Circle the letter of the best answer.

１. Why did the people of Pisa want to build the tower?
　　a. They needed a new church.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　b. They needed a bell tower.
　　c. They wanted to build the tallest tower in Italy　　　　d. They wanted to build a leaning tower.


２. When did the tower begin to lean?
　　a. from the first day it was built.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　b. after the first floor was built.
　　c. after the last floor was built　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　d. 180 years after it was built


３. When was the tower finished?
　　a. in 1173　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　b. in 1180
　　c. in 1353　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　d. in 1474


４. Before being repaired, the tower leaning every year by another....
　　a. 1 millimeter.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　b. 54.5 millimeters.
　　c. 45 centimetes.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　d. 4 meters.


５. Which of the following is NOT true about the tower?
　　a. It was sinking into the ground.
　　b. People were worried it might fall apart.
　　c. It was repaired between 1990 and 1998.
　　d. It will need to be repaired again in 200 years.
　The Leaning Tower of Pisa does not stand (1)　　　　　　 . It actually (2)　　　　　　 to one

side. The tower does this because of a (3)　　　　　　 . Even before the whole (4)　　　　　　.

was finished, it started to lean. (5)　　　　　　 workers fnished the first floor of the tower, it

began to lean.
Ｂ．Ｃomplete the passage with items from the box. One item is extra.
as soon as 　　　bell 　　　leans 　　　mistake 　　　straight 　　　tower
A．Ｃircle the letter of the words that best match the words in italics.
1. Sam discovered his mistake after he finished the test.
a. corrected b. found c. wrote d. forgot
2. I need a new car because my old one is about to fall apart.
a. have an accident b. be repaired c. be sold d. break
3. Alice gave up before she finished the test.
a. began trying b. went out c. stopped trying d. turned into
4. Someone should invent a faster way to travel between countries.
a. make b. give c. try d. fix
5. I went to bed as soon as I got home.
a. then b. during c. just before d. just after
6. Her first book has just been published.
a. written b. printed c. figured out d. changed into another language
3．figure out = solve or understand
・Did you figure out the answer yourself?
・Laura figured out the best way to spend her next vacation
2．fall apart = break into pieces because of being old or badly made
・I bought this watch last week, but it has already fallen apart.
・Craig's car fell apart after only three years.
１．as soon as = just after , when
・As soono as Ann finished her work, she went home.
・robert called his parents as soon as he heard the news.
The Leaning Tower
　Why does the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy Lean? It leans because of a mistake.
It has leaned almost since the day the tower was built.

In 1173, the people of Pisa, Italy, wanted to build a bell tower. They wanted the tower to be the
most beautiful bell tower in all of Italy. The city also needed a bell tower because the church did
not have one.

However, there was a problem. As soon as the first floor of the building was finished, the tower
started to lean. Builders tried to make the building straight again as they added more floors, but
they couldn't figure out how to make it stop leaning.

It took almost 180 years to finish the tower. Since then, the tower has leaned by another millimeter
every year. Today, the Leaning Tower has eight floors and is 54.5 meters tall. By 1990, it was
leaning by about 4 meters to one side. It was also slowly sinking into the ground. Many people
became worried that it would soon fall apart.

In 1998, repair works began on the tower, and by the end of 2001, it had been moved back by 45
centimeters. The tower will still lean, however, so it will need to be repaired again - in another 200
years.