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2010浙大考博英语听力原文与答案 An aerial view of Disneyland in 1956. The entire route of the Disneyland Railroad is clearly visible as it encircles the park.Disneyland Park was opened to the public on Monday, 【July 18, 1955】. However, a special International Press Preview event was held on Sunday, July 17, 1955, which was only open to invited guests and the media. The Special Sunday events, including the dedication, were televised nationwide and anchored by three of Walt Disneys friends from Hollywood: Art Linkletter, Bob Cummings, and Ronald Reagan. ABC broadcast the event live on its network; at the time, it was one of the largest and most complex live broadcasts ever.The event did not go smoothly.The park was overcrowded as the by-invitation-only affair was plagued with counterfeit tickets. All major roads nearby were empty. The temperature was an unusually high 101 °F (38 °C), and a plumbers strike left many of the parks 【drinking fountains dry】. Disney was given a choice of having working fountains or running toilets and he chose the latter. This, however, generated negative publicity since Pepsi sponsored the parks opening; enraged guests believed the inoperable fountains were a cynical way to sell soda. Theasphalt that had been poured just that morning was so soft that ladies high-heeled shoes sank in. Vendors ran out of food. A gas leak in Fantasyland caused Adventureland,Frontierland, and Fantasyland to close for the afternoon.Parents were throwing their children over the shoulders of crowds to get them onto rides such as the King Arthur CarrouseThe park got such bad press for the event day that Walt Disney invited members of the press back for a private second day to experience the true Disneyland, after which Walt held a party in the Disneyland Hotel for them. Waltand his 1955 executives forever referred to the day as 【Black Sunday】. Every year on July 17, cast members wear pin badges stating how many years it has been since July 17, 1955. For example, in 2004 they