紀(jì)念法國革命100年，故可以推算出法國大革命是在1789年。故A正確。

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