Part B: Ordering Utterances (2018)
Directions:
The following paragraphs are given in a wrong order. For Questions 41-45, you are required to reorganize these paragraphs into a coherent text by choosing from the list A-G and filling them into the numbered boxes. Paragraphs C and F have been correctly placed. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)
[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 Departments south wing was the first to be occupied, with its elegant four-story library (completed in 1876), Diplomatic Reception Room, and Secretarys 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]
[固定位 2] 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 nations 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 nations 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 EEOBs 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]
[固定位 5] 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 4000 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.
Answer Sheet
答案解析 (Answers & Analysis)
41. [E] 首段定位。 E段总领全文，介绍了建筑物（EEOB）的全称、独特地位、设计师（Mullett）以及建造年份（1871-1888），符合说明文的引言特征。
(42) [C] 固定位。 C段首句 "The State, War, and Navy Building, as it was originally known" 紧接E段，解释了EEOB最初的名字，并说明了它的历史作用。
42. [G] 历史回溯。 G段首句指出 "The history of the EEOB began long before its foundations were laid."，将时间线拉回到建楼之前（1799-1820），讲述了原址被大火烧毁和需要重建的背景（1866年）。
43. [A] 筹备与开工。 紧接着G段中1866年的拆除，A段讲到了1869年国会任命委员会选址，最终在1871年6月正式开始建造（began in June of 1871）。
(45) [F] 固定位。 承接A段的开工，F段首句 "Construction took 17 years..." 描述了长达17年的建造过程以及完工后的建筑规模和内部细节。
44. [B] 完工与入驻。 B段首句 "Completed in 1875..." 讲述了建筑物的南翼首先在1875年完工并被占用，海军部在1879年搬入东翼。这是对F段建造过程的具体补充。
45. [D] 名人逸事与总结。 作为最后一段，D段不再谈论建筑本身，而是总结了在这座花岗岩墙壁内发生过的历史事件和在此办公的众多名人（总统、部长、丘吉尔等），是对E、C段中提及的“重大外交和政治事件”的具体化收尾。
全文翻译
[A] 1869 年 12 月，国会任命了一个委员会来选址并为新的国务院大楼准备方案和成本估算。该委员会还要考虑战争部和海军部的可能安排。出乎一些人的意料——他们原本期待在白宫另一侧竖立一座仿财政部大楼的希腊复兴风格双子建筑——阿尔弗雷德·穆莱特设计精美的法兰西第二帝国风格方案被选中，一座容纳三个部门的大楼于 1871 年 6 月动工。
[B] 国务院南翼于 1875 年完工，是最先被入住的，它拥有优雅的四层图书馆（1876 年完工）、外交接待室，以及用雕花木头、东方地毯和模版墙面图案装饰的国务卿办公室。海军部于 1879 年迁入东翼，那里精美的墙壁和天花板模版画以及镶嵌木地板装饰着海军部长的办公室。
[D] 许多最著名的国家人物参与了在艾森豪威尔行政办公楼花岗岩墙内发生的历史事件。西奥多·罗斯福和富兰克林·D·罗斯福、威廉·霍华德·塔夫脱、德怀特·D·艾森豪威尔、林登·B·约翰逊、杰拉尔德·福特和乔治·H·W·布什在成为总统前都曾在这座楼里有办公室。这里曾入驻过 16 位海军部长、21 位战争部长和 24 位国务卿。温斯顿·丘吉尔曾在它的走廊里走过，日本特使在珍珠港轰炸后曾在这里与国务卿科德尔·赫尔会面。
[E] 艾森豪威尔行政办公楼（EEOB）在美国国家历史和建筑遗产中占有独特的地位。它由财政部监理建筑师阿尔弗雷德·B·穆莱特设计，建于 1871 年至 1888 年，用于容纳国务院、战争部和海军部日益增长的工作人员，被认为是国内法兰西第二帝国建筑的最佳范例之一。
[G] EEOB 的历史早在奠基之前就开始了。第一批行政办公室建于 1799 年至 1820 年之间。一系列火灾（包括 1814 年英国人的纵火）和拥挤的状况导致了现有财政部大楼的建设。1866 年，财政部大楼北翼的建设使国务院大楼必须被拆除。