字典翻译 问答 小学 英语 Therearethirty­fourbridgesontheThamesinLondon;thefollowingareamongthemostfamousones.TowerBridgeTowerBridgehasstoodovertheThamesinLondonsince1894andisoneofthefinest,mostrecognizablebridgesinthewo
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Therearethirty­fourbridgesontheThamesinLondon;thefollowingareamongthemostfamousones.TowerBridgeTowerBridgehasstoodovertheThamesinLondonsince1894andisoneofthefinest,mostrecognizablebridgesinthewo
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Therearethirty­fourbridgesontheThamesinLondon;thefollowingareamongthemostfamousones.

TowerBridge

TowerBridgehasstoodovertheThamesinLondonsince1894andisoneofthefinest,mostrecognizablebridgesintheworld.ItisthebridgeinLondonyoumayseeinmoviesandonadvertisingwritingforLondon.TowerBridgeistheonlyThamesbridgethatcanberaised.Itusedtoberaisedabout50timesaday,butnowadaysitisonlyraised4to5timesaweek.

LondonBridge

TheconstructionofthefirststoneLondonBridgestartedin1176andfinishedyearslater.Housesandshopswereoncebuiltonthebridge,whichmadetheroadsonarrowthatitwasoftenjammedwithpeople,horsesandcarts.A“keepleft”rulewasmadein1733tokeepthetrafficmoving.ThisbecametheruleoftheroadinBritain.In1757theoldbridgewaspulleddownandanewonewasbuiltin1831.Interestingly,thatonewaspulleddownagainin1967butrebuiltinLakeHavasuCity,theUSA,asatouristattraction.ThepresentLondonBridgewasopenedin1973.

MillenniumBridge

MillenniumBridgeisabridgeforwalkers.ItwasbuilttoconnecttheTateModernArtGallerytothecityandStPaul'sCathedral(圣保罗大教堂)in2000.Thousandsofpeoplerushedtoseethenewbridge.Almostimmediatelyafteropening,thebridgehadtobeshutbecauseofthedangerouswavingcausedbytoomanyvisitors.Ithasnowbeenreopened.Thebridgeisabout320meters,costs16millionpoundstobuildandonlytakeswalkers.

WestminsterBridge

WestminsterBridgeisaroadandfoottrafficbridgeovertheThamesbetweenWestminsterandLambeth.Thepresentbridge,openedin1862,isthesecondonthesiteandtooktheplaceofanearlierbridgeopenedin1750.TheBritishromanticpoet,WilliamWordsworth,wroteafamouspoemComposeduponWestminsterBridgeintheautumnof1802.

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21.IftherewereahugeshipontheThames,itcouldrunthrough________.

A.WestminsterBridge B.MillenniumBridge

C.TowerBridge D.LondonBridge

22.Accordingtothepassage,wecaninferthat________.

A.LondonBridgeisnotaverywidebridge

B.TowerB

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