Question

There are twenty-seven bridges ____ London’s River Thames. ____ all the bridges, Tower Bridge is the most famous. Do you know what ____ Tower Bridges so famous? ____ do so many visitors from all over the world come to see it?

The surprising thing about Tower Bridge is that it is open ____. It does this to let the big ships go ____ the pool(水域) of London. If you are lucky enough to see the bridge with its two opening arms high in the air, you will never ____ it, it’s really exciting.

On the north side of the river, there is the Tower of London. The Tower of London and London Bridge look the same, but the Tower of London is much ____ than London Bridge, the Tower of London is almost one thousand years old and the Tower Bridge is only about one hundred. Before they began to build Tower Bridge, the designers(设计师) argued (争论) about it for more than thirty years. It ____ them quite a long time to argue and decide to build the Tower Bridge because they had two ____, they were very difficult to solve(解决).

1.A. on    B. above    C. over    D. from

2.A. In    B. From    C. About    D. Of

3.A. makes    B. let    C. has    D. does

4.A. What    B. Why    C. When    D. How

5.A. on the left    B. in the middle    C. on the right    D. all the time

6.A. past    B. on    C. through    D. into

7.A. remember    B. know    C. understand    D. forget

8.A. younger    B. smaller    C. older    D. cheaper

9.A. took    B. spent    C. paid    D. cost

10.A. questions    B. problems    C. arms    D. bridges

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.B

5.B

6.C

7.D

8.C

9.A

10.B

【解析】试题分析：这篇说明文简单介绍了著名的伦敦塔桥的独特之处，并通过对比介绍了伦敦塔的历史久远。

1.句意：伦敦泰晤士河上有二十七座桥。考查介词辨析题。A. on在……上面，强调表面接触；B. above在……上面，强调垂直方向；C. over在……上面/，强调空间跨越；D. from从……。根据句意和语境，可知选C。

2.句意：在所有的桥梁中，塔桥是最著名的。考查介词辨析题。A. In在里面，指内部；B. From从……；C. About关于；D. Of的，表所属。of all在所有……中，后接复数名词；根据句意和语境，可知选D。

3.句意：你知道为什么塔桥这么有名吗？考查动词辨析题。A. makes使；B. let让；C. has有；D. does做。本句是what引导的宾语从句，what同时做从句的主语，是单数意义，动词需用三单形式，可排除B。根据句意和语境，可知CD两项均不合句意，故选A。

4.句意：为什么这么多来自世界各地的游客来参观它？考查特殊疑问词辨析题。A. What什么，问事物；B. Why为什么，问原因；C. When什么时候，问时间；D. How怎样，问方式。根据句意和语境，可知本句是询问原因，故选B。

5.句意：塔桥的惊人之处在于它是中间开放的。考查介词短语辨析题。A. on the left在左边；B. in the middle在中间；C. on the right在右边；D. all the time时时刻刻。根据下文If you are lucky enough to see the bridge with its two opening arms high in the air,，结合句意和语境，可知选B。

6.句意：这样做是为了让大船穿过伦敦的石油层。考查介词辨析题。A. past超过，超出；B. on在……上面，强调表面接触；C. through穿过，强调空间穿越；D. into（表示方向）进入……中。根据句意和语境，可知ABD三个选项意思都与句意不符，故选C。

7.句意：你永远不会忘记它。考查动词辨析题。A. remember记得；B. know知道；C. understand理解；D. forget忘记。never从不，表否定；根据句意和语境，结合下文it’s really exciting.，可知选D。

8.句意：但伦敦塔比伦敦桥古老得多。考查形容词比较级辨析。根据下文the Tower of London is almost one thousand years old and the Tower Bridge is only about one hundred.，结合句意和语境，可知二者的历史相差近900年，可知伦敦塔要古老的多得多，故选C。

9.句意：他们花了很长时间才争论并决定建造塔桥。考查动词辨析题。A. took花费（时间、金钱等），用于it takes sb. to do sth.结构；B. spent花费，主语需是人；C. paid支付，主语需是人；D. cost价值，主语需是物。根据句意和语境，可知选A。

10.句意：因为他们有两个问题，很难解决。考查名词辨析题。A. questions问题，指说话者需要寻找答案的问题，常与动词ask或answer连用；B. problems问题，指说话者认为难以解决的问题，与动词 solve或settle搭配；C. arms胳膊；D. bridges桥。根据句意和语境，可知选B。