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  3. A ) In December of 1869, Congress appointed a commission to select a site and prepare plans and cost estimates for a new State D

A ) In December of 1869, Congress appointed a commission to select a site and prepare plans and cost estimates for a new State D

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问题 A ) In December of 1869, Congress appointed a commission to select a site and prepare plans and cost estimates for a new State Department Building. The commission was also to consider possible arrangements for the War and Navy Departments. To the horror of some who expected a Greek Revival twin of the Treasury Building to be erected on the other side of the White House, the elaborate French Second Empire style design by Alfred Mullett was selected, and construction of a building to house all three departments began in June of 1871.
B ) Completed in 1875, the State Department’s south wing was the first to be occupied, with its elegant four-story library (completed in 1876), Diplomatic Reception Room, and Secretary’s office decorated with carved wood, Oriental rugs, and stenciled wall patterns. The Navy Department moved into the east wing in 1879, where elaborate wall and ceiling stenciling and marquetry floors decorated the office of the Secretary.
C ) The State, War, and Navy Building, as it was originally known, housed the three Executive Branch Departments most intimately associated with formulating and conducting the nation’s foreign policy in the last quarter of the nineteenth century and the first quarter of the twentieth century—the period when the United States emerged as an international power. The building has housed some of the nation’s most significant diplomats and politicians and has been the scene of many historic events.
D) Many of the most celebrated national figures have participated in historical events that have taken place within the EEOB’s granite walls. Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Lyndon B. Johnson, Gerald Ford, and George H. W. Bush all had offices in this building before becoming president. It has housed 16 Secretaries of the Navy, 21 Secretaries of War, and 24 Secretaries of State. Winston Churchill once walked its corridors and Japanese emissaries met here with Secretary of State Cordell Hull after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
E ) The Eisenhower Executive Office Building (EEOB) commands a unique position in both the national history and the architectural heritage of the United States. Designed by Supervising Architect of the Treasury, Alfred B. Mullett, it was built from 1871 to 1888 to house the growing staffs of the State, War, and Navy Departments, and is considered one of the best examples of French Second Empire architecture in the country.
F ) Construction took 17 years as the building slowly rose wing by wing. When the EEOB was finished, it was the largest office building in Washington, with nearly 2 miles of black and white tiled corridors. Almost all of the interior detail is of cast iron or plaster; the use of wood was minimized to insure fire safety. Eight monumental curving staircases of granite with over 4,000 individually cast bronze balusters are capped by four skylight domes and two stained glass rotundas.
G ) The history of the EEOB began long before its foundations were laid. The first executive offices were constructed between 1799 and 1820. A series of fires (including those set by the British in 1814) and overcrowded conditions led to the construction of the existing Treasury Building. In 1866, the construction of the North Wing of the Treasury Building necessitated the demolition of the State Department building.
Order:
【B6】→C→【B7】→【B8】→F→【B9】→【B10】
【B6】
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答案E
解析 本填空处于文章首段的位置，且出题人已经明确段落C为文章的第二段。可以把段落C作为对标参照，用排除法推断出本题答案。首先，应该注意到在段落D、E、F、G中均出现了一个共同的线索点，即“EEOB”，依据“EEOB”这个线索点起码可以判断出段落E在原文的位置是先于段落D、F、G的。因为段落D中的“within the EEOB’s granite walls”、段落F中的“When the EEOB was finished”以及段落G中的“The history of the EEOB”均是一种简称，简称之前要有全称，这样简称才能存在，简称与全称之间是指代关系。只有段落E在第一句给出了“The Eisenhower Executive Office Building(EEOB)”这个全称，段落D、F、G的简称线索点就是指代段落E中的这个“EEOB”的概念，可以推断出段落E在原文的位置是先于段落D、F、G的，因此本题的备选答案首先排除段落D、F、G，而留下段落E，这样，还剩余段落A和B与段落E进行比较，而段落A和B都存在着大量的时问线索，通过定位这些时间线索可以发现段落B明显在段落A之后，至此。也可以排除段落B为本题的答案。本题的答案只能在段落E和段落A之间进行比较。分析一下段落A就会发现此段落不像是全文的起始段，此段落的内容直接进入了很具体的内容描述，没有给出概括性的信息。而段落E的内容明显是全文的开篇，因为段落E首句是概括句，直接概括出了“The Eisenhower Executive Office Building(EEOB)”，而全文其实都是围绕着“EEOB”这个主题展开的。同时段落E在段尾部分也给出了要为“the State，War，and Navy Departments”建造办公场所，这与作为全文第二段的段落C开头提及的“The State，War，and Navy Building”顺应衔接，同时在段尾也有一个概括性的总结句“is considered one of the best examples of French Second Empire architecture in the country”．根据上述线索定位与分析对比，可以确定段落E为本题答案。
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