5.The world's first"Sky Pool"has been uncoated(曝光)-and it'll give anyone a touch of dizziness(眩暈),unless he or she is not bothered by heights.
Situated in the capital's new riverside district beside Battersea Power Station,the glass pool,hanging 10 storeys,or 110 feet up as a bridge between two apartment buildings,is 25m long,5m wide and 3m deep with a water depth of 1.2m.Swimmers will be able to look down 35 meters to the street below as they take a dip,with only 20cm of glass between them and the outside world.It's even got a bar,folding chairs and an orange garden.
The pool will be part of Embassy Gardens at Nine Elms,a huge£15 billion building project beside the new American Embassy in south-west London.The project is creating thousands of apartments,the smallest of which are expected to cost nearly $1 million,and the pool will only be open to the apartments'owners.
Embassy Gardens takes design inspiration from the Meatpacking District of New York with floor to ceiling windows and brick frontages.The designer,Sean Mulryan,desired to push the boundaries in the capability of construction and engineering and do something that had never been done before.The Sky Pool's transparent structure is the result of significant advancements in technologies over the last decade.
The experience of the pool will be truly unique and it will feel like floating through the air in central London.
Those people lucky enough to swim there will have a perfect view of the Palace of Westminster and the London Eye.It will be a selling point for developers when the second stage of the development is released to market.

28.Who can swim in the Sky Pool?C
A.Anyone at Nine Elms.
B.Visitors to London.
C.People living in Embassy Gardens.
D.Those who are not terrified of heights.
29.People lucky enough to swim in the Sky Pool can do the following exceptB.
A.drinking with friends         
B.experiencing diving and surfing
C.a(chǎn)ppreciating the London Eye        
D.sitting in the orange garden
30.What do we know from the text?D
A.The pool lies in the centre of London.
B.The pool is 25 metres above the ground.
C.The pool was similar to New York's modern constructions.
D.The pool is helpful for selling apartments in Embassy Gardens.
31.We can infer from the text thatA.
A.the apartments in Embassy Gardens are fairly expensive  
B.the new American Embassy has been moved away
C.Nine Elms is a street in Embassy Gardens     
D.building the pool is not a complex job.

分析 本文主要講述了世界第一的"Sky Pool",它的地理位置,它的特點,以及它的存在會給周圍帶來的經(jīng)濟的發(fā)展.

解答 28.C 細節(jié)題.根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容The pool will be part of Embassy Gardens at Nine Elms,…The project is creating thousands of apartments,…and the pool will only be open to the apartments'owners.由此可知,該泳池只對Embassy Gardens 的居民開放,結合選項,故選C
29.B 細節(jié)題.根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容Swimmers will be able to look down 35 meters to the street below as they take a dip,with only 20cm of glass between them and the outside world.It's even got a bar,folding chairs and an orange garden.以及Those people lucky enough to swim there will have a perfect view…London Eye游泳的人可以在酒吧和朋友喝酒、欣賞倫敦的景色以及坐在orange garden悠閑,結合選項,故選B
30.D 推理題.根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容The project is creating thousands of apartments,the smallest of which are expected to cost nearly $1 million,and the pool will only be open to the apartments'owners.該游泳池只對住戶開放,對該泳池的興趣有可能幫助房地產(chǎn)開發(fā)商賣房,結合選項,故選D
31.A 細節(jié)題.根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容the smallest of which are expected to cost nearly 1million該房產(chǎn)的最小單元都可能會價值1 million,由此可知,這里的房子是很貴的,結合選項,故選A

點評 本文是新聞報道類閱讀理解.做這類題材閱讀理解時要求考生對文章通讀一遍,做題時結合原文和題目有針對性的找出相關語句進行仔細分析,結合選項選出正確答案.推理判斷題也是要在抓住關鍵句子的基礎上合理的分析才能得出正確答案,切忌胡亂猜測,一定要做到有理有據(jù)

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