成人英语三级

Toronto' s third City Hall, now known as Old City Hall, was designed by Edward James Len-nox and declared open on Sept.18,1899.

Created to provide more space for city officials, it turned out to be the largest building in the city and the largest city building in North America at the time.

Lennox took three years to design the City Hall and it took 11 years to build it. Contemporaries believe that the odd carvings (雕刻) above the Queen Street entrance were actually caricatures(漫画) of councilors at the time.

Lennox even included himself in the caricatures, on the west side of the central arch ( 拱门 ),and left a strange signature in the stonework of the link portions of the building.

The third City Hall was originally used as councilors' offices and legal offices, but it is used only as a courthouse today.

When the fourth City Hall (the one we know today) was declared open in 1965, Old City Hall was threatened to be pulled down. It was saved by a group of people called the "Friends of Old City Hall. "

The clock tower stands parallel with the middle of Bay Street, rather than with the center of the building. The bells in the tower were not installed until the building opened. Old City Hall was declared a historical site in 1989.

(80) The entire structure cost more than $ 2.5 million to build at the time. This is equal to $ 53 million today.

21.Toronto's third City Hall came into use in__________.

A.the 18th century

B.the 19th century

C.the 20th century

D.the 21st century

答案：B

解析： 【定位】第一段“Toronto’s third City Hall，…and declared open on Sept.18，1899.”。细节题。题干问的是“多伦多第三市政厅在哪一年投入使用?”根据定位句“多伦多第三市政厅…于1899年9月18日开放”可知，市政厅是在1899年投入使用。1899年属于l9世纪，故选B。

22. Old City Hall was constructed in __________ years.

A.3

B.7

C.9

D.11

答案：D

解析：【定位】第三段第一句“…it took 11 years to build it.”。 细节题。题干问的是“老市政厅修建了多少年?”根据定位句“…建设周期更长达11年”可知，共花了11年。故选D。

23.The third City Hall is now used as a__________.

A.middle school

B.hospital

C.cinema

D.courthouse

答案：D

解析：【定位】第五段“…but it is used only as a courthouse today.”。

细节题。题干问的是“第三市政厅目前作为什么使用?”根据定位句“…但今天只用作一个法庭。”可知目前只作为法庭使用。故选D。

24.From the passage we learn that__________.

A.Toronto spends lots of money yearly developing the city

B.some local residents showed a great interest in protecting the city' s cultural site

C.the City Council of Toronto hasn' t paid sufficient attention to the protection of the city' s culture

D.the City Hall is still the largest city building in North America today

答案：B

解析：【定位】第六段最后一句话“It was saved by a group of people called the‘Friends of Old City Hall.’”。

细节题。题干问的是“从文中，我们可得知什么?”根据定位句“一…这座市政厅被称为‘老市政厅之友’的群体拯救了。”可知B项是正确的。A项“多伦多每年花大量的钱来发展城市”，文中没有提及;C项“多伦多市政府对城市文化的保护没有给予足够的重视”，这与倒数第二段最后一句将老市政厅列为历史遗迹不符;D项“今天，市政厅仍是北美最大的城市建筑”，第二段中提到老市政厅曾经是北美最大的市政建筑，但对今天的情况并没有提到。’综合考虑，故选B。

25.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A.To build a structure like the City Hall will cost $ 2.5 million today.

B.The clock tower stands parallel with the centre of the City Hall.

C.Old City Hall was once pulled down in the development of the city.

D.Old City Hall is now a historical site.

答案：D

解析：【定位】最后一段第二句话“This is equal to$53 million today.”;倒数第二段第一句“The clock tower stands parallel with the middle of Bay Street，rather than with the center of the building.”;第六段第一句“…Old City Hall was threatened to be pulled down.”;倒数第二段最后一句“Old City Hall was declared a historical site in 1989.”。

综合分析题。题干问的是“根据文章，下列哪项是正确的?”根据定位句“这相当于今天的5300万美元。”(A项不符);“钟楼与贝街中心点平行，而不是与市政厅的中心平行。”(B项不符);“…老市政厅面临着被拆除的危险。”(C项不符);“老市政厅在1989年被认定为历史遗迹。”(D项符合)。综合分析可知，答案中只有D项是符合文中原义的，故选D。

The California lawmakers voted Thursday to raise the legal age to buy tobacco products from 18 to 21. The measure is part of a larger package of laws aimed at reducing tobacco use. If Gover-nor Jerry Brown signs the bill, California will become the second state, after Hawaii, to raise the age limit for buying cigarettes and other tobacco products. More than 100 cities in the U. S., inclu-ding New York and Boston, have already raised the age limit.

A week ago, the Caiifomia Assembly approved the measure, which--in addition to raising the age limit--treats electronic cigarettes the same as tobacco products, expands smoke-free areas, in-creases smoking bans and allows counties to collect higher taxes on cigarettes than the 87-cent per pack state tax. The Assembly' s vote came a few days after the city of San Francisco increased the age to buy tobacco products to 21.

