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Reading // " The Eiffel Tower "

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The Eiffel Tower

It is hard to imagine Paris without its most famous landmark, the Eiffel Tower. But when it was going up, there were many who thought (1) ................. . The famous tower was built for the Paris Centennial Exhibition in 1889. It was scheduled to stand for only twenty years - but (2) .............. . Construction was barely under way when a committee of fifty writers and artists launched a public campaign against (3) ............. . Although the tower proved wildly popular among visitors, its opponents kept up a drumbeat of criticism, and the government was determined that (4) ............. the tower was coming down. Nothing, it seemed, could save it.

That is, until radio was invented, and proved to be the tower's salvation. The thousand-foot structure turned out to be an excellent radio tower (5) ........... . In 1907 the French government decided the tower could not come down - (6) .............. . Function followed form this time around, and saved the Paris monument from certain destruction.

It is hard to imagine Paris without its most famous landmark, the Eiffel Tower. But when it was going up, there were many who thought (1) ................. .

when the twenty years were up

what took more than two years to complete

it was too valuable as an antenna

that was completed at the end of the nineteenth century

what they called "the useless and monstrous Eiffel Tower"

for critics, that was twenty years too long

that could receive messages from far away

it would be the ruin of the great city

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The famous tower was built for the Paris Centennial Exhibition in 1889. It was scheduled to stand for only twenty years - but (2) .............. .

when the twenty years were up

what took more than two years to complete

it was too valuable as an antenna

that was completed at the end of the nineteenth century

what they called "the useless and monstrous Eiffel Tower"

for critics, that was twenty years too long

that could receive messages from far away

it would be the ruin of the great city

Clear selection

Construction was barely under way when a committee of fifty writers and artists launched a public campaign against (3) ............. .

when the twenty years were up

what took more than two years to complete

it was too valuable as an antenna

that was completed at the end of the nineteenth century

what they called "the useless and monstrous Eiffel Tower"

for critics, that was twenty years too long

that could receive messages from far away

it would be the ruin of the great city

Clear selection

Although the tower proved wildly popular among visitors, its opponents kept up a drumbeat of criticism, and the government was determined that (4) ............. the tower was coming down. Nothing, it seemed, could save it.

when the twenty years were up

what took more than two years to complete

it was too valuable as an antenna

that was completed at the end of the nineteenth century

what they called "the useless and monstrous Eiffel Tower"

for critics, that was twenty years too long

that could receive messages from far away

it would be the ruin of the great city

Clear selection

That is, until radio was invented, and proved to be the tower's salvation. The thousand-foot structure turned out to be an excellent radio tower (5) ........... .

when the twenty years were up

what took more than two years to complete

it was too valuable as an antenna

that was completed at the end of the nineteenth century

what they called "the useless and monstrous Eiffel Tower"

for critics, that was twenty years too long

that could receive messages from far away

it would be the ruin of the great city

Clear selection

In 1907 the French government decided the tower could not come down - (6) .............. . Function followed form this time around, and saved the Paris monument from certain destruction.

when the twenty years were up

what took more than two years to complete

it was too valuable as an antenna

that was completed at the end of the nineteenth century

what they called "the useless and monstrous Eiffel Tower"

for critics, that was twenty years too long

that could receive messages from far away

it would be the ruin of the great city

Clear selection

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