In the public square of London Bridge Tower you can NOTA.have dinners.B.have a bird's eye
In the public square of London Bridge Tower you can NOT
A.have dinners.
B.have a bird's eye view of London.
C.visit art galleries.
D.watch movies.
In the public square of London Bridge Tower you can NOT
A.have dinners.
B.have a bird's eye view of London.
C.visit art galleries.
D.watch movies.
第1题
What is NOT mentioned about the plans?
A.An atrium will be added.
B.A public square will be constructed.
C.One wing will be expanded.
D.A green outdoor area will be created.
第2题
第3题
A.have been given much publicity
B.are little known to the public
C.have been widely discussed among builders and city planners
D.have changed the building business
第4题
听力原文: Sometimes we say that someone we know is "a square peg in a round hole." This simply means that the person we are talking about is not suited for the job he is doing. He may be a book keeper who really wants to be an actor or a mechanic who likes cooking. Unfortunately, many people in the world are "square pegs": they are not doing the kind of work they should be doing, for one mason or another. As a result, they probably are not doing a very good job and certainly they are not happy.
Choosing the right career is very important. Most of us spend a great part of our lives at our jobs. For that reason we should try to find out what our talents are and how we can use them. We can do this through aptitude tests, interviews with specialists, and study of books in our field of interest.
There are many careers open to each of us. Perhaps we like science. Then we might prepare ourselves to be chemists, physicists, or biologists. Maybe our interests take us into the business world and such work as accounting, personnel management or public relations. Many persons find their places in government service. Teaching, newspaper work, medicine, engineering—these and many other riel& offer fascinating careers to persons with talent and training.
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A.Someone who is short is like a square peg.
B.Someone who is not suited for his job.
C.Someone who is standing in a square.
D.Someone who is putting a square peg in a round hole.
第5题
听力原文: Sometimes we say that someone we know is "a square peg in a round hole". This simply means that the person we are talking about is not suited for the job he is doing. He may be a bookkeeper who really wants to be an actor or a mechanic who likes cooking. Unfortunately, many people in the world are "square pegs", they are not doing the kind of work they should be doing, for one reason or another. As a result they probably are not doing a very good job and certainly they are not happy.
Choosing the right career is very important. Most of us spend a great part of our lives at our jobs. For that reason we should try to find out what our talents are and how we can use them. We can do this through aptitude tests, interviews with specialists, and study of books in our field of interest.
There are many careers open to each of us. Perhaps we like science, then we might prepare ourselves to be chemists, physicists, or biologists. Maybe our interests take us into the business world and such work as accounting, personnel management or public relations. Many persons find their place in government service. Teaching, newspaper work, medicine, engineering—these and many other fields offer fascinating careers to persons with talent and training.
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A.A person is doing a job which he likes very much.
B.A person is doing a job which he doesn't like.
C.A person is doing a job which he is not suited for.
D.A person is doing a job which he thinks very important.
第6题
One of the most comprehensive ventures was the restoration and transformation of Boston's eighteenth century Faneuil Hall and the Quincy Market, designed in 1824. This section had fallen on hard times, but beginning with the construction of a new city hall immediately adjacent, it has returned to life with the intelligent reuse of these fine old buildings under the design leadership of Benjamin Thomson. He has provided a marvelous setting for dining, shopping, professional offices, and simply walking.
Butler Square, in Minneapolis, exemplifies major changes in its complex of offices, commercial space, and public amenities carved out of a massive pile designed in 1906 as a hardware warehouse. The exciting interior timber structure of the building was highlighted by cutting light courts through the interior and adding large skylights.
San Antonio, Texas, offers an object lesson for numerous other cities combating urban decay. Rather than bringing in the bulldozers, San Antonio's leaders rehabilitated existing structures, while simultaneously cleaning up the San Antonio River, which menders through the business district.
What is the main idea of the passage?
A.During the 1970's, old buildings in many cities were recycled for modern use.
B.Recent interest in ecology issues has led to the cleaning up of many rivers.
C.The San Antoino example shows that bulldozers are not the way to fight urban decay.
D.Strong government support has made adaptive rehabilitation a reality in Boston.
第7题
Welcome to The Georgian Terrace Hotel
Since 1912, The Georgian Terrace Hotel has been the venue of choice for Atlanta's most prominent events, including hosting the world premiere reception for "Gone with the Wind" in 1939.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the hotel has linked its storied past with and 307 spacious and elegant suites along with state-of-the-art conference facilities.
