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ThisfamoussitefeaturesoneofthelargestandmostrepresentativecollectionsofBuddhistarchitectureandartinChina.Itwasratedasa5A-classtouristattractionin2010.

TheLingshanGrandBuddhaisan88-metre-highopen-airbronzestatueofSakyamuni.Itis17metreshigherthantheGrandBuddhaatLeshanMountain.ItispartofthepatternofFiveBuddhasinfivedirectionstogetherwiththeBigBuddhaatLantauIslandinHongKongtothesouth,theGrandBuddhaatLeshanMountaintothewest,theGrandBuddhainYungangCavestothenorthandtheGrandBuddhaattheLongmenCavesinthecentralarea.AtthefeetoftheGrandBuddha,youcanfeeltheloftiness（雄伟）anddignityofBuddhism.

Tips:

Location:

LingshanRoad,Mashantown,Binhudistrict,Wuxi

Tickets:

Throughticket:

210yuan（$31.85）,andfreeticketsfortheperformanceofOdetoAuspiciousnessforindividualvisitors

OpeninghoursforLingshanMountain:

7:

00-17:

00

OpeninghoursforBrahmaPalace:

9:

00-18:

Recommendations:

TheNine-DragonFountain

TheNine-DragonFountaininfrontofthegiantBuddhawillstarttoplaymusicandthesong,TheBirthofBuddha,at10ameveryday.Ahugelotus（莲花）slowlybloomswithsixpetals,anda7-metregoldenstatueofPrinceBuddharisesfromthelotus,withonehandpointingtotheskyandonehandattheearth,symbolisingBuddha’slightshiningonallthings.

TheBrahmaPalace

ThewholepalaceshowsthemixtureoftraditionalculturalelementswithWesternarchitecturalfeatures.Manyculturalheritageitemsandartworkscanbefoundthere.Itssplendiddesignsurpriseseveryvisitor.

1.WhatistheLingshanGrandBuddhafamousfor?

A.Itslonghistory.

B.Itsspecialmaterial.

C.Itsgeographicallocation.

D.Itstypicalcollectionsofarchitectureandart.

2.WhatdoweknowabouttheperformanceofOdetoAuspiciousness?

A.Itcosts210yuanatleast.

B.Itlasts10hoursforvisitors.

C.It’sfreeifyougetathroughticket.

D.It’savailableonlyforgroupvisitors.

3.WhydoesthewriterrecommendtheBrahmaPalacetous?

A.It’sinfrontofthegiantBuddha.

B.Itsdesignandcollectionsareamazing.

C.Visitorscanenjoyahugelotusthere.

D.Manytraditionalculturalitemsareonsale.

B

Parisisacitylikenoother,andmuchofthishastodowithitsbeautifularchitecture.ButonApril15,Notre-DameCathedral,oneofitsmosticonicstructures,caughtfireandlastedforseveralhours,nearlydestroyingthecenturies-oldchurchbeforefirefighterswereabletoextinguishthefire.ThetragedyallbeganwhenfirealarmsrangintheeveningaspeoplerushedpasttheNotre-DameCathedralontheirwayhome.Yetuponseeingthesmoke,andthenlatertheflames,alargecrowdgatheredinhorrorasitwatchedthespire（尖塔）ofthefamouscathedralcollapseasthefiregrewinsizeandintensity（剧烈）.

ThefireatNotre-DameCathedralstartedinornearthespiressome295feetfromtheground.AccordingtoDunn,afireexpert,thiswasextremelyproblematicfortworeasons.“Ifyou’veeverbeenintheatticofachurch,you’llinstantlynoticeit’sallmadeofwood,whichofcoursemakesitripeforafiretospreadquickly.Second,firehosescanonlyreachamaximumheightoffiftyfeet,makingthespiresinNotre-DameCathedralextremelydifficulttoaddress.”

“Thefirefightersusedbothanoffensiveanddefensivestrategy,”explainsDunn.“First,fromtheoutside,theyhadaerialstreamshittingthefirefromseveralsafelocationstocontaintheflamesandpreventthemfromspreadingtonearbystructures.Then,theyswitchedstrategiestoaninsideoneinwhichanoffensivesearch-and-recoveroperationbegan.Theydidagreatjob.”

Thatbringsustothedifficultbutimportantdiscussionofwhattodowiththecountlessotherplacesofworshiparoundtheworld.“Ifcenturies-oldplacesofworshipwanttoprotecttheirbuildings,theymustinstallautomaticsprinklers,”Dunnargues.“Theproblemis,noonewantstodothatbecauseitcoulddefacethebeautifulinteriors（内部）.Butthat’sreallytheonlywaytheycanensuretheirstructurewilllastanothercentury.Iftheydon’ttakethisproblemseriously,anyotherplacesofworshiparoundtheworldcouldsufferthefateasNotre-DameCathedral.”

1.Howdidpedestriansfeelwhentheysawthechurchonfire?

A.Puzzled.B.Worried.C.Upset.D.Horrified.

2.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“extinguish”mostprobablymean?

A.Putout.B.Blockaway.C.Cutthrough.D.Transferinto.

3.Whatcanweinferfromthethirdparagraph?

A.Itwaseasyforthefirefighterstoputoutthefire.

B.Dunnwassatisfiedwithwhatthefirefightershaddone.

C.Theterriblefiremadepeopleinthecityhardtobreathe.

D.Firefightersusedfirehosesnearthespirestoputoutthefire.

4.WhatdoesDunnsuggestinthelastparagraph?

A.Discussingwhattodotoprotec