2013年下半年英语六级写作分类范文7
<p> <span word="Directions">Directions</span>: <span word="For">For</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="part">part</span>, <span word="you">you</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="allowed">allowed</span> 30 <span word="minutes">minutes</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="write">write</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="summary">summary</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="following">following</span> <span word="passage">passage</span>. <span word="You">You</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="write">write</span> <span word="about">about</span> 150 <span word="words">words</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="remember">remember</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="write">write</span> <span word="clearly">clearly</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="COMPOSITION">COMPOSITION</span> <span word="SHEET">SHEET</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Leaning">Leaning</span> <span word="Tower">Tower</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Pisa">Pisa</span> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="leaning">leaning</span> <span word="tower">tower</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="never">never</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="straight">straight</span>. <span word="Not">Not</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="began">began</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1173, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="foundation">foundation</span> <span word="settled">settled</span> <span word="unevenly">unevenly</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tower">tower</span> <span word="started">started</span> <span word="inclining">inclining</span> <span word="toward">toward</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="north">north</span>. <span word="Evidence">Evidence</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="initial">initial</span> <span word="incline">incline</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="seen">seen</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="design">design</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tower">tower</span> <span word="itself">itself</span>: <span word="to">to</span> <span word="keep">keep</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="few">few</span> <span word="stories">stories</span> <span word="level">level</span>, <span word="worker">worker</span>, <span word="make">make</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="columns">columns</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="arched">arched</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="third">third</span> <span word="story">story</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sinking">sinking</span> <span word="northern">northern</span> <span word="side">side</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="slightly">slightly</span> <span word="taller">taller</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="features">features</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="southern">southern</span> <span word="side">side</span>. <span word="Political">Political</span> <span word="unrest">unrest</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Pisa">Pisa</span> <span word="halted">halted</span> <span word="construction">construction</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1178, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="middle">middle</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fourth">fourth</span> <span word="level">level</span>. <span word="Work">Work</span> <span word="resumed">resumed</span> <span word="almost">almost</span> 100 <span word="years">years</span> <span word="later">later</span>, <span word="in">in</span> 1272, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="time">time</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tower">tower</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="tilted">tilted</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="south">south</span><span word="the">the</span> <span word="direction">direction</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="points">points</span> <span word="today">today</span>. <span word="Again">Again</span>, <span word="designer">designer</span> <span word="hoped">hoped</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="correct">correct</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="lean">lean</span>, <span word="this">this</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="adjusting">adjusting</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="height">height</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fifth">fifth</span> <span word="story">story</span>, <span word="making">making</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="southern">southern</span> <span word="side">side</span> <span word="somewhat">somewhat</span> <span word="taller">taller</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="northern">northern</span> <span word="side">side</span>. <span word="In">In</span> 1278, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="seven">seven</span> <span word="stories">stories</span> <span word="completed">completed</span>, <span word="work">work</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tower">tower</span> <span word="ceased">ceased</span> <span word="once">once</span> <span word="again">again</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="political">political</span> <span word="unrest">unrest</span>. <span word="By">By</span> 1292, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="towers">towers</span> <span word="tilt">tilt</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="obvious">obvious</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="group">group</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="masons">masons</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="asked">asked</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="investigate">investigate</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="problem">problem</span><span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="commissions">commissions</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="study">study</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tower">tower</span> <span word="appointed">appointed</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="past">past</span> 700 <span word="years">years</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="eighth">eighth</span> <span word="story">story</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="final">final</span> <span word="addition">addition</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bell">bell</span> <span word="chamber">chamber</span>, <span word="was">was</span> <span word="built">built</span> <span word="between">between</span> 1360 <span word="and">and</span> 1370. <span word="Once">Once</span> <span word="more">more</span>, <span word="architects">architects</span> <span word="attempted">attempted</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="correct">correct</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="southward">southward</span> <span word="lean">lean</span>, <span word="this">this</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="angling">angling</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bell">bell</span> <span word="chamber">chamber</span> <span word="northward">northward</span>. <span word="These">These</span> <span word="efforts">efforts</span>, <span word="combined">combined</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="slow">slow</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="scale">scale</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="construction">construction</span>, <span word="have">have</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="far">far</span> <span word="prevented">prevented</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tower">tower</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="topping">topping</span> <span word="over">over</span>. <span word="Throughout">Throughout</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="monuments">monuments</span> <span word="history">history</span>, <span word="architects">architects</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="engineers">engineers</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="attempted">attempted</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="halt">halt</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="lean">lean</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="regular">regular</span> <span word="monitoring">monitoring</span> <span