高考冲关第18练.doc

高考冲关第18练 Ⅰ.阅读理解 A (2013·青岛模拟)The Golden Gate Bridge is celebrating its 75th anniversary. The bridge opened to vehicle traffic on May 28th, 1937. Since then, more than two billion vehicles have crossed the world famous structure between San Francisco and Marin County, California. As many as 112,000 cars make the trip each day. The Golden Gate Bridge had the longest suspension span in the world, at the time it was built. The suspended roadway stretches 1,280 meters between the bridges two tall towers. The Golden Gate Bridge is named after the Golden Gate Strait. That narrow passage of water connects the San Francisco Bay to the Pacific Ocean. Joseph Strauss was the chief engineer of the Golden Gate Bridge project. Work began in 1933. The bridge is 2,737 meters long from one end to the other. It is 27 meters wide. Two large cables pass over the top of the bridges towers. These structures stand 227 meters above water and 152 meters above the road. Each cable holds more than 27,500 strands of wire. 250 pairs of vertical suspender ropes connect the support cables to the suspension bridge. This is part of what enables the bridge to move up and down by nearly five meters. The Golden Gate Bridge weighed 811,500,000 kilograms when it was completed in 1937. The San Francisco Chronicle newspaper called the finished project, “a 35 million dollar steel harp”． Architect Irving Morrow gets credit for the bridges bright orange color. The Navy wanted the bridge painted in yellow and black. The Air Force had suggested red and white. Mary Currie works for the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District. She says, “The bridge gets award after award for what it means in civil engineering and structural engineering. We are fortunate that Irving Morrow knew that the color would blend with the environment, that it would contrast with the ocean and the air above, and that it would also allow the art deco styling to really stand out.” 【语篇解读】　本文是一篇说明文。金门大桥已建成75年，这座每天十多万辆汽车驶经的桥梁，至今仍