Sydney Opera House

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题目与答案

1. 1 Utzon was famous for his work before he designed the Opera House.
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   答案：FALSE

   原文定位：It attracted more than 200 entries from around the world and was won by Jørn Utzon, a relatively little-known architect from Denmark

2. ·10_____ from Australia covering the outside walls

   答案：granite

   原文定位：Apart from the tiles covering the 'shells', the building's exterior is mostly clad with granite quarried in Australia

3. Use:

   ·More than 1,500 performances annually

   ·11_____ performing arts companies have their home base at the Opera House

   答案：four

   原文定位：including the four resident companies: Opera Australia, the Australian Ballet, the Sydney Theatre Company and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra

4. Outside:

   ·12 A large _____ at the foot of a wide staircase

   答案：forecourt

   原文定位：There is a sizeable outdoor forecourt from which people ascend to the main entrance. The steps, which lead up from the forecourt to the main performance venues, are nearly 100 metres wide

5. Alterations:

   ·A colonnade was added in 2006

   ·13 Openings made the _____ visible from foyers

   答案：harbour

   原文定位：This Utzon-led project, completed in 2006, enabled theatre patrons to see the harbour for the first time from the theatre foyers

6. 2 Utzon's design was favoured by the four judges of the competition from the beginning.
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   答案：FALSE

   原文定位：one judge, American architect Eero Saarinen, arrived in Sydney after the other three judges had started assessing the entries. He looked through their rejected entries and stopped at the Utzon design, declaring it to be outstanding

7. 3 Utzon's knowledge of boats gave him the idea for parts of the Opera House.
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   答案：TRUE

   原文定位：His early exposure to shipbuilding provided the inspiration for the design of the roof, which is a series of curved 'shells' that look like the sails of a sailing ship billowing in the wind

8. 4 Utzon was impressed by the opera houses he had seen in Mexico.
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   答案：FALSE

   原文定位：From his travels to Mexico, he had the idea of placing his building on a wide horizontal platform

9. 5 Utzon changed his designs in the 1960s after construction began.
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   答案：TRUE

   原文定位：Construction of the platform began in 1959, and throughout the early 1960s Utzon amended his original designs in order to develop a way to build the large 'shells' that cover the two main halls

10. 6 Seidler defended Utzon's role as architect.
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    答案：FALSE

    原文定位：Following his resignation, there were protests through the streets led by prominent architect Harry Seidler and others, demanding that Utzon be reinstated as architect

11. 7 Utzon went back to Australia in 1973 for the opening of the Opera House.
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    答案：FALSE

    原文定位：However, Utzon was not reinstated and left Australia in 1966. He never returned

12. Sydney Opera House

    8 Final cost: _____

    答案：102 million

    原文定位：However, the Opera House was not formally completed until 1973, having cost $102 million

13. Construction:

    ·A large platform acting as a base for the building

    ·Concrete panels used to make 'shells', which are covered in tiles

    ·9 Over a million tiles from _____

    答案：Sweden

    原文定位：The 'shells' are covered with 1,056,006 white and cream-coloured tiles manufactured in a factory in Sweden