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Today a Ferris wheel is usually 40 to 60 feet tall. That seems very high when you are on the top looking down. But the first Ferris wheel was 264 feet high taller than a twenty-story building! Can you imagine the view from the top of that?

The first Ferris wheel was built for the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago. The people who planned the fair were looking for an attraction that would bring people to Chicago. George Ferris handed a drawing of a giant wheel that people could ride on. At first everyone laughed at his strange idea. But Mr. Ferris did not give up, and finally the idea was accepted. The ride opened in June of 1893.

Today’s Ferris wheels have 12 to 16 seats, which each carry 2 or 3 people. But that first one had 36 enclosed cars, each holding 60 passengers. When filled, it carried 2, 160 people. During that summer in Chicago, about 1.5 million people rode the Ferris wheel.

After the fair the ride was moved to a nearby amusement park built especially to show off the wheel. In 1904, it was moved again to St. Louis for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. After the fair there, the wheel stood unused. In 1906 it was finally sold to a company for scrap metal (廢鐵).

Luckily a Chicago bridge builder, W.E. Sullivan, figured out how to make a smaller Ferris wheel that could easily be taken apart and put together. In 1906 he started the company that still makes many of the Ferris wheels used today.

But, whenever you ride one, remember that it all began with George Ferris’s strange idea!

【1】How tall is a Ferris wheel today?

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【2】What was the first Ferris wheel built for?

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【3】What did people think of Ferris’s idea at first?

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【4】How many people rode the first Ferris wheel during the summer in 1893?

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【5】Compared with today’s Ferris wheels, what was the first Ferris wheel like?

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【答案】

【1】Usually 40 to 60 feet tall.

【2】For the 1893 World’s Fair.

【3】Strange.

【4】About 1.million people.

【5】It was much higher and could carry more people.

【解析】

試題分析:短文大意:本文介紹了費(fèi)里斯輪的創(chuàng)造, 以及將現(xiàn)在的費(fèi)里斯輪和第一個費(fèi)里斯輪作了比較。第一個費(fèi)里斯輪更大, 承載的人更多。這一切都始于喬治費(fèi)里斯的奇怪的想法!

【1】根據(jù)第二段第一句Today a Ferris wheel is usually 40 to 60 feet tall.可知今天費(fèi)里斯輪通常是40到60英尺高。所以作答Usually 40 to 60 feet tall.

【2】根據(jù)第三段第一句The first Ferris wheel was built for the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago.可知第一個費(fèi)里斯輪是在1893年為芝加哥世界博覽會建造的。所以作答For the 1893 World’s Fair.

【3】根據(jù)第三段中At first everyone laughed at his strange idea.可知一開始人們認(rèn)為費(fèi)里斯的想法是奇怪的, 所以作答Strange.

【4】根據(jù)第四段末During that summer in Chicago, about 1.5 million people rode the Ferris wheel.可知在那年夏天約有1500000人乘費(fèi)里斯輪。所以作答About 1.5 million people.

【5】根據(jù)文中Today’s Ferris wheels have 12 to 16 seats, which each carry 2 or 3 people. But that first one had 36 enclosed cars, each holding 60 passengers. When filled, it carried 2, 160 people.可知第一個費(fèi)里斯輪更大, 承載的人更多, 所以作答It was much higher and could carry morepeople

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