第二部分 阅读理解 ( 共两节,满分 40 分 ) 第一节 ( 共 15 小题;每小题 2 分,满分 30 分 ) 阅读下列短文,从每题所给的 A 、 B 、 C 和 D 四个选项中,选出最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该项。 A Hamburg is in North Germany, and is a place with parks, lakes and canals.Now many visitors arrive by water as the city has become one of Europe's biggest cruise ship ports.Gareth Huw Davies discovers elegant areas of shopping, the highest cafe in town and the area where The Beatles learned their trade. Magical history tour The biggest sound in music was launched here.The Beatles' time in Hamburg lasted from 1960 to 1962 and the beat goes on around the streets of St.Pauli.The main place is Beatles­Platz, where the Reeperbahn and Grosse Freiheit meet.Metal statues of John, Paul, George, Stu Sutcliffe, and a composite of drummers Ringo Starr and Pete Best, stand on a circle. Poignant peace St.Nicholas is a place of calm ruin.The Victorian British architect George Gilbert Scott was asked to restore the church here after a fire, and from 1874 to 1876 its 483ft top was the world's tallest building.In 1943 the church was destroyed by Allied bombs. Small world Miniatur Wunderland is one of the largest model railways in the world.Some 1,000 tiny trains run on ten miles of track in a perfectly composed landscape of 250,000 miniature trees.The random geographical spread takes in Switzerland, the USA, Italy and France.One section shows Hamburg itself in a useful overview of the city. Power tower How do you recycle a nine­storey former Nazi defensive tower? It was so strong that even the British Army failed to knock it down in 1947.The solution mixes tourism and green power.The tower has become Europe's largest renewable energy power plant.A museum tells the story of the building—it gave shelter to thousands during wartime bombing. 21 . Why do many tourists go to Hamburg by ship? A . It's a famous cruise ship port. B . It's well­known for its ship production. C . There is no other means of transportation. D . Visitors now like to take a ship when touring. 22 . Where can people see metal statues of John, Paul and George? A . In St.Nicholas. B . In Beatles­Platz. C . Outside Hamburg. D . Anywhere in Hamburg. 23 . Who helped restore St.Nicholas in its history? A . The British Army. B . The Nazi in the world war. C . An architect called Gilbert Scott. D . An American architect named Victoria.