Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

【定位】最后一段第二句话“This is equal to$53 million today．”；倒数第二段第一句“The clock tower stands parallel with the middle of Bay Street，rather than with the center of the building．”；第六段第一句“…Old City Hall was threatened to be pulled down．”；倒数第二段最后一句“Old City Hall was declared a historical site in 1989．”。
【答案详解】综合分析题。题干问的是“根据文章，下列哪项是正确的?”根据定位句“这相当于今天的5300万美元。”(A项不符)；“钟楼与贝街中心点平行，而不是与市政厅的中心平行。”(B项不符)；“…老市政厅面临着被拆除的危险。”(C项不符)；“老市政厅在1989年被认定为历史遗迹。”(D项符合)。综合分析可知，答案中只有D项是符合文中原义的，故选D。
【高频词汇】
1．provide v．提供 2．carving n．雕刻 3．councilor n．市议员
4．threaten v．威胁 5．pull down摧毁；推倒 6．parallel adj．平行的
7．at the time当时
【难句解析】
①Created to provide more space for city officials，it turned out to be the largest building in the city and the largest city building in North America at the time．
本句为简单句，句首被动分词短语created to作状语，表示目的。turn out“最后是，结果是”；at the time“当时”。
②The clock tower stands parallel with the middle of Bay Street，rather than with the center of the building．
本句是用rather than引导的并列句。rather than的意思是“而不是”，前后两个分句意思常常相反。