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  3. The Golden Gate Bridge opened to vehicle traffic on May 28, 1937. It had the longest suspension span in the world, at the time i

The Golden Gate Bridge opened to vehicle traffic on May 28, 1937. It had the longest suspension span in the world, at the time i

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问题     The Golden Gate Bridge opened to vehicle traffic on May 28, 1937. It had the longest suspension span in the world, at the time it was built. The suspended roadway【B1】_____1 280 meters between the bridge’s two tall towers. Today it still rates among the top ten longest bridge spans【B2】_____.
    Mary Currie works for the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District. She says the bridge is one of the most【B3】_____engineering projects of all time.
    The Golden Gate Bridge【B4】_____the Golden Gate Strait. That narrow passage of water connects the San Francisco Bay to the Pacific Ocean. Joseph Strauss was the chief engineer of the Golden Gate Bridge project. Work began in 1933. The project took four years to【B5】_____. The bridge is 2 788 meters long from one end to the other. It is 27 meters wide. Two large cables【B6】_____ over the top of the bridge’s towers. Two hundred fifty pairs of vertical suspender ropes connect the support cables to the suspension bridge. This is part of what【B7】_____the bridge to move up and down by nearly five meters.
    Architect Irving Morrow【B8】_____ the bridge’s bright orange color. The Navy wanted the bridge painted in yellow and black. The Air Force had suggested red and white.
    Mary Currie says we were【B9】_____that Irving Morrow knew that that color would blend with the environment, it would contrast with the ocean and the air above, and it would also allow the Art Deco styling to really【B10】______.
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答案in existence
解析 结合句意可知，空格处应填入表示形容词意义的词(词组)修饰bridge spans。结合录音可填入in existence，意为“现有的”。
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