2012届高考英语二轮专题复习阅读能力综合培养训练集281.docVIP

2012届高考英语二轮专题复习阅读能力综合培养训练集（二百八十一） No. 21 　　For almost forty years the Empire State Building in New York City was the worlds tallest skyscraper（摩天大楼）. The building reaches a height of 1, 250 feet. It has 102 floors. The use of steel frames made its height possible. Steel walls can rise height without needing to be thick. Steel frame construction is strong. All plates are fixed firmly together by metal bolts（螺栓）called rivets （铆钉）. When set in place, rivets are usuall red- hot. One end is already rounded. A riveter uses a special hammer to shape the other end. Then the rivet cools. It holds the plates firmly. High winds can move this strong building. A wind of a hundred miles an hour has caused it to move almost one and a half inches. 81．The writer says that the Empire State Building ________. 　　A. hasn’t been finished 　　B. is in New York City 　　C. is the tallest skyscraper in the world now 　　D. had fewer floors than the New World Trade Center ．In steel -frame building, the bottom walls________ . 　　A. must be very thick 　　B. must be rounded 　　C. are usually red - hot 　　D. do not need to be thick ．Rivets are described as being ________. 　　A. picked up by tools when red -hot 　　B. hit by tools when red - hot 　　C. usually caught in a hole 　　D. usually put in place when red - hot ．The word“ plates” in this article might mean ________ in Chinese. A. 盘子　　　　B. 钢板　　　　　C. 横木板　　　 D. 铜牌 　　Ternang, Mon, more than 10, 000 people were made homeless in Ternang after six days of continuous heavy rain. The wooden bridge across the river has been swept away, . The town is cut by flood waters. At the fifth mile Jalan Tengku, the water is not two metres deep. It is closed to all traffic. Motorists going south are advised to use Jalan Hisamuddin. Flooding first appeared at mid - afternoon yesterday along the river banks. People moving to higher ground were just in time to escape from the flood. Most of the people had to leave their possessions behind. Helped by the army, police, Red Cross S