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Passage 1
短文一
The Golden Gate Bridge is celebrating its seventy-seventh anniversary. The bridge opened to vehicle traffic on May 28th, 1937.
金门大桥迎来了它的77岁生日+Zw@XWDcb_%+gX,qRan。它的开始通车时间是1937年5月28日^wxV!GyKd9nVbr]o。
Since then, more than two billion vehicles have crossed the world famous structure between San Francisco and Marin County, California.
迄今，在这座闻名世界、贯通加州三藩市和马林县的大桥上通行过的车辆已超过20亿c-IY|RVg7UB1Bg4%EmR。
As many as 112,000 cars make the trip each day.
而每天从这里经过的车辆就多达11.2万!4!EKp&GKk&。
The Golden Gate Bridge had the longest suspension span in the world, at the time it was built.
金门大桥最初建成时期是世界跨度最大的悬索桥g]s9N6O0Zs.j。
The suspended roadway stretches 1,280 meters between the bridge's two tall towers.Today it still rates among the top ten longest bridge spans in existence.
两座桥塔之间的桥身长达1280米#N#y8xpgRIPnN0TX[rd。在现存悬索桥中仍跻身前十NeVR[C@wgG[=Hfs@qZ0。
Mary Currie works for the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District.
玛丽·居里在负责大桥事务的金门大桥高速公路和交通运输区工作M962c#7YnQAo%2。
She says the bridge is one of the most extraordinary engineering projects of all time.
她说金门大桥是有史以来最令人称奇的建筑工程L|;t)1,n|]Nnq.[h!h。
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.
金门大桥名字来源于联通旧金山海湾与太平洋的狭长水道——金门海峡LRDL=e-H1*!nBFdW。
Joseph Strauss was the chief engineer of the Golden Gate Bridge project.
负责金门大桥建造项目的总工程师是约瑟夫·斯特劳斯b5@J^wJX=Rx5。
Work began in 1933. The project took four years to complete.
工程始建于1933年，工期四年完成_cjnQHmotR0。
The bridge is 2,788 meters long from one end to the other. It is 27 meters wide.
大桥总长2788米，宽27米r~DgxigtcVK9LT7Uvr&h。
Two large cables pass over the top of the bridge's towers. These structures stand 227 meters above water and 152 meters above the road.
两座耸立的桥塔高出水面部分为227米，与桥面距离为152米Tv9hc*.aLpq。桥塔顶端是两根大直径钢缆UC0R_c^T+332D1!#8Kf。
Each cable holds more than 27,500 strands of wire.
而每根钢缆上又连接了27500根钢绳6QFrpi%&#xTaT。
The Golden Gate Bridge weighed 811,500,000 kilograms when it was completed in 1937.
1937年大桥竣工之时，金门大桥总重81.15万吨q&au.E4uDqwDL3E12=。
The San Francisco Chronicle newspaper called the finished project, "a thirty-five million dollar steel harp!"
《旧金山纪事报》 称金门大桥为“一座价值三千五百万的钢竖琴_3Qr!|8TF.。”
Architect Irving Morrow gets credit for the bridge's bright orange color.The Navy wanted the bridge painted in yellow and black. The Air Force had suggested red and white.
当时海军为金门大桥桥身选择的颜色搭配是黑黄，空军则是红白YUL.7yC27&.a~YOZ@。而最终建筑师艾尔文·莫罗敲定的国际橘色广受赞誉lKAusp+OpIG.uqr3oc。
Questions 16-18 are based on the passage you have just heard.
请根据你刚听到的短文回答16-18题03hzBZ9%pLeM6cWYGp7f。
16. Which one is true about the Golden Gate Bridge?
16.关于金门大桥的说法哪一个是正确的？
17. How did the bridge get its name?
17.金门大桥名字的由来是什么？
18. What made architect Irving Morrow a special person to the bridge?
18.对于金门大桥来说建筑师艾尔文·莫罗为什么是一个有特殊意义的人物？

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