Perhaps the most extraordinary building put up in the nineteenth century was the

Perhaps the most extraordinary (奇特的) building put up in the nineteenth century was theCrystal Palace (水晶宫) which was built in Hyde Park for theGreat Exhibition of 1851. The Crystal Palace was different from all the otherbuildings in the world, for it was made of iron and glass. It was one of thebiggest buildings of all the time and a lot of people from many countries cameto see it. Plenty of goods were sent to the exhibition from all parts of theworld. There was also a great deal of machinery on show. Though in those days,traveling was not as easy as it is today, steamboats carried thousands ofvisitors across the Channel from Europe. On arriving in England, they weretaken to the Crystal Palace by train. There were six million visitors in all,and the money from the exhibition was used to build museums and colleges. Laterthe Crystal Palace was moved to the South London. It remained one of the mostfamous buildings in the world until it was burnt down in 1936.

1.The Crystal Palace was built up              .

A．in the 1950s       B．in the 1900s        C．shortlybefore 1851 D．before 1951

2.People from many countries came to the CrystalPalace mainly to            .

A．buy goods                             B．visit an exhibition

C．travel around                          D．enjoy theCrystal Palace itself

3.What happened to the Crystal Palace in 1936?

A．It caught aterrible fire.

B．Itdisappeared suddenly.

C．It went tothe South of London.

D．It wasrebuilt.

4.The Crystal Palace was famous to all because            .

A．it is thebiggest building in the world

B．so manyvisitors had been there

C．it was madeof iron and glass

D．it was burntdown at last

5.The writer              .

A．thought theCrystal Palace very useful

B．sang highpraise for the Crystal Palace

C．wanted theCrystal Palace to be rebuilt

D．was one ofthe visitors to the Crystal Palace

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【答案】

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.B

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