London’s River Thames has twenty-seven bridges. But Tower Bridge, the first bridge over the Thames as you travel to London from the sea, is the most famous of them all. What makes Tower Bridge so exciting? Whey do visitors come from all over the world to see it?
The thing that is surprising about Tower Bridge is that it is open in the middle. It does this to let the big ships through the Pool of London. If you are lucky enough to see the bridge with its two opening arms high in the air you will never forget it. On its north side stands the Tower of London itself. Although they look the same age, the Tower is almost a thousand years old, and Tower Bridge is only about one hundred. It was built in 1890s. By 1850, everyone agreed that a bridge across the Thames near the Tower was more necessary. But the designers argued about the next bridge for another thirty years. This took so long because they had two big problems.
11. Tower Bridge is _______.
A. about one thousand years old
B. the oldest and the most famous bridge in London
C. the first bridge you can see when you go from the sea to London
D. the one that took workers about 30 years to build
12. People in London agreed that _______.
A. twenty-seven bridges should be built over Thames River
B. designers should argue about the bridge for about thirty years
C. a bridge should be built by people from all over the world
D. a new bridge should be built near the Tower of London
13. The Tower of London is ________.
A. across the Thames
B. on the north of Tower Bridge
C. in the middle of Tower Bridge
D. much younger than Tower Bridge
14. From the reading we can learn that ________.
A. you have to go from the sea to see the Tower Bridge
B. the Tower of London doesn’t look so old
C Tower Bridge had two big problems
D. you can see Tower Bridge opens its arms at any time
15. The sentence “It does this to let the big ships through to the Pool of London.” means ______.
A It opens in the middle of let the big ships through to the Pool of London
B. It looks great of you to watch if from a big ship to the Pool of London
C. It closes its arms if the big ships go through to the Pool of London
D. It is open when many people from the world to see ships through to the Pool of London.