Perhaps the most wonderful building put up in the 19th century was the Crystal P

Perhaps the most wonderfulbuilding put up in the 19th century was the Crystal Palace（水晶宫）which was built inHyde Park for the Great Exhibition of 1851. The Crystal Palace was differentfrom all the other buildings in the world, for it was made of iron and glass.It was one of the biggest buildings of all the time and a lot of people frommany countries came to see it. Plenty of goods were sent to the exhibition fromall parts of the world. There was also a great deal of machinery on show.Though in those days, traveling was not as easy as it is today, steamboatscarried thousands of visitors across the Channel from Europe. On arriving inEngland, they were taken to the Crystal Palace by train. There were six millionvisitors in all, and the money from the exhibition was used to build museumsand colleges. Later, the Crystal Palace was moved to the South London. Itremained one of the most famous buildings in the world until it was burnt downin 1936.

1.The Crystal Palace was built up_________.

A. in the1950s         B. in the1990s   

C. shortly before1851   D. after 1851

2.People from many countries came to theCrystal Palace mainly to______.

A. buygoods                     B. visit an exhibition    

C.travel                         D. enjoy the Crystal Palace itself

3.What happened to the Crystal Palace in 1936?

A. It caught a terrible fire.

B. It disappeared suddenly.

C. It was moved away to the southof London.

D. It was rebuilt.

4.The writer__________.

A. thought the Crystal Palacevery useful

B. thought highly of the CrystalPalace

C. wanted the Crystal Palace tobe rebuilt

D. was one of the visitors whohad visited the Crystal Palace

5.The Crystal Palace was famous to allbecause__________.

A. it was the biggest building inthe world then.

B. it was made of iron and glass.

C. so many visitors had beenthere.

D.it was burnt down at last.

试题答案

【答案】

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.B

5.B

【解析】略