阅读下列短文.从所给的四个选项中.选出最佳答案 Perhaps the most extraordinary building put up in the ni

阅读下列短文，从所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案

　Perhaps the most extraordinary building put up in the nineteenth century was the Crystal Palace, which was built in Hyde Park for the Great Exhibition of 1851． The Crystal Palace was different from all the other buildings in the world, for it was made of iron and glass．It was one of the biggest buildings of all time, and a lot of people from many countries came to see it ．A great many goods were sent to the exhibition from various parts of the world．There was also a great deal of machinery（机器）on display．The most wonderful piece of machinery on show was Nasmyth's steam hammer（锤）．Though in those days, travelling was not as easy as it is today, steam boats carried thousands of visitors across the Channel from Europe．On arriving in England they were taken to the Crystal Palace by train．There were six million visitors in all, and profits（收入）from the exhibition were used to build museums and colleges．Later, the Crystal Palace was moved to South London．It remained one of the most famous buildings in the world until it burned down in 1936．

(1) It had been ______ years before the Crystal Palace was destroyed．　

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A．85　B．144　C．63　D．94

(2) ______, it was called the Crystal Palace．　

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A．Being one of the biggest buildings at that time

B．Visited by so many people

C．Made of iron and glass

D．Built for the Great Exhibition of 1851

(3) Which of the following statements is true?　

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A．The Crystal Palace was only built for people to visit．

B．The Crystal Palace was built for things to be stored in．

C．The Crystal Palace was built to be an exhibition hall．

D．The Crystal Palace is the biggest building in the world．

(4) How many people altogether came to see the Great Exhibition in the Crystal Palace?

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A．6,000,000　B．60,000,000　C．600,000　D．60,000

(5) We can draw the conclusion from the passage that ________.　

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A．people from other countries could arrive in England easily

B．this happened during the course of the European Industrial Revolution

C．trains, cars, planes, and so on had been invented then

D．robots had been used to build the Crystal Palace

试题答案

答案：A;C;C;A;B