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【題目】 A disastrous fire surrounded Notre Dame（巴黎圣母院）completely and destroyed large parts of the Gothic(哥特式的) architecture on Monday.

“Notre Dame is our history, our literature; part of our spirit, the place of all our great events, our wars, our liberations, the center of our lives" French President Emmanuel Macron told reporters in front of the still burning Paris landmark and promised to rebuild Notre Dame Cathedral.

“Notre Dame is burning, and know the sadness and this tremble felt by so many fellow French people. But tonight, I’d like to speak of hope too, "he said, announcing the launch of a fundraising campaign.

“Let’s be proud, because we built this cathedral more than 800 years ago, we’ve built it and, throughout the centuries, let it grow and improve it. So I gravely say tonight: we will rebuild it together, ”he added.

The disastrous fire engulfed(吞沒) the upper reaches of Paris’ towering Notre Dame Cathedral as it was undergoing renovations(翻新)。

Tourists and Parisians looked on horrified from the streets below. France’s Interior Ministry said firefighters might not be able to save the structure.

The fire collapsed the cathedrals’ spire(尖頂) and spread to one of its landmark towers "Everything is burning; nothing will remain from the frame, "Notre Dame spokesman Andre Finot told French media. The 12th-century cathedral is home to incalculable works of art and is one of the world’s most famous tourist attractions, immortalized by Victor Hugo’s 1831 novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

The cause of the fire was not known, but French media quoted the Paris fire brigade(消防隊(duì)) as saying the fire is “potentially linked" to a 6 million—euro($6. 88 million)renovation project on the church’s spire and its 250 tons of lead. Officials opened an investigation as Paris police said there were no reported deaths. Some 400 firefighters were battling the fire well into the night.

【1】What Emmanuel Macron said mainly shows that____________

A.Notre Dame was the symbol of Paris in history.

B.The French government are going to rebuild Notre Dame.

C.It took more than 800 years to build Notre Dame.

D.He was desperate when he made the announcement.

【2】Which of the following is true according to the text?

A.Notre Dame Cathedral was burnt down entirely.

B.The structure was well saved by the firefighters.

C.People who were killed in the fire are some firefighters.

D.The fire was likely caused by a renovation project on the church’s spire.

【3】What does the underlined part probably mean?

A.The novel made the cathedral famous.

B.The cathedral is repeatedly mentioned in the novel.

C.The novel became a bestseller thanks to the cathedral.

D.The novel became more mysterious due to the cathedral.

【4】What is the tone of the author in writing the article?

A.Disappointed.B.Humorous.

C.Matter-of-fact.D.Critical.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】A

【4】C

【解析】

這是一篇新聞報(bào)道。文章介紹了法國總統(tǒng)在燃燒的巴黎圣母院前的講話、巴黎圣母院的重要性、聞名原因以及對(duì)失火原因的調(diào)查。

【1】推理判斷題。由題干中“What Emmanuel Macron said”可將答案定位在文章2~4段內(nèi)。文章第二段中法國總統(tǒng)說的話是表示巴黎圣母院在人們心中的重要地位，由本段最后一句話可知，下邊兩段主要是總統(tǒng)表達(dá)了重建巴黎圣母院的信心。再由第三段尾句“announcing the launch of a fundraising campaign（宣布集資開始）”可知，總統(tǒng)就是想讓大家知道他們一定要重建巴黎圣母院。故選B。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由最后一段中的the fire is “potentially linked” to a 6 million-euro ($6. 8 million) renovation project on the church’s spire and its 250 tons of lead.可知，這場大火與塔尖正在翻新的項(xiàng)目有關(guān)。故選D。

【3】詞句猜測(cè)題。immortalized意為“使永恒，使不朽，使名垂千古”。所以這句話的意思是雨果的《巴黎圣母院》這部小說使得巴黎圣母院作為旅游景點(diǎn)，永垂不朽。故選A。

【4】推理判斷題。綜合全文，可看出作者是在客觀描述大火以及領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人及市民的反應(yīng)。A. Disappointed失望的；B. Humorous幽默的；C. Matter-of-fact.實(shí)事求是的； D. Critical批評(píng)的，故選C。