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In1579,FrancisDrake,afamousBritishexplorer,discoveredachannelwhichconnectedthePacificwithSanFrancisco,thiswaslatercalledGoldenGate.Andin1937,oneofthemostfamousbridges,theGoldenGateBridge,wasbuiltoverit.ItwasdesignedbyJosephStraussandwasopenedin1937.Tooursurprise,itonlytook52monthstodesignandbuildthegreatbridge.Itwasrankedastheworld'slongestsuspensionbridge(悬索桥)until1959.
ThebridgeisalsocalledBridgeofDeath.,becausemanypeoplejumpedintotheseafromit.In1995,the__suicide__toll(人数)fromthebridgehadreachedalmost1200.Nobodyknowswhytilltoday.In1987,peoplegatheredtocelebrateitsfiftiethbirthday.Somequarterofamillionpeopleturnedup(athirdofthecity'sentire(总的)population);thewindswerestrongandthehugenumberscausedthebridgetobuckle(使变弯曲),butluckilynottobreak.
56.Whichofthefollowingstatementsisnotright?
A.TheGoldenGatewasfoundin1937.
B.TheGoldenGateBridgewasthelongestsuspensionbridge.
C.TheGoldenGateBridgewasn’tthewidestbridge.
D.JosephStrausswasafamousdesigner.
57.HowmanyyearshaspassedsincetheGoldenGatewasdiscovered?
A.50B.52C.428D.48
58.WhyisthebridgealsocalledBridgeofDeath?
A.Becausethedesignerofitwasdead.
B.Becausethebridgehasbeendead.
C.Becausemanypeoplediedinbuildingit.
D.Becausemanypeoplejumpedintotheseafromit.
59.Guessthemeaningoftheunderlinedwordsuicide.
A.受伤B.残废C.自杀D.失踪
60.Whatcausedthebridgetobuckle?
A.Thewinds.B.Thetraffic.C.Thehugenumbersofpeople.D.BothAandC.