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2024届广西柳州市高三第三册模拟考试英语试卷

一、阅读理解

AmericanUniqueBuildings

Thecountry’sfullofawe—inspiringnaturalwonders,butthosemadebyman(andwoman)areequallyimpressive.Thearchitectbehindadesignorthecreation’shistoryorpurposeareallelementsthatmayproveparticularlyattractive.Thesefollowingbuildingsareallwellworthvisiting.

BradburyBuilding

LosAngeles

GlancingattheBradburyBuilding,builtin1893,theoldestcommercialbuildinginL.A.,youmaysay:“OK,it’sa19th-centuryrelic.”Stepinsideandyouwillbesurprisedbythelight-filledVictoriancourt,awonderofopen—cageelevators,marblestairs,andsplendidironbarriers.Itsarchitecturalhistoryisdebatable—SumnerHunt’sdesignsseemtohavebeencompletedbyGeorgeH.Wyman,whomonitoredtheconstruction.

VizcayaMuseumandGardens

Miami

Builtin1916,theVizcayaMuseumandGardens,formerlyVillaVizcaya,istheone-timewinterhomeofbusinessmanJamesDeering.OnBiscayneBayintheCoconutGroveneighborhood,theearly20th-centurypropertyfeaturesItalianRenaissance(文艺复兴)gardens,nativewoodlands,andacomplexofhistoricoutbuildings.ThepropertydesignedbyPaulChalfinistodayoperatedbyMiami-DadeCounty.

RogersBuilding

Orlando

The132-year-old,QueenAnne-stylestructure,nowhousinganartgallerybutaone-timehometococktail-and-gamingclubs,wasdonatedtotheCityofOrlandoin2018earlierbyFordKiene.Therestrictionthatitmustremainanartsandculturecenterforatleast20yearsensurespublicaccessforthenearfuture.

GriffithObservatory

LosAngeles

It’spossibletoseethestarsatthisdestinationthatincludessweepingviewsofthecityandtheHollywoodsign,andhasaplanetarium(天文馆)toboot.It’sbeenadrawforitsconstructionstylesignits1935opening,witha$93millionexpansioncompletedin2006.

1.Whichofthefollowingplaceshastheshortesthistory?

A．Bradbur