California lawmakers passed the bill despite lobbying (游说)from tobacco interests. The meas-ure also faced opposition from many Republicans, who said the state should not be involved in po-licing people' s personal choices. "I don' t smoke. I don' t encourage my children to," said Re-publican Assemblyman Donald Wagner. "But they' re adults, and it' s our job to treat our citizens as adults. "

But supporters of the bill say raising the age to 21 moves legally purchased tobacco that much farther from younger kids. " This will save the medical system millions of dollars," said Democratic Assemblyman Jim Wood. ( 76 ) "It will save thousands of lives. " A 2015 study by the Institute of Medicine "found that if the minimum legal age to buy tobacco were raised to 21 nation-wide, tobacco use would drop by 12 percent by the time today' s teens reached adulthood. In addi-tion, there would be 223,000 fewer premature ( 过早的) deaths and 50,000 fewer deaths from lung cancer. "

26.Which of the following is the first state to raise smoking age to 21?

A.California.

B.Hawaii.

C.New York.

D.Washington.

答案：B

解析：【定位】第一段第三句话“…California will become me second stme，after Hawaii，to raise the age lirnjt for buying cigarettes alld otller tobacco products.”。

细节题。题干问的是“哪个是第一个提高吸烟年龄到21岁的州?”根据定位句“加州将成为继夏威夷之后第二个提高购买香烟和其他烟草产品合法年龄的州”可以推断加州是第二个州，而夏威夷是第一个州，故选B。

27.The California law includes all the following measures EXCEPT__________.

A.enlarging no-smoking areas

B.allowing counties .to collect higher taxes on cigarettes

C.increasing smoking bans

D.punishing parents who encourage their children to smoke

答案：D

解析：【定位】第二段第一句话“…treats electronic cigarettes the same as tobacco products，ex-pallds smoke-free areas，increases smoking bans and allows counties to collect lligher taxes…”。

细节题。题干问的是“下列哪项规定不在加州法律范围内?”定位句指出加州法律范围内有四条附加规定，分别是将电子香烟视为与烟草产品同等的存在，扩大了禁烟区的范围(A项)，提高了禁烟令(C项)，并且允许各镇对香烟征收高税(B项)。由此可知，D项“对鼓励孩子抽烟的父母进行惩罚”不属于加州法律范围。故选D。

28.The word policing in Paragraph 3 probably means__________.

A.enriching

B.controlling

C.understanding

D.protecting

答案：B

解析：【定位】第三段第二句话“…who said the state should not be involved in policing people’s personal choices.”。

词汇题。题干问的是“第三段中的policing的意思是?”根据定位句“…州政府不应policing人们的个人选择”可知，policing和政府行为有关，即用政策(policy)进行干涉和控制。A项“丰富”;B项“控制”;C项“了解”;D项“保护”。只有B项符合句意，故选B。

29.Who is against the bill?

A.Governor Jerry Brown.

B.Assemblyman Donald Wagner.

C.Assemblyman Jim Wood.

D.The mayor of San Francisco.

答案：B

解析：【定位】第三段第二句话“The measure also faced opposition from many Republicans，…”和第三句话“…said Republican Assemblyman Donald Wagner.”。

细节题。题干问的是“谁反对这项法案?”定位句“该项法案遭到了许多共和党人的反对”以及“共和党人唐纳德?瓦格纳说”表明唐纳德?瓦格纳属于反对法案的人群。A项“州长杰瑞?布朗”;B项“立法委员唐纳德?瓦格纳”;C项“立法委员吉姆?伍德”;D项“旧金山市长”。故选B。

30.Which of the following is an appropriate title for the passage?

A.Calitbrnia Lawmakers Vote to Raise Smoking Age to 21

B.San Francisco Increased the Age to Buy Tobacco Products to 21

C.Hawaii Has Already Raised the Age Limit to Buy Tobacco

D.A California Bill Faces Opposition from Many Republicans

答案：A

解析：【定位】全文第一句话“The California lawmakers voted Thursday to raise the legal age to buy tobacco products from 18 to21.”;第一段第三句话“…Califomia will become the second state，after Hawaii，to raise the age limit for buying cigarettes and other tobacco products.”;第二段最后一句话“The Assembly’s vote calrle a few days after the city of San Francisco in-creased the age to buy tobacco products to 21.”;第三段第二句话“The measure also faced op-position from many Republicans，…”。

综合分析题。题干问的是“下列哪个最适合作为本文的标题?”根据定位句分别得出四个选项：A项“加州立法议员在周四投票决定将合法购买烟草的年龄从18岁提高到21岁。”;B项“加州立法委员会的投票是在旧金山将合法购买烟草产品年龄提高到21岁之后进行的。”;C项“加州将成为继夏威夷之后第二个提高购买香烟和其他烟草产品合法年龄的州”;D项“该项法案遭到了许多共和党人的反对”。B，C，D三个选项都是具体的表现并不能全面概括文章的主旨，故选A。

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