ThePentagon(五角大楼)headquartersoftheDepartmentofDefenseinUSisoneoftheworld'slargestofficebuildings.ItistwicethesizeoftheMerchandiseMartinChicagoandhasthreetimesthefloorspaceoftheEmpireState

　　ThePentagon(五角大楼)headquartersoftheDepartmentofDefenseinUSisoneoftheworld'slargestofficebuildings.ItistwicethesizeoftheMerchandiseMartinChicagoandhasthreetimesthefloorspaceoftheEmpireStateBuildinginNewYork.ThereareveryfewpeoplethroughouttheUnitedStateswhodonothavesomeknowledgeofthePentagon.Manyhavefollowednewsstoriescomingfromthisbuilding.Howeverrelativelyfewpeoplehavehadthechancetovisitit.

　　ThePentagonisinfactacityinitself.About23000employeesbothsoldiersandotherpeoplecontributetotheplanningofthedefenseofthecountry.ThesepeoplearrivedailyfromWashingtonD.C.andaroundoverabout30milesofhighwaysincludingexpressbuslanes(快车道)andoneofthenewestsubwaysysteminthecountry.Theyridepast200acresofgrasslandtoparkabout8770carsin16parkinglots;climb131stairwaysortake19liftstoreachofficesthatoccupy3705squarefeet.Whileinthebuildingtheytelltimeby4200clocksdrinkfrom691watertapsmakeuseof284restroomsuseup4500cupsofcoffee1700pintsofmilkand6800softdrinkspreparedorservedbyarestaurantof230personsanddistributed(分散于)in1diningroom2cafeteriasasnackbarsandanoutdoorsnackbar.

　　Thebuildingitselfisanextraordinarystructure.BuiltduringtheearlyyearsofWorldWarIIitisstillthoughtofasoneofthemostefficientbuildingsintheworld.Inspiteof17.5milesofcorridors(走廊)ittakesonlysevenminutestowalkbetweenanytwopointsinthebuilding.

　　60.WhichofthefollowingstatementsaboutthePentagonistrue?

　　A.MostAmericansknowaboutit.

　　B.Itisnowopentothepublic.

　　C.Around23000workerscontributetoitsplanning.

　　D.Itisoneoftheworld'stallestbuildings.

　　61.WhichofthefollowingstatementsaboutthetransportationofthePentagonisNOTtrue?

　　A.Itiseasytoreachbysubway. B.Peoplecandrivedirectlytoit.

　　C.Peoplecangotherebybus. D.Theparkinglotscover200acresofland.

　　62.Whydidtheauthorwritesomanynumbersinthesecondparagraph?

　　A.ToshowthatheknewquitealotaboutthePentagon.

　　B.ToshowthevastsizeofthePentagon.

　　C.Toshow