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1、Alandofdiversity李仕才***阅读理解。Beijing’sForbiddenCityisaplacefullofwonder.Fromitsthousandsofroomstoitsmanybeautifulartifacts,there’snowonderit’soneofChina’smostpopulartouristdestinations.Butevenmorethan600yearsafteritwasbuilt,it’sstillmanagingtoserveupsurp
2、rises.SinceitwasbuiltduringtheMingDynasty,it’sestimatedthattheForbiddenCityhassurvivedmorethan200earthquakes.Andwhilemoststructuresaren’tmadetosurvivenaturaldisasters,letaloneonesbuilthundredsofyearsago,itseemsthattheForbiddenCitywasbuilttowithstandany
3、thing.ArecenttelevisiondocumentarybyUKbroadcasterChannel4exploredtheskillsoftheancientbuilding’sdesigners.AgroupofChinesecarpentersandengineerswereshownbuildingascalemodel(成比例模型)ofoneoftheForbiddenCity’spalaces,atonefifthofthesize.Toshowhowstrongancien
4、tChinesearchitecturereallyis,themodelwasputtothetest.Itwassubjectedtoasimulated(模拟的)earthquakeof9.5ontheRichterscale–equivalenttothelargesteverrecordedquake–andsurvived.Insteadoffallingapart,themodelwasjustmovedgentlyduringthetest.Accordingtoexperts,th
5、eanswertotheForbiddenCity’sstrength,aswellasotherancientChinesestructures’,liesindougong–acenturies-oldbuildingmethodinventedinChina.Thisisthenameforspecialbracketsonbuildings.Despitebeingheldtogetherwithoutanynailsorglue,thebracketsareperfectatkeeping
6、structurestogetherwhentheweathergetsrough.“Dougongdesignisanimportantearthquake-resistantfeatureofclassicalChinesestructuresbecausetheframeworkchangesinshapewhenunderpressure,muchliketheshockabsorbers(减震器)ofacar,”accordingtoChineseNationalGeography.“An
7、cientChinesecraftsmencreatedstructuresthatwerebothenduringandaesthetically(在美学方面)pleasingusingdougong,revealingtheiradvancedunderstandingofmathematics,architecture,materials,andstructuralscience.”TheForbiddenCitydrawsvisitorsbecauseofitsrichhistoryandc
8、ulturalsignificance,butperhapsitshouldaddonemorethingtoitslistofattractions:earthquakeshelter.1.Whatisthearticlemainlyabout?A.WhathasmadetheForbiddenCityapopulartouristdestination.B.WhathashelpedtheForbiddenCitysurvivesomanyearthquakes.
