¡¡¡¡A landmark is a famous building which makes a place different from the rest of the world£®A landmark is often a building in a size which has not been built before, such as the Forbidden City in China£®Sometimes, their special styles amaze us, as with the Sydney Opera House£®A landmark is an important part of a place£®It is important because of its history, or because of the people who built it or the people who visited it£®
¡¡¡¡When people think of Paris, they will first think of the Eiffel Tower, a monument (¼ÍÄî±®)to the French Revolution£®On July 14th 1789, Parisians marched to the Bastille and fought with the King's soldiers to set free prisoners from the dungeons(µØÀÎ)£®This was the beginning of the French Revolution£®The Eiffel Tower was built for the 1889 World's Fair, held to celebrate the French Revolution's Centennial£®It would be easy to build another Eiffel Tower elsewhere, but it would not be the same£®It has become the symbol of Paris£®
¡¡¡¡When people visit New York, they will see the Statue of Liberty, which was designed by a Frenchman, Auguste Bartholdi(1834-1904)£®Bartholdi was famous for his art and statues£®One evening, at a dinner party, he talked with his friends about how France had helped the United States win its freedom from England almost 100 years earlier£®His friends decided Bartholdi should design a large statue of the Roman goddess, Libertas, or Liberty, as a gift to America£®In 1884, France gave the statue to the United States£®It has been one of America's famous symbols£®
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What is a landmark according to this passage?
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It is a famous river different from others in the world£®
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It is a famous person who makes the history different£®
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It is a famous building which makes a place different from the rest of the world£®
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It is a famous building which makes us think of some important persons£®
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Which amazes us most when we see the Sydney Opera House?
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Its special style£®
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Its size£®
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Its history£®
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Its designer£®
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Why did the French government build the Eiffel Tower?
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Because they wanted to remember the French Revolution forever£®
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Because they wanted to treat all people equally£®
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Because they wanted to set free prisoners from the dungeons£®
The Sydney Opera House is a very famous building in the world£®It has become Sydney's best-known landmark and international symbol£®The Opera House with a " sailing roof" was designed by a famous Danish architect(µ¤Âó½¨Öþ´óʦ),Utzon£®The base for the building was started in 1959, years before the designs were finished£®Utzon spent four years designing the Opera House£®In 1962, the designs were finalized(¶¨¸å)and the construction began£®In 1967, they started the decoration inside£®It took 14 years in total to build the Opera House£®Queen Elizabeth II officially opened it on October 20th, 1973£®
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The Sydney Opera House cost around ¡ç100 million and was paid for by the public£®6,225 square meters of glass was used to build it£®The Opera House includes 1,000 rooms£®It is 185 meters long and 120 meters wide£®The building's roof sections weigh about 15 tons£®Each year, this fantastic building attracts 200,000 tourists to come for a visit or enjoy events in it£®
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The Opera House reaches out into the harbour(¸ÛÍå)£®It is amazing and unforgettable, offering people a strong sense of beauty£®
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The designer of the Sydney Opera House was from ________£®
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America
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Australia
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England
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Denmark
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Building the Sydney Opera House lasted ________£®
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from 1959 to 1973
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from 1962 to 1973
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from 1959 to 1967
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from 1962 to 1967
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The underlined word "construction" means ________ in Chinese£®