首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
The First Navigational Lights In the New World the first navigational lights were probably lanterns hung at harbor entrances
The First Navigational Lights In the New World the first navigational lights were probably lanterns hung at harbor entrances
admin
2011-01-05
39
问题
The First Navigational Lights
In the New World the first navigational lights were probably lanterns hung at harbor entrances. The first lighthouse was put up by the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1716 on little Brewster Island at the entrance to Boston Harbor. Paid for and maintained by "light dues" levied on ships, the original beacon was blown up in 1776. By then there were only a dozen of so true lighthouses in the colonies. Little over a century later, there were 700 lighthouses.
The first eight lighthouses erected on the west coast in the 1850’s featured the same basic new England design: a Cape Cod dwelling with the tower rising from the center or standing close by. In New England and elsewhere, though, lighthouses reflected a variety of architectural styles. Since most stations in the Northeast were built on rocky eminences, enormous towers were not the rule. Some were made of stone and brick, others of wood or metal. Some stood on pilings or stilts; Some were fastened to rock with iron rods. Farther south, from Maryland through the Florida Keys, the coast was low and sandy, it was often necessary to build tall towers there, massive structures like the majestic Cape Hatteras, North Carolina lighthouse, which was lit in 1870. At 190 feet, is the tallest brick lighthouse in the country.
Notwithstanding differences in appearance and construction, most American lighthouses shared several features: a light, living quarters and sometimes a bell (later, a foghorn). They also had something else in common, a keeper and usually, the keeper’s family. The keeper’s essential task was trimming the lantern wick in order to maintain a steady, bright flame. The earliest keepers came from every walk of life ; they were seamen, farmers, mechanics, rough mill hands and appointments were often handed out by local customs commissioners as political plums. After the administration of lighthouses was taken over in 1852 by the United States Lighthouse Board, an agency of the Treasury Department, the keeper gradually became highly professional.
Why does the author mention the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
选项
A、The first lantern wicks were developed there.
B、It was tile headquarters of the United States Lighthouse Board.
C、Many of the tallest lighthouses were built there.
D、The first lighthouse in North America was built there.
答案
D
解析
本题考查考生对细节的把握。考的具体细节是作者提到马萨诸塞湾殖民地的原因。本文第一段第二句:The first lighthouse was put up by the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1716 on Little Brewster Island at the entrance to Boston Harbor.提供了答案。所以,正确答案是D。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/FnQd777K
本试题收录于:
职称英语理工类C级题库职称英语分类
0
职称英语理工类C级
职称英语
相关试题推荐
SleepLetsBrainFileMemoriesTosleep.Perchancetofile?FindingspublishedonlinethisweekbytheProceedingsoftheNa
A.ourparentsB.cloudedvisionC.eyemusclesD.oureyesE.computeruseF.eyemoveOver25%ofpeopleareestimatedtohav
A.ourparentsB.cloudedvisionC.eyemusclesD.oureyesE.computeruseF.eyemoveSunlightinthesummerisbelievedtob
Thereisanabundantsupplyofcheaplaborinthiscountry.
ActiveinOldAgeKeepsPeopleMobilePeopleover70whoaren’tactivearemorelikelytodevelopproblemswalkingorclimbi
FemaleBullfightingItwasaunique,eye-catchingsight:anattractive,womaninashinybullfighter’ssuit,swordinhand,
TalkingtoKidsaboutSARS(非典)SchoolagechildrenmaybelearningaboutSARSfromadultsandthemedia,butmaynotknowwh
1Tiredofsocialnetworking?LoggingoffFacebook?You’reprobablynottheonlyone.Fearingfortheirprivacyorperhapsjust
Suewasdistraughtwaitingforhermothertocometolastnight.
Hepickedabookfromthebookshelfandthencommencedtoread.
随机试题
简述缩唇呼吸及腹式呼吸的方法。
全国计量工作的统一监督管理由非国家法定计量单位废除办法的制定由
关于我国发展社区卫生服务的基本原则,不正确的是
五迟、五软的病因中,最重要的是()
关于我国土地所有权,下列说法正确的是()。
依据《劳动合同法》,劳动者拒绝用人单位管理人员违章指挥的,应当视为()。
关于管片拼装顺序以下说法错误的是()。
A、 B、 C、 D、 D
一项工程要在规定时间内完成,若甲单独做要比规定的时间推迟4天,若乙单独做要比规定的时间提前2天完成.若甲、乙合作了3天,剩下的部分由甲单独做,恰好在规定时间内完成,则规定时间为()天.
Mostpeoplemakesuchmistakes______intheirwholelife.
最新回复
(
0
)