word="began">began</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1911, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="offset">offset</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="top">top</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tower">tower</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="increased">increased</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="fairly">fairly</span> <span word="consistent">consistent</span> <span word="rate">rate</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="about">about</span> 1.2 <span word="millimeters">millimeters</span> <span word="each">each</span> <span word="year">year</span>. <span word="Today">Today</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="top">top</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tower">tower</span> <span word="is">is</span> 5.227 <span word="meters">meters</span> <span word="off">off</span>-<span word="center">center</span>, <span word="visibly">visibly</span> <span word="leaning">leaning</span> <span word="south">south</span>. <span word="Fears">Fears</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="safety">safety</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="landmark">landmark</span> <span word="became">became</span> <span word="acute">acute</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="similarly">similarly</span> <span word="constructed">constructed</span> <span word="bell">bell</span> <span word="tower">tower</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Cathedral">Cathedral</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="Pavia">Pavia</span> <span word="collapsed">collapsed</span> <span word="suddenly">suddenly</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1989. <span word="Shortly">Shortly</span> <span word="thereafter">thereafter</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tower">tower</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="Pisa">Pisa</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="closed">closed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="visitors">visitors</span>. <span word="In">In</span> 1990, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="special">special</span> <span word="commission">commission</span>, <span word="composed">composed</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Italian">Italian</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="foreign">foreign</span> <span word="experts">experts</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fields">fields</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="structural">structural</span> <span word="engineering">engineering</span>, <span word="geotechnical">geotechnical</span> <span word="engineering">engineering</span>, <span word="history">history</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="art">art</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="restoration">restoration</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="monuments">monuments</span>, <span word="was">was</span> <span word="brought">brought</span> <span word="together">together</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Italian">Italian</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="determine">determine</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="ways">ways</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="save">save</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tower">tower</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Tower">Tower</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Pisa">Pisa</span> <span word="Project">Project</span> <span word="Consortium">Consortium</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="supervised">supervised</span> <span word="several">several</span> <span word="projects">projects</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="stabilized">stabilized</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="structure">structure</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="slowed">slowed</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rater">rater</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="incline">incline</span>. <span word="Initial">Initial</span> <span word="efforts">efforts</span> <span word="focused">focused</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="exterior">exterior</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tower">tower</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="next">next</span> <span word="few">few</span> <span word="months">months</span>, <span word="other">other</span>, <span word="more">more</span> <span word="radical">radical</span> <span word="techniques">techniques</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="tried">tried</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="halt">halt</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="towers">towers</span> <span word="lean">lean</span>. <span word="There">There</span> <span word="methods">methods</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="applied">applied</span> <span word="directly">directly</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="soil">soil</span>, <span word="modifying">modifying</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="towers">towers</span> <span word="footing">footing</span>. <span word="Large">Large</span>-<span word="scale">scale</span> <span word="filed">filed</span> <span word="trials">trials</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="under">under</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Miracle">Miracle</span> <span word="Square">Square</span>, <span word="where">where</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tower">tower</span> <span word="stands">stands</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="done">done</span> <span word="far">far</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="monument">monument</span> <span word="itself">itself</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="guard">guard</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="possibility">possibility</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="altering">altering</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ground">ground</span> <span word="too">too</span> <span word="close">close</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tower">tower</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="eventually">eventually</span> <span word="damage">damage</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="building">building</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="ultimate">ultimate</span> <span word="goal">goal</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="straighten">straighten</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tower">tower</span>. <span word="Because">Because</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="structure">structure</span> <span word="tilted">tilted</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="different">different</span> <span word="direction">direction</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="stages">stages</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="construction">construction</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="became">became</span> <span word="curved">curved</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="banana">banana</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="never">never</span> <span word="stand">stand</span> <span word="truly">truly</span> <span word="upright">upright</span>. <span word="Instead">Instead</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="experts">experts</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="engineers">engineers</span> <span word="hope">hope</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="ease">ease</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="top">top</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="some">some</span> 10 <span word="or">or</span> 20 <span word="centimeters">centimeters</span>. <span word="With">With</span> <span word="luck">luck</span>, <span word="their">their</span> <span word="efforts">efforts</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="keep">keep</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="landmark">landmark</span> <span word="standing">standing</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="next">next</span> <span word="century">century</span>, <span word="when">when</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="generation">generation</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="scientists">scientists</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="tackle">tackle</span> <span word="the">the</span> 800-<span word="year">year</span>-<span word="old">old</span> <span word="problem">problem</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="leaning">leaning</span> <span word="tower">tower</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Pisa">Pisa</span>. </p>
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