Toronto' s third City Hall, now known as Old City Hall, was designed by Edward James Len-nox and declared open on Sept.18,1899.

Created to provide more space for city officials, it turned out to be the largest building in the city and the largest city building in North America at the time.

Lennox took three years to design the City Hall and it took 11 years to build it. Contemporaries believe that the odd carvings (雕刻) above the Queen Street entrance were actually caricatures(漫画) of councilors at the time.

Lennox even included himself in the caricatures, on the west side of the central arch ( 拱门 ),and left a strange signature in the stonework of the link portions of the building.

The third City Hall was originally used as councilors' offices and legal offices, but it is used only as a courthouse today.

When the fourth City Hall (the one we know today) was declared open in 1965, Old City Hall was threatened to be pulled down. It was saved by a group of people called the "Friends of Old City Hall. "

The clock tower stands parallel with the middle of Bay Street, rather than with the center of the building. The bells in the tower were not installed until the building opened. Old City Hall was declared a historical site in 1989.

(80) The entire structure cost more than $ 2.5 million to build at the time. This is equal to $ 53 million today.

第11题 Toronto's third City Hall came into use in__________.

A.the 18th century

B.the 19th century

C.the 20th century

D.the 21st century

答案：B

解析：【内容概要】

本文介绍了多伦多第三市政厅。从它的设计、建设、特色到用途都做了介绍。同时也对今天第三市政厅的保护状态进行了说明。

【译文】

多伦多第三市政厅，现在称为旧市政厅，是由爱德华?詹姆斯?尼诺克斯设计并于1899年9月18日开放。

为了给城市官员提供更多的工作空间，这座市政厅成为当时全城的建筑和北美的市政建筑。

尼诺克斯花了3年的时间来设计这座市政厅，而建设周期更长达11年。当代人相信市政厅皇后街入口上方奇特的雕刻实际上是当时市议员的漫画形象。

尼诺克斯甚至把自己也雕入漫画人物中，就在中央拱门的西侧，同时在建筑连接部分的石墙上留下一个奇怪的签名。

第三市政厅原先是作为市议员办公处和法律官员办公处使用的，但今天只用作一个法庭。

当第四市政厅(即今天我们熟悉的那座)在1965年开放使用时，老市政厅面临着被拆除的危险。后来，这座市政厅被称为“老市政厅之友”的群体拯救了。

钟楼与贝街中心点平行，而不是与市政厅的中心平行。直到建筑开放，钟楼内的钟才安装上。老市政厅在1989年被认定为历史遗迹。

当时整个建筑花费了250万美元。这相当于今天的5300万美元。

【精解精析】

【定位】段“Toronto’s third City Hall，…and declared open on Sept.18，1899.”。

【答案详解】细节题。题干问的是“多伦多第三市政厅在哪一年投入使用?”根据定位句“多伦多第三市政厅…于1899年9月18日开放”可知，市政厅是在1899年投入使用。1899年属于l9世纪，故选B。

第12题 Old City Hall was constructed in __________ years.

A.3

B.7

C.9

D.11

答案：D

解析：【定位】第三段句“…it took 11 years to build it.”。

【答案详解】细节题。题干问的是“老市政厅修建了多少年?”根据定位句“…建设周期更长达11年”可知，共花了11年。故选D。

第13题 The third City Hall is now used as a__________.

A.middle school

B.hospital

C.cinema

D.courthouse

答案：D

解析：【定位】第五段“…but it is used only as a courthouse today.”。

【答案详解】细节题。题干问的是“第三市政厅目前作为什么使用?”根据定位句“…但今天只用作一个法庭。”可知目前只作为法庭使用。故选D。

第14题 From the passage we learn that__________.

A.Toronto spends lots of money yearly developing the city

B.some local residents showed a great interest in protecting the city' s cultural site

C.the City Council of Toronto hasn' t paid sufficient attention to the protection of the city' s culture

D.the City Hall is still the largest city building in North America today

答案：B

解析：【定位】第六段后一句话“It was saved by a group of people called the‘Friends of Old City Hall.’”。

【答案详解】细节题。题干问的是“从文中，我们可得知什么?”根据定位句“一…这座市政厅被称为‘老市政厅之友’的群体拯救了。”可知B项是正确的。A项“多伦多每年花大量的钱来发展城市”，文中没有提及;C项“多伦多市政府对城市文化的保护没有给予足够的重视”，这与倒数第二段后一句将老市政厅列为历史遗迹不符;D项“今天，市政厅仍是北美的城市建筑”，第二段中提到老市政厅曾经是北美的市政建筑，但对今天的情况并没有提到。’综合考虑，故选B。

第15题 Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A.To build a structure like the City Hall will cost $ 2.5 million today.

B.The clock tower stands parallel with the centre of the City Hall.

C.Old City Hall was once pulled down in the development of the city.

D.Old City Hall is now a historical site.

答案：D

解析：【定位】后一段第二句话“This is equal to$53 million today.”;倒数第二段句“The clock tower stands parallel with the middle of Bay Street，rather than with the center of the building.”;第六段句“…Old City Hall was threatened to be pulled down.”;倒数第二段后一句“Old City Hall was declared a historical site in 1989.”。

【答案详解】综合分析题。题干问的是“根据文章，下列哪项是正确的?”根据定位句“这相当于今天的5300万美元。”(A项不符);“钟楼与贝街中心点平行，而不是与市政厅的中心平行。”(B项不符);“…老市政厅面临着被拆除的危险。”(C项不符);“老市政厅在1989年被认定为历史遗迹。”(D项符合)。综合分析可知，答案中只有D项是符合文中原义的，故选D。

【高频词汇】

1.provide v.提供 2.carving n.雕刻 3.councilor n.市议员

4.threaten v.威胁 5.pull down摧毁;推倒 6.parallel adj.平行的

7.at the time当时

【难句解析】

①Created to provide more space for city officials，it turned out to be the largest building in the city and the largest city building in North America at the time.

本句为简单句，句首被动分词短语created to作状语，表示目的。turn out“后是，结果是”;at the time“当时”。

②The clock tower stands parallel with the middle of Bay Street，rather than with the center of the building.

本句是用rather than引导的并列句。rather than的意思是“而不是”，前后两个分句意思常常相反。

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