首页
登录
职称英语
[originaltext] The landmark clock tower containing Elizabeth Tower at Britai
[originaltext] The landmark clock tower containing Elizabeth Tower at Britai
游客
2023-08-27
34
管理
问题
The landmark clock tower containing Elizabeth Tower at Britain’s Palace of Westminster, is tilting. It is said the mother of all parliaments was slipping into the River Thames, raising fears over its future. The House of Commons commission, which is responsible for the upkeep of the 19th century neo-Gothic parliamentary estate popular with tourist photographs, was due to meet Monday. Media reports said it would discuss a surveyor’s report which could recommend lawmakers move out for repairs costing up to one billion pounds, while the Daily Telegraph said another proposal might be to sell it to Russian developers for about 500 million pounds($ 779. 7 million). But a commission spokesman said there was no surveyor’s report, and the members were only meeting to discuss setting up a group to look at the general long-term renovation of the grade 1-listed building designed by Charles Barry and Augustus Welby Pugin. "I think there’s been twos and twos added together and come up with we are selling to the Russians, but they won’t be talking about anything like that," the spokesman said. The 96-meter tall clock tower, which houses the bell originally nicknamed Big Ben, leans about 46cm to the left of its peak. A construction expert who worked on the leaning tower of Pisa in Italy and a multi-storey carpark under the houses of parliament in central London, said there was nothing to worry about, and it would take 10 000 years to reach an angle of concern.
16. What happens to Elizabeth Tower according to the passage?
17. What is the content of the commission meeting according to the spokesman?
18. What did the construction expert say about Elizabeth Tower?
选项
A、To evaluate the surveyor’s report on renovation.
B、To do business with the Russians on selling Elizabeth Tower.
C、To discuss the establishment of a group on building protection.
D、To talk about spending one billion pounds on restoration.
答案
C
解析
语义理解题。短文中间部分提到,委员会发言人说召开会议的目的是讨论成立一个小组来从事对伊丽莎向塔这一一级保护建筑的改造。因此C)“商讨成立一个小组来专注于建筑的修护”为正确答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/2960767.html
相关试题推荐
[originaltext]Thisis4o’clock.Hereisthenewssummary.Therehasbeena
[originaltext]Thisis4o’clock.Hereisthenewssummary.Therehasbeena
[originaltext]Onesourceofapoorself-conceptisaninaccurateself-perce
[originaltext]Onesourceofapoorself-conceptisaninaccurateself-perce
[originaltext]Trolleysrallyingdownaisles,endlesscheckoutqueues,andf
[originaltext]W:Roger,anyproblemsinyourKoreanstudy?M:Thebiggestprobl
[originaltext]W:OurPresident,sinceleavingofficefiveyearsago,hasspent
[originaltext]W:OurPresident,sinceleavingofficefiveyearsago,hasspent
[originaltext]W:MaybeweshouldtakeFrontStreetthismorning.Theradioanno
[originaltext]W:MaybeweshouldtakeFrontStreetthismorning.Theradioanno
随机试题
MorningsatSevenForseveralyearsnowmynewsagenthasbee
[originaltext]Someyearsago,anAmericanpolicemanfoundawomanlyingnea
下列关于行政复议申请人的说法,不正确的是( )。A.申请人必须是行政管理相对人
小王在公司局域网中用Delphi编写了客户端应用程序,其后台数据库使用MSNT
年轻、有生育要求的恶性卵巢上皮肿瘤患者保留生育功能时A.主要适用于肿瘤局限于单侧
物理或药物降温后,复测体温的时间是A.15分钟 B.20分钟 C.30分钟
蛛网膜下腔阻滞麻醉后,去枕平卧时间为()。A.1~2h B.2~4h C.
碳信用又称碳权,指在经过联合国或联合国认可的减排组织认证的条件下,国家或企业以增
根据《标准施工招标文件》,下列关于缺陷责任与保修责任,叙述错误的是()。A
承包人应按合同约定进行材料、工程设备和工程的试验和检验,并为监理人的质量检查提供
最新回复
(
0
)