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
2024-04-29
15
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、It moves into a sloping position and has the possibility of collapse.
B、Its beautiful scenery welcomes 1 billion tourists on Monday.
C、It will be sold to Russian developers for about 500 million pounds.
D、Its bell was out of service for several years.
答案
A
解析
推理判断题。短文开头提到,伊丽莎白塔是伦敦的地标性建筑,但是目前它已有所倾斜,并且可能会倒入泰晤士河,其未来让人担忧。由此推断,它开始倾斜,甚至有倒塌的可能。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3577030.html
相关试题推荐
[originaltext]Traditionally,itwastheparentsofthebridewhoworriedab
[originaltext]Anystudentofbodylanguageknowsthatthereisoneuniversa
[originaltext]Anystudentofbodylanguageknowsthatthereisoneuniversa
[originaltext]ThelandmarkclocktowercontainingElizabethToweratBritai
[originaltext]M:Communityserviceisanecessarysectionofeducationhereat
[originaltext]M:Mybrothere-mailedaboutanemergencysituation.Heneeds$3
[originaltext]M:Mybrothere-mailedaboutanemergencysituation.Heneeds$3
[originaltext]M:Mybrothere-mailedaboutanemergencysituation.Heneeds$3
[originaltext]M:MissGreen,ItoldDr.SmiththatIwouldcallhiminthePari
[originaltext]M:MissGreen,ItoldDr.SmiththatIwouldcallhiminthePari
随机试题
Working-classfamiliesintheUnitedStatesareusuallynuclear,andmanys
Jackis______intelligentthanhissister,buthefailedintheentranceexam.A、n
木材各力学强度中最高的是()。A.顺纹抗压强度 B.顺纹抗拉强度 C.顺纹
保证金存款按照保证金担保的对象不同,分为()。A.银行承兑汇票保证金
(2017年真题)根据基金销售费用规范,下列表述正确的是()。A.基金管理
动脉粥样硬化斑块可发生( )。A.出血 B.溃疡 C.血栓形成 D.动脉
牙体缺损修复时,有关牙体预备保护牙髓的说法哪项是错误的A.用高速切割器械做牙体预
长正中是指A、后退位与牙尖交错位之间的距离 B、下颌姿势位与牙尖交错位之间的距
某有限合伙企业于2019年8月1日设立;张某作为有限合伙人入伙;2019年10月
我国对发票的管理,主要涉及()。A、对发票印制的管理 B、对发票领购的管理
最新回复
(
0
)