答案与解析　B　考查细节理解。从文章第一段的内容可知，作者讲这个笑话是为了证明芝加哥的路面十分泥泞。

　　2．The city planners were convinced by Ellis Chesbrough to ________.

　　A. get rid of the street dirt

　　B. lower the Chicago River

　　C. fight against heavy floods

　　D. build the pipes above ground

　　答案与解析　D　考查细节理解。从文章第三段第一句“An engineer named Ellis Chesbrough convinced the city that it had no choice but to build the pipes above ground and then cover them with dirt”可得出答案。

　　3．The underlined word “hoist” in Paragraph 4 means “________”．

　　A. change

　　B. lift

　　C. repair

　　D. decorate

　　答案与解析　B　考查词义猜测。根据文章第四段画线词后面的“Small wood­frame buildings could be lifted fairly easily”可知，hoist与lift同义。

　　4．What can we conclude about the moving operation of the Tremont Hotel?

　　A. It went on smoothly as intended.

　　B. It interrupted the business of the hotel.

　　C. It involved Pullman turning ten jackscrews.

　　D. It separated the building from its foundation.

　　答案与解析　A　考查推理判断。根据第五段最后一句“Astonishingly, the Tremont Hotel stayed open during the entire operation, and many of its guests didn't even notice anything was happening”可推断出Tremont Hotel的移动工程进行得很顺利。

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