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　　Peter the Great(1672 1725)wanted his city to be unique(獨特的)in Russia．So he filled it with canals like those of Venice, baroque(巴洛克式的)palaces and British townhouses．Now the city has celebrated its 300th anniversary(周年紀(jì)念)．

　　Naming the city was a difficult matter．At first, Peter the Great called his huge ambitions new Russian city Sankt Pieter Burkh．But, he soon changed this to St Petersburg．When World WarⅠbroke out in 1914, it was renamed Petrograd．On the death of Lenin in 1924, it became Leningrad．After the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, it returned to St Petersburg．Many people call it plain Peter today．This seems appropriate given that “petra” means stone(in Russian and Latin)and there was a time when all of Russia's available(可用的)stones were sent there to build Peter's magnificent(雄偉的)“Window on the West”．

　　From the start, StPetersburg was a very modern, international city．It first became the Russian capital in 1712 and, with this in mind, Peter hired a great deal of international talent to build and develop it．

　　The most obvious effect of this arrival of foreigners was in the layout(設(shè)計)of the city's streets, parks, palaces and government buildings．Although bombed to near destruction by Adolf Hitler's forces in the 1940s, the city was rebuilt, stone by stone．What you see around you in the end of Catherine the Great's reign(統(tǒng)治)in 1796 when, after nearly a century, Peter's city was one of the finest in the world．

　　Peter the Great's city was, and now remains? a meeting point for the cultures of Russia and Europe, whether you are one of the 49 percent of its population who, in 1991, voted to remain its revolutionary name, Leningrad, or the 51 percent who opted for St Petersburg．To everyone, it remains Peter, an architectural stone of race and fancinating beauty．

(1)

In the passage the author wants to ________．

[　　]

A．

say St Petersburg is more famous than other cities in Russia

B．

introduce the great history of St Petersburg

C．

describe the building styles of St Petersburg

D．

make more people interested in St Petersburg

(2)

St Petersburg is a great city which ________．

[　　]

A．

is mixed with various styles

B．

was completely destroyed in the 1940s

C．

used to be very attractive(吸引人的)

D．

is more important than any other city in Russia

(3)

Which of the following names of the city has the longest history?

[　　]

A．

Sankt Pieter Burkh．

B．

St Petersburg．

C．

Petrograd．

D．

Leningrad．

(4)

The underlined phrase“opted for”probably means“________”．

[　　]

A．

were against

B．

chose

C．

rebuilt

D．

moved away from

(5)

The writer of this passage ________．

[　　]

A．

is an architect(建筑師)

B．

is a historian

C．

is familiar with the history of St Petersburg

D．

considers St Petersburg the largest city in Europe

答案：1．B;2．A;3．B;4．B;5．C;
解析：

(1)

認(rèn)真閱讀全文可知，作者的目的主要是想介紹彼得堡的歷史，這個偉大的城市歷經(jīng)百年榮辱滄桑，迎來了三百周年華誕．

(2)

根據(jù)文章第一段和第四段可知, 答案是A．

(3)

根據(jù)文章第二段可知，St Petersburg這個名字用的時間最長．

(4)

根據(jù)劃線部分的上下文意義推斷，“opted for”意為“chose”，A選項意為“反對”．

(5)

根據(jù)全文內(nèi)容可知, 作者對圣彼得堡的歷史非常熟悉．A、B、D三項與文意不符．


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