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　　I often dreamed about Pisa when I was a boy．I read about the famous building called the Leaning Tower of Pisa．But when I read the word Pisa, I was thinking of pizza．I thought this tower was a place to buy pizza．It must be the best place to buy pizza in the world, I thought．

　　Many years later I finally saw the Leaning Tower．I knew then that it was Pisa and no pizza．But there was still something special about it for me．The tower got its name because it really did lean to one side．Some people want to try to fix it．They are afraid it may fall over and they don’t like it leans over the city．

　　I do not think it’s a good idea to try to fix it．The tower probably will not fall down．It is 600 years old．Why should anything happen to it now? And, if you ask me, I like what it looks like．To me it is a very human kind of leaning．Nothing is perfect．It seems to say．

　　And who cares? Why do people want things to be perfect? Imperfect things may be more interesting．Let’s take the tower in Pisa．Why is it so famous? There are many other older, more beautiful towers in Italy．But Pisa tower is the most famous．People come from all over the world to see it．

(1)

This passage is about________．

[　　]

A．

Italian pizza

B．

Italy’s problems

C．

How the Leaning Tower of Pisa got its name

D．

Why the writer likes Pisa

(2)

The writer used to think Pisa________．

[　　]

A．

in Spain

B．

not very famous

C．

not the same as pizza

D．

the same as pizza

(3)

The Leaning Tower of Pisa is ________．

[　　]

A．

modern

B．

falling down

C．

600 years old

D．

60 years old-

(4)

The writer________．

[　　]

A．

doesn’t like what the tower looks like

B．

likes what the tower looks like

C．

thinks it’s the most beautiful tower in Italy

D．

doesn’t like towers

(5)

The writer likes the Leaning Tower of Pisa because________．

[　　]

A．

it’s old

B．

it’s perfect

C．

it sells pizza

D．

it’s imperfect

答案：1．C;2．D;3．C;4．B;5．D;
解析：

(1)

由作者所敘述的內(nèi)容，可知該塔之所以被叫做斜塔是因為它是傾斜的．

(2)

這層意思是作者對比薩斜塔的誤解，答案在“But when I read the word Pisa, I was thinking of pizza”一句中．

(3)

本題屬表層理解題．“The tower probably will not fall down, it is 600 years old．”是答案的出處．

(4)

答案即在“And, if you ask me, I like what it looks like．”中．

(5)

　　根據(jù)“Imperfect things may be more interesting．”及作者所流露出的對比薩斜塔的感情可以看出他認(rèn)為缺憾也是一種美．

　　這是關(guān)于比薩斜塔的一篇雜感．作者由兒時對比薩斜塔的曲解談起，說到了自己對人們想要重新修正斜塔的看法．最后作者由此闡發(fā)感想：沒有什么東西是十全十美的．人們不應(yīng)當(dāng)事事追求完美．如比薩斜塔一樣，正因為它的不完美，才吸引了世界上眾多人的目光．


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