The Sydney Opera House has a very interesting history. 【小题1】 all started in the 1940s, when the Sydney Symphony Orchestra had nowhere to play. The orchestra’s conductor, Eugene Goossens, asked the Australian government to think about building a place and the government 【小题2】 (final) agreed to build an opera house in 1954.

The government held an 【小题3】 (nation) competition to find a design for the opera house. Many of the 233 designers from around the world 【小题4】 entered the competition were famous, but the design of an unknown Danish architect 【小题5】 (name) Jorn Utzom was chosen as the 【小题6】 (win).

While drawing up the plans, Utzon remembered the temples he 【小题7】 (see) in Mexico before and used them as his inspiration for the base 【小题8】 the opera house in Sydney. The building of the opera house began in 1958, but Utzon had still not finished his plans He did not like his first plan as the concrete roof shells did not work. His new idea was 【小题9】 (make) the shell shapes on the roof into the shape of a ball. That way, the same ball mould (模型) could be used for several roof 【小题10】 (part). In 1962, the government agreed to the new ball roof idea. The building was completed and in November 1973, the Sydney Opera Hope was opened by Queen Elizabeth II.