The "Iron Lady" Margaret Thatcher in British history was the leader of______Party.A.the La
The "Iron Lady" Margaret Thatcher in British history was the leader of______Party.
A.the Labour
B.the Conservative
C.the Liberal
D.the Democratic
The "Iron Lady" Margaret Thatcher in British history was the leader of______Party.
A.the Labour
B.the Conservative
C.the Liberal
D.the Democratic
A.labels
B.is labeled
C.labeling
D.is to be labeled
A.She’s Britain’s first female Prime Minister.
B.She built very strong relationships with American president Ronald Reagan.
C.She was defeated by her opponents in the third general election.
D.She had not fulfilled her third term in offic
Eiffel Is an Eyeful
Some 300 meters up, near the Eiffel Tower's wind-whipped summit the world comes to scribble. Japanese, Brazilians, Americans they graffiti their names, loves and politics on the cold iron -- transforming the most French of monuments into symbol of a world on the move.
With Paris laid out in miniature below, it seems strange that visitors would rather waste time marking their presence than admire the view. But the graffiti also raises a question: Why, nearly 114 years after it was completed, and decades after it ceased to be the world's tallest structure, is la Tour Eiffel still so popular?
The reasons are as complex as the iron work that graces a structure some 90 stories high. But part of the answer is, no doubt, its agelessness. Regularly maintained, it should never rust away. Graffiti is regularly painted over, but the tower lives on. "Eiffel represents Paris and Paris is France. It Is very symbolic," says Hugues Richard, a 31-year-old Frenchman who holds the record for cycling up to the tower's second floor -- 747 steps in 19 minutes and 4 seconds, without touching the floor with his feet. "It's iron lady, it inspires us," he says.
But to what? After all, the tower doesn't have a purpose. It ceased to be the world's tallest in 1930 when the Chrysler Building went up in New York. Yes, television and radio signals are beamed from the top, and Gustave Eiffel, a frenetic builder who died on December 27, aged 91, used its height for conducting research into weather, aerodynamics and radio communication.
But in essence the tower inspires simply by being there -- a blank canvas for visitors to make of it what they will. To the technically minded, it's an engineering triumph. For lovers, it's romantic.
"The tower will outlast all of us, and by a long way," says Isabelle Esnous, whose company manages Eiffel Tower.
Why does the author think the Eiffel Tower is transformed into symbol of a world on the move?
A.Tourists from all over the world come to the Eiffel Tower by car or by plane.
B.Tourists of all nationalities come to scribble on the cold iron of the tower.
C.The Eiffel Tower is the tallest building in the world.
D.The Eiffel Tower represents all the towers in the world.
A. Tourists from all over the world come to the Eiffel Tower bycar or by plane.
B. Tourists of all nationalities come to scribble on the coldiron of the tower.
C. The Eiffel Tower is the tallest building in the world.
D. The Eiffel Tower represents all the towers in the world.
A. she had managed to save so much money
B. she gave her money to African Americans
C. she gave her life savings to help others through university
D. she only spent money on cheap things
A.iron
B.to iron
C.ironing
D.being ironed
A.It directed air at melted iron in a furnace, removing all impurities.
B.It could quickly find deposits of iron ore under the ground.
C.It slowly heated iron ore, then stirred it and heated it again.
D.It changed iron ore into iron, which was a substitute for steel.
Any kind of iron in the food is a contributor to the development of breast cancer.
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
A.more beautiful
B.new and modern
C.much stronger
D.easier to transport