【题目】There was a time when New York City buildings were almost all the same height.

Today you can see buildings of different heights that seem to touch the sky. They are called skyscrapers(摩天大楼). They shape the famous New York City skyline.

It started about 90 years ago. It began like a race. This wasn't a race down the street or around a track(跑道). It was a race for the sky. Who was racing? Buildings were.

Their builders were actually racing to build the world's tallest skyscraper.

The race started slowly.

First came the Woolworth Building, in 1913. It rose 792 feet(英尺) on the southern side of the city. Then the race heated up.In1930, two skyscrapers were nearing completion. The Bank of Manhattan Building was finished first. It rose up to 927 feet into the sky. Builders were then putting a round roof(屋顶)on the top of the Chrysler Building. It rose up t0 925 feet. The Bank of Manhattan, two feet taller, seemed to be the winner.

A few weeks later, New Yorkers saw a strange sight(景象). The day that the Chrysler Building was to be completed, workers raised a shiny metal, spire(尖顶) through the top of the building, adding 121 feet to the building's height! At l,048 feet, the Chrysler Building was now the world's tallest.

But the race was not over. A year later, in 1931, the Empire State Building became the new winner.At l,250 feet, it was the world's tallest building.

In 1973, even that record was broken. Builders finished the World Trade Center. At 1,368 feet high, it rose above all other buildings in New York City.

Time goes on. As technology improves, taller buildings are being built. The race is still on.

A.根据短文内容简要回答问题。

【1】Which skyscrapers had been the world's tallest buildings? Please list them.

【2】During which period of the time did the race heat up?

B.将短文中划线的句子译成汉语。

【3】

【4】

C.请给短文拟一个适当的英文标题。

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【题目】Here is a dog with a lantern (捉灯)in his mouth, he is looking for his master(主人).

Carlo, a lovely dog, had been taught to be useful. The roads, in the place where his master lived, were often so bad that it was not safe for any person to go out without a light on dark nights.

So Carlo's master taught him to carry a lantern for him at night; and he did it as steadily(稳固地) as any boy could have done.

Carlo never trotted(小跑) too far before his master so that the bright light of the lantern might guide his master's steps.

When he came to a deep rut(车辙)or hole in the road, he would turn round to his master, seemed to say, /Take care, there is a hole here. "

The dog's master lived about a mile from the town; and when he could not get home before dark, Carlo used to be sent to him with the lantern. Carlo knew where to go. He also knew the road which his master would take.

But Carlo didn't always find his master right away. When he reached the town, he would run off to a house where his master often was. Still holding his lantern, he would scratch at the street-door with his feet and bark(吠叫); as much as to say, 6/Here am I,

Master, with the lantern, are you ready for home? "

Someone would perhaps come to the door and sa 6/Your master is not here. " Carlo

would growl(嘟哝), seemed to say, "Then he is somewhere else, and I must find him. "

He would then run off to one house after another, until he found his master, then the two went home together.

【1】The roads in the place where Carlo's master lived were .

A. bad

B. dark

C. dangerous for people to go out

D. full of deep ruts and holes

【2】The master taught Carlo .

A. to speak

B. where to go to look for him

C. to know the road which he would take

D. to carry the lantern to guide his steps at night

【3】When Carlo came to the bad part of the road, he .

A. barked

B. growled

C. turned round to his master

D. scratched at the ground

【4】The meaning of the underlined word “scratch ,' is .

A.咬 B.敲 C.撞 D.扒,抓

【5】The best title for the story is .

A. A dog and his master

B. The dog with the lantern

C. How a dog guide his master's step

D. How a dog found his master

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