2016年7月9日雅思阅读真题+题目+答案：London Swaying Footbridge

2016年7月9日雅思阅读真题+题目+答案：London Swaying Footbridge

A  In September 1996 a competition was organized by the Financial Times in association with the London Borough of Southwark to design a new footbridge across the Thames. The competition attracted over 200 entries and was won by a team comprising Arup ( engineers) , Foster and Partners ( architects) and the sculptor Sir Anthony Caro.

B  The bridge opened to the public on 10 June 2000. Up to 100,000 people crossed it that day with up to 2000 people on the bridge at any one time. At first, the bridge will still. Then it began to sway (n.摇晃) Just slightly. Then, almost from one moment to the next, when large groups of people were crossing, the wobble ( n.摇晃)intensified ( v・加强). This movement became sufficiently large for people to stop walking to retain their balance and sometimes to hold onto the hand rails for support. It was decided immediately to limit the number of people on the bridge, but even so the deck movement was sufficient to be uncomfortable and to raise concern for public safety so that on 12 June the bridge was closed until the problem could be solved.

C  In his first experiment, he used a psychological test to rank people on their empathic (感情嵌入的)feelings. He found that participants who did not score high on compassion did not yawn back. “We literally had people saying, ‘Why am I looking at people yawning?’” Professor Platek said. “lt just had no effect.”

D  The embarrassed engineers found the videotape that day which showed the center span ( n.跨度、跨径)swaying about 3 inches side to side every second. The engineers first thought that winds might be exerting ( v.施以影响)excessive force on the many large flags ( n.旗帜)and banners bedecking the bridge for its gala premiere. What’s more, they also discovered that the pedestrians also played a key role. Human activities, such as walking, running, jumping, swaying, etc. could cause horizontal forces ( n.水平力、横向力)which in turn could cause excessive dynamic 。。。。。余下雅思阅读真题省略！

You should spend about 20 minutes on question 14-26, which are based on reading passage 2 on the following pages.

Questions 14-17 Choose FOUR letters, A-H.

Write the correct letters in boxes 14-17 on your answer sheet.

Which FOUR of the following situation were witnessed on the opening ceremony of the bridge?

A. The frequency of oscillation increased after some time.

B. All the engineers went to see the ceremony that day.

C. The design of the bridge astonished the people.

D. Unexpected sideway movement of the bridge occurred.

E. Pedestrians had difficulty in walking on the deck.

F. The bridge fell down when people tried to retain their balance.

G. Vibration could be detected on the deck by the pedestrians.

H. It was raining when the ceremony began.

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