The writer Oscar Wilde said that he liked the Eiffel Tower because it was the only place in Paris from which he could not see the Eiffel Tower!

【语篇解读】　本文主要介绍法国的埃菲尔铁塔：历史、造价、开放和评价。

1．The story is about ________.

A．new inventions B．tall buildings

C．expensive buildings D．a tower in Paris

答案　D　[主旨大意题。本文主要介绍法国的埃菲尔铁塔。]

2．The elevator in the Eiffel Tower ________.

A．cost over a million dollars

B．was made by Alexandre Eiffel

C．took people to the top

D．was designed by the government

答案　C　[细节理解题。根据第二段的"Because the tower was such a tall building，Eiffel wanted to make it easy for people to get to the top. "可知答案。]

3．People visit the Eiffel Tower to see ________.

A．Alexandre Eiffel

B．Eiffel's apartment

C．the view of Paris from the top

D．the kings and queens of Europe

答案　C　[细节理解题。根据第三段的"Thousands of tickets were sold to people who wanted to go up and look at the view from the top. "可知答案。]

4．The only place in Paris you cannot see the Eiffel Tower is from ________.

A．the Louvre B．the Eiffel Tower

C．Champ de Mars D．The River Seine

答案　B　[细节理解题。根据最后一段的"he liked the Eiffel Tower because it was the only place in Paris from which he could not see the Eiffel Tower"可知答案。]

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