1 . In each country, there are some places of interest, like Big Ben in Britain, the Great Wall in China and so on. So you must ______ the Leaning Tower of Pisa(比萨斜塔). But do you know why it leans (倾斜)? It leans ______ a mistake. In 1173, people of ______ wanted to build a bell tower. They wanted the tower to be ______ bell tower in the whole country. Before people finished ______ the third floor of it, the tower began to lean. People tried to make the building______ again. However, as they added(增加) more floors, the tower only got ______.
It ______ almost 180 years to finish the tower. Today, the Leaning Tower has eight floors. It’s 54.5 meters tall, and it leans about 5 meters to one ______. If someone cannot think out a good way ______ the tower, like all the other old buildings, it’ll fall apart(倒塌) in the future.
1. A.hear | B.listen | C.know | D.learn |
2. A.because | B.because of | C.so | D.as |
3. A.Pisa | B.London | C.Beijing | D.New York |
4. A.the beautiful | B.the more beautiful | C.the most beautiful | D.most beautiful |
5. A.building | B.to build | C.built | D.be built |
6. A.lean | B.straight | C.straighter | D.to lean |
7. A.bad | B.badly | C.worse | D.worst |
8. A.spent | B.cost | C.used | D.took |
9. 10. A.to save | B.saves | C.saving | D.save |