3．Every year，the fascinating tourist destinations below are attracting travelers from home and abroad to St．Louis，which，founded in 1764 by French traders，today is the fifteenth largest urban area in the United States．
★American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog
Dog lovers who visit St．Louis won't want to miss this 14，000-square-foot museum．Inside are over 500paintings，prints，watercolors，and a variety of other dog art objects．The Museum is open year round，Tuesday through Saturday 10AM to 4PM，and Sunday 1PM to 5PM．Admission is﹩5for adults，﹩2.50for seniors，and﹩1for children up to 14．
★Anheuser Busch Brewery
The Anheuser Buxch Brewery tour is not just for beer lovers．The tour includes the historic Brew House．Then the tour continues to the modern Bevo Packaging Plant．The best will be the Budweiser Clydesdale stables．The tours are always free．
★Gateway Arch
Designed by Eero Sarinen and Hannskari Bandel，it took over two years and 900tons of stainless steel to build．It is the tallest of the country's National Monuments．The Arch is part of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial．About one million people per year come to the top of the Arch，where there is an observation platform providing a great view of the city．
★The St．Louis Zoo
First version of the St．Louis Zoo opened in 1904at the St．Louis World's Fair，but now it has grown into one of the chief zoos in the world．The passenger train takes visitors around the Zoo，which contains over 9，000animals of over 800species．
The Zoo is open every day but Christmas and New Year，with summer hours of 8AM to 7PM，and hours the rest of the year of 9AM to 5PM．Admission to the Zoo is free．
33．If you are interested in how to make beer，you can visitC．
A．The St．Louis Zoo
B．Gateway Arch
C．Anheuser Busch Brewery
D．American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog
34．Which of the following statements about Gateway Arch is TRUE？A
A．People can see the city clearly on the top of the arch．
B．It was designed by two famous Italian architects．
C．It took 900tons of stainless steel and cement to build．
D．It is the largest of the country's National Monuments．
35．If you plan to visit the St．Louis Zoo，you can go thereD．
A．a(chǎn)t 9：30a．m．on New Year's Day
B．a(chǎn)t 5：30p．m．in winter
C．a(chǎn)t 5：00p．m．on Christmas Day
D．a(chǎn)t 8：30a．m．in summer．
分析 短文主要介紹了美國第十五大城市圣路易斯最出名的四個旅游景點．
解答 33．C，細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)句子The Anheuser Buxch Brewery tour is not just for beer lovers可知，啤酒愛好者要去Anheuser Busch Brewery，故答案為C．
34．A，細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)句子About one million people per year come to the top of the Arch，where there is an observation platform providing a great view of the city可知，每年都有很多人來Arch的頂部欣賞整座城市的景色，故答案為A．
35．D，細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)句子with summer hours of 8AM to 7PM可知，去動物園在夏天早上八點半可以去，故答案為D．
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