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TheorangetowersoftheGoldenGateBridge-probablythemostbeautifulcertainlythemost

photographedbridgeintheworld-arevisiblefromalmosteverypointofelevationinSanFrancisco.

Theonlycleft(穿过)inNorthernCalifornia's600-milecontinentalwallforyearsthismile-widestraitwasconsideredunbridgeable.AsmuchanarchitecturalasanengineeringfeattheGoldenGatetookonly52

monthstodesignandbuild.DesignedbyJosephStraussitwasthefirstreallymassive(庞大的)suspensionbridgewithaspanof4200ftanduntil1959rankedastheworld'slongest.ItconnectsthecityatitsnorthwesterlypointonthepeninsulatoMarinCountyandNorthernCaliforniaandwasdesignedtowithstand(经受住)windsofuptoahundredmilesanhourandtoswingasmuchas27ft.Handsomeonacleardaythebridgetakesonaneerie(阴森森的)qualitywhenthethickwhitefogspourinandhideitalmost

completely.

Youcaneitherdriveorwalkacross.Thedriveisthemorethrillingofthetwooptionsasyouraceunderthebridge'stowersbutthehalf-hourwalkacrossitreallygivesyoutimetotakeinitsenormoussizeand

absorbtheviewsofthecitybehindyouandtheheadlandsofNorthernCaliforniastraightahead.Pauseat

themidwaypointandconsiderthesevenorsosuicides(自杀)amonthwhochoosethisspot260ftupastheirjumping-offspot.Monitorsofsucheventsspeculatethatvictimsalwaysfacethecitybeforetheyleap.In1995whenthesuicidetollfromthebridgehadreachedalmost1000policekeptthefiguresquietto

avoidarushofwould-besuicidesgoingforthedubious(令人怀疑的)distinctionofbeingthethousandth

persontoleap.

PerhapsthebestlovedsymbolofSanFranciscoin1987theGoldenGateprovedanauspicious(幸运的)placeforasunrisepartywhencrowdsgatheredtocelebrateitsfiftiethanniversary.Somequarterofamillionpeopleturnedup(athirdofthecity'sentirepopulation);thewindswerestrongandthehuge

numberscausedthebridgetobucklebutfortunatelynottobreak.

1.Theunderlinedword"buckle"heremeans_____.

A.collapse

B.crash

C.bend

D.shake

2.TheGoldenGateBridgewascompletedin_____.