The hotel offers the latest technology in 16,000 square feet of elegant function space, as well as bilingual world-class staff to assist with both international business meetings and special social events.
The Georgian Terrace Hotel. Historic, yet ahead of its time.
Georgian Terrace Historic Renovation
Atlanta, Georgia
The renovation of this historic Atlanta landmark hotel, built in 1912, included the creation of 80 units within the original structure, the design of a new 19-story, 214-unit tower, 53,000 SF of retail and entertainment space, a renovation of the original public spaces and banquet facilities, a roof top swimming pool and a nine-level, 700-space parking lots.
The project received an award from the Atlanta Urban Design Commission, in 1992.
What kind of event was held in the Georgian Terrace Hotel?
A.A reception for a famous movie.
B.A summit meeting.
C.A music concert.
D.An international conference.
第8题
I knew already that the Mall of America had been imagined by its designers, not merely as a marketplace, but as a national tourist attraction. Eleven thousand articles, the small book informed me, had been written about the mall. Four hundred trees had been planted in its gardens, $625 million had been spent to build it, and 350 stores were already in business. Three thousand bus tours were expected each year along with a half-million Canadian visitors and 200,000 Japanese tourists. Sales were expected to be at $650 million for 1993 and at $1 billion for 1996. Pop singers and film stars such as Janet Jackson and Arnold Schwarzenegger had visited the mall. It was five times larger than Red Square and it included 2.3 miles of hallways and used almost twice as much steel as the Eiffel Tower. It was also home to the nation's largest indoor park, called Knott's Camp Snoopy.
We know from the text that the Mall of America is ______.
A.near an old stadium
B.bigger than most American parks
C.higher than the Eiffel Tower
D.close to an airport
第9题
One of the most comprehensive ventures was the restoration and transformation of Boston's eighteenth century Faneuil Hall and the Quincy Market, designed in 1824. This section had fallen on hard times, but beginning with the construction of a new city hall immediately adjacent, it has returned to life with the intelligent reuse of these fine old buildings under the design leadership of Benjamin Thompson. He has provided a marvelous setting for dining, shopping, professional offices, and simply walking.
Butler Square, in Minneapolis, exemplifies major changes in its complex of offices, commercial space, and public facilities carved out of a massive pile designed in 1906 as a hardware warehouse. The exciting interior timber Structure of the building was highlighted by cutting light courts through the interior and adding large skylights.
San Antonio, Texas, offers an object lesson for numerous other cities combating urban decay. Rather than bringing in the bulldozers(推土机), San Antonio's leaders rehabilitated existing structures, while simultaneously cleaning up the San Antonio River, which meanders through the business district.
What is the main idea of the passage?
A.During the 1970s, old buildings in many cities were recycled for modern use.
B.With government support, people could recycle old buildings.
C.Experts did quite a lot to fight urban decay.
D.Recycling old building became a reality in Boston in the 18th century.
第10题
Stinking (发臭的) Buses
Stinking buses jam (挤满) the crowded street. Drivers(51)at one another and honk (鸣喇叭) their horns. Smog (烟雾) hurts the eyes and chokes (窒息) the senses. The(52)is Athens at rush hour. The city is in a sorry state of affairs, built(53)a plan, lacking even adequate sewerage facilities (排水设施), its 135 square miles packed with 3.7 million people.
So great has been the population flow toward the city that neighboring villages stand(54)or nearly so. About 120,000 people from distant provinces move to Athens every year. The migrants come for the few available(55), which are usually no better than the ones they ran away from. At the current(56)of migration, Athens by the year 2000 will have a population of 6.5 million, more than half the nation.
Aside from overcrowding and poor public transport, the biggest(57)facing Athenians are noise and pollution. A government study(58)that Athens was the noisiest city in the world. Smog is almost at killing levels: up to four times the level that the World Health Organization considers safe. Nearly half the pollution comes from cars.(59)high prices for vehicles and fuel, nearly 100,000 automobiles are sold in Greece each year: 3,000 drivers' licenses are(60)in Athens monthly.
After decades of neglect, Athens is at(61)getting some attention. In March a government meeting was held to discuss a plan to make the city.(62)and clean up its environment. A save-Athens ministry will propose heavy taxes to(63)immigration and a minimum of $5 billion in public spending for. Athens alone. A master plan that will move many government offices to the city's(64)is already in the works. Meanwhile, more Greeks(65)moving into Athens. With few parks and few oxygen-producing plants, the city and its citizens are literally suffocating (窒息).
A.shout
B.cry
C.curse
D.attack