Everyone should visit a lighthouse at least once. The most important reason for

Everyone should visit a lighthouse at leastonce.

The most important reason for such a visitis to realize how our ancestors (祖先) battled nature with the basic tools they had . They had only basicways of creating light , and yet they found a way of using this simpletechnology in isolated (孤零零的) places to save ships from hitting rocks .

Secondly , visiting lighthouses will helpus to understand the lives of lighthouse keepers .By their very nature ,lighthouses were built on some rocks or cliffs . Thus , the lighthouse keepersoften lived lonely lives . To walk around their small home , and imagine theangry storm outside beating against the walls , is to take a step towardsunderstanding the lives they had.

The reasons for a visit to a lighthouse arenot all so backward-looking in time . It is true that lighthouses were built inout-of-the –way places . But on a pleasant sunny summer day. This veryisolation has a natural beauty that many people will love to experience .Therefore, with the gentle waves touching all round the lighthouse . thevisitor is likely to think it is a world preferable to the busy and noisymodern life.

Another reason for considering a visit isthat the lighthouses themselves can be very attractive buildings . Mankindcould often not be content just to put up a basic structure . but felt the need. even in such an isolated place , to build with an artistic touch . The resultis a view for tired eyes to enjoy .

Finally , lighthouses have a romanticattraction , summed up by the image of the oil-skin coated keeper climbing hiswinding stairs to take care of the light to warn ships and save lives .

1.What is the reason to look back into thepast of a lighthouse ?

2.The underlined phrase “out-of-the-way” inParagraph of means        .

3.Lighthouses were often built with anartistic touch       .

4.How many reasons are mentioned for avisit to a lighthouse ?

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1.D

2.A

3.C

4.C

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