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 Greatest of Victorian Engineers In the hundred years up to 1860, the work of a small group of construction engineers car
The Greatest of Victorian Engineers In the hundred years up to 1860, the work of a small group of construction engineers car
admin
2016-08-16
88
问题
The Greatest of Victorian Engineers
In the hundred years up to 1860, the work of a small group of construction engineers carried forward the enormous social and economic change that we associate with the Industrial Revolution in Britain. The most important of these engineers was Isambard Kingdom Brunei, whose work in shipping , bridge-building, and railway construction, to name just three fields, both challenged and motivated his colleagues. He was the driving force behind a number of the hugely ambitious projects, some of which resulted in works which are still in use today.
The son of an engineer, Brunei apprenticed with his father at an early age on the building of the Thames Tunnel. At the age of just twenty, he became engineer in charge of the project. This impressive plan to bore under the Thames twice suffered two major disasters when the river broke through into the tunnel. When the second breach(决口)occurred in 1872, Brunei was seriously injured during rescue operation and further work was halted.
While recovering from his injuries, Brunei entered a design competition for a new bridge over the Avon Gorge near Clifton. The original judge of the competition was Thomas Telford, a leading civil engineer of his day, who rejected all entries to the competition in favor of his own design. After considerable scandal, a second contest was held and Brunei’ s design was accepted. For reasons of funding, however, exacerbated(加剧)by social unrest in Bristol, the project was abandoned in 1843 with only the towers completed. After Brunei’ s death, it was decided to begin work on it again, partly so that the bridge could form a fitting memorial to the great engineer. The entire structure was finally completed in 1864. Today, the well-known Clifton Suspension Bridge is a symbol of Bristol, just as the Opera House is of Sydney. Originally intended only for horse-drawn traffic, the bridge now bears over four million motor vehicles a year.
Brunei became an apprentice with his father when he was very young.
选项
A、Right
B、Wrong
C、Not mentioned
答案
A
解析
题干:Brunel在很小的时候就成了父亲的学徒。根据Brunel apprenticed with his fatherat an early age on the building of the Thames Tunnel可知题干表述正确。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/WhGd777K
本试题收录于:
职称英语理工类A级题库职称英语分类
0
职称英语理工类A级
职称英语
相关试题推荐
PricePlanningApricerepresentsthevalueofagoodsorserviceforboththesellerandthebuyer.Priceplanningissyst
GeologyandHealthTheimportanceofparticularmetalsinthehumandiethasbeenrealisedwithinthepastfewdecades,and
A.rarelyissuccesssomysteriousB.largerewardsfollowC.IeliminatethecandidateD.weshoulddropthemandmovetosometh
Themailwasdelayedfortwodaysbecauseofthesnow-storm.
WhereDidAlltheShipsGo?TheBermudaTriangleisone(1)thegreatestmysteriesofthesea.Inthistriangularareabetween
WeavingwithLightIntheSierraMadremountainrangeofwestcentralMexico,thenativeHuicholpeoplelivemuchthewayth
Ididn’timmediatelyrealizethathowseriousthesituationwas.
Thephobiamayhaveitsrootinachildhoodtrauma.
Thedetailsofthecostumeweretotallyauthentic.
Theideawasquitebrilliant.
随机试题
A.20~36GyB.30~35GyC.40~45GyD.50~55GyE.60Gy弥漫大B细胞淋巴瘤化疗后受累野放疗剂量
作用与土的宁相似,但毒性较低,能兴奋脊髓,增强反射及肌肉紧张度的药物是
全国口腔健康调查技术组专家对某省调查人员进行了调查前培训,纠正了一些容易影响调查质量的不足之处。牙周CPI指数只需检查6颗指数牙的年龄应在
我国人民民主专政的实质是无产阶级专政,下列选项中哪几项体现了二者的一致性?()
普通碳素钢按屈服点、质量等级及脱氧方法分为若干牌号,随牌号提高,钢材()。
按行政原则确定的居民出行购物距离比按市场原则确定的距离要()。
根据票据法规定,下列各项中,属于票据行为的有()。
随着网络的盛行,人们足不出户也可以接受教育。因此,让孩子在学校上学和在家自学是一样的。
近代中国社会的阶级结构是“两头小中间大”,“中间”是指()
Duringtheearlyyearsofthiscentury,wheatwasseenastheverylifebloodofWesternCanadaPeopleoncitystreetswatchedt
最新回复
(
0
)