Mount Rushmore

文章大意

这是一段导游对拉什莫尔山（总统山）的讲解，介绍其历史与旅游价值。该山位于南达科他州，雕刻着华盛顿、杰斐逊、罗斯福和林肯四位美国总统的18米高头像，因资金不足仅完成头部。原计划刻在“针状岩”，后因岩石脆弱改选拉什莫尔山，原名“六祖父山”，1885年以纽约律师查尔斯·拉什莫尔命名。

题目与答案

1. 11 The government finally paid _____ to complete the heads of four United States Presidents.

   答案：one million

   原文定位：In total, it cost the government one million dollars to sculpt the heads at Mount Rushmore

   同义替换：「complete」↔「sculpt」

2. 12 The purpose of the construction of the president`s heads is to develop _____ .

   答案：tourism

   原文定位：The sculpture has also worked perfectly as a way to develop tourism, which was its intended purpose, and now attracts over two million people a year

3. 13 The carvings face _____ to experience maximum exposure to sunlight.

   答案：southeast

   原文定位：Instead, he chose to locate the carving at Mount Rushmore due to its grand appearance and brightly lit rock faces that experience maximum exposure to sunlight throughout the day as a result of the southeast orientation

4. 14 In 1885,the mountain was renamed after a _____ .

   答案：lawyer

   原文定位：However, during an expedition in eighteen eighty-five, the mountain was renamed after Charles E. Rushmore, a prominent New York lawyer who joked that his annual treks to the mountain had earned him the right to have it named after him

5. 15 It took _____ years to finish the project.

   答案：seven

   原文定位：In nineteen twenty-seven, the construction work started, and seven years later was complete with no fatalities

   同义替换：「finish」↔「complete」

6. information centre
   • A
   • B
   • C
   • D
   • E

   答案：A

   原文定位：If you follow the trail up to our left, you will find the information center

   同义替换：「」↔「information center」

7. refreshment centre
   • A
   • B
   • C
   • D
   • E

   答案：C

   原文定位：In front of us is the refreshment center, where you can help yourselves to coffee, locally grown tea, and a delicious selection of cold drinks and biscuits

   同义替换：「」↔「refreshment center」

8. gift shop
   • A
   • B
   • C
   • D
   • E

   答案：E

   原文定位：To our right, not far up the trail is the gift shop

   同义替换：「」↔「gift shop」

9. workshop
   • A
   • B
   • C
   • D
   • E

   答案：D

   原文定位：Now, further up the trail behind the gift shop is a big stone building with a workshop

   同义替换：「」↔「workshop」

10. visitor centre
    • A
    • B
    • C
    • D
    • E

    答案：B

    原文定位：If you carry on walking up the trail past the workshop, you'll find our state-of-the-art visitor center, where you can find maps of the walking trails here at Mount Rushmore

    同义替换：「」↔「visitor centre」