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1、Alandofdiversity李仕才***阅读理解。Beijing’sForbiddenCityisaplacefullofwonder.Fromitsthousandsofroomstoitsmanybeautifulartifacts,there’snowonderit’soneofChina’smostpopulartouristdestinations.Butevenmorethan600yearsafteritwasbuilt,it’sstillmanagingtoserveupsurprises.SinceitwasbuiltduringtheMingDynasty
2、,it’sestimatedthattheForbiddenCityhassurvivedmorethan200earthquakes.Andwhilemoststructuresaren’tmadetosurvivenaturaldisasters,letaloneonesbuilthundredsofyearsago,itseemsthattheForbiddenCitywasbuilttowithstandanything.ArecenttelevisiondocumentarybyUKbroadcasterChannel4exploredtheskillsoftheanc
3、ientbuilding’sdesigners.AgroupofChinesecarpentersandengineerswereshownbuildingascalemodel(成比例模型)ofoneoftheForbiddenCity’spalaces,atonefifthofthesize.ToshowhowstrongancientChinesearchitecturereallyis,themodelwasputtothetest.Itwassubjectedtoasimulated(模拟的)earthquakeof9.5ontheRichterscale–equiva
4、lenttothelargesteverrecordedquake–andsurvived.Insteadoffallingapart,themodelwasjustmovedgentlyduringthetest.Accordingtoexperts,theanswertotheForbiddenCity’sstrength,aswellasotherancientChinesestructures’,liesindougong–acenturies-oldbuildingmethodinventedinChina.Thisisthenameforspecialbrackets
5、onbuildings.Despitebeingheldtogetherwithoutanynailsorglue,thebracketsareperfectatkeepingstructurestogetherwhentheweathergetsrough.“Dougongdesignisanimportantearthquake-resistantfeatureofclassicalChinesestructuresbecausetheframeworkchangesinshapewhenunderpressure,muchliketheshockabsorbers(减震器)
6、ofacar,”accordingtoChineseNationalGeography.“AncientChinesecraftsmencreatedstructuresthatwerebothenduringandaesthetically(在美学方面)pleasingusingdougong,revealingtheiradvancedunderstandingofmathematics,architecture,materials,andstructuralscience.”9TheForbiddenCitydrawsvisitorsbecauseofitsrichhist
7、oryandculturalsignificance,butperhapsitshouldaddonemorethingtoitslistofattractions:earthquakeshelter.1.Whatisthearticlemainlyabout?A.WhathasmadetheForbiddenCityapopulartouristdestination.B.WhathashelpedtheForbiddenCitysurvivesomanyearthquakes