Question

If you have a chance to travel in Europe you’d better choose Italy as a good place to visit. Because Italy is a very famous country with a long history, and there are many interesting cities in this country . There are three million people each year who visit the city of Pisa. It is known for the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

The tower looks as it might fall at any time . (1)In fact, some visitors stop at the tower just long enough to take a picture, then they hurry away. The tower has 194 steps. Visitors who can climb to the top and come down will feel like heroes.

Engineers say that safe, though, leans, the , are, the , visitors, tower. This tower has been leaning for about eight hundred years. And it leans a tiny bit more every year. If this keeps on, （2）塔最终会倒下. But many engineers are trying their best to keep the tower standing as long as possible.

1.       When did the tower begin to lean?

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2.       把（1）句翻译成汉语。

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    3． 把斜体部分的单词连成一句话。

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    4． 把（2）处的句子译成英语。

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    5. What’s the passage mainly about?

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Answer 1

1. About 800 years ago.

2. 事实上，一些游客停在塔尽可能远的地方拍照，然后迅速离开。（注意：long enough ,hurry away）

3. the visitors are safe though the tower leans.

4. the tower will fall at last./in the end /finally

5. about the Leaning Tower of Pisa