Question

 Why does the Leaning Tower of Pisa inItaly lean? 1.        It    has    leaned almost since the day of the tower was built. In 1173，the people of Pisa, Italy, wanted to build a bell tower. They wanted the tower to be the most beautiful bell tower in all ofItaly.

2.      

However, there was a problem. As soon as the first floor of the building was finished, the tower started to lean. Builders tried to make the building straight again as they added more floors,

3.      

It took almost 180 years to finish the tower. Since then, the tower has leaned by another millimeter every year. Today, the Leaning  Tower has eight floors and 54. 5 meters tall. By 1990, it was leaning by about 4 meters to one side. It was also slowly sinking into the ground. 4.      

In 1998, repair works began on the tower, and by the end of 2001, it had been moved back by 45

centimeters. 5     . It will need to be repaired again—in another 200 years.

A.	but they   couldn’t figure out how to make it
	stop   leaning.
B.	many people   didn’t go to the tower because
	of the   leaning.
C.	The tower   will still lean.
D.	The city   also needed a bell tower because
	the church   did not have one.
E.	It leans   because of a mistake.
F.	The tower is   beautiful.
G. Many   people became worried that it would
	soon fall   apart.

B)阅读短文，选出与下列单词或词组相匹配的选项。

(   ) 1. lean              A. solve ; come    up    with

(   ) 2. straight          B. not bending

(  ) 3. figure out         C. go down slowly; 

                              go into the ground or underwater 

(   ) 4. sink              D. fix; mend

(   ) 5. fall apart        E. not be straight;  bend to one side

(   ) 6. repair            F.    break down

Answer 1

A)l. E 2. D 3.A 4 .G 5.C

B)l. E 2. B 3.A 4 .C 5. F 6.D