1. Read the passage on Gustave Eiffel and his Tower. Complete the following table with information from the passage.

The Eiffel Tower was named after Gustave Eiffel, a Frenchman who designed the tower. He was born into a prosperous family on 15 December 1832. He took his graduation from the Central School of Engineering in Paris and went to work for a railway construction company. His mother thought that he would not go far. "Be patient, mum. I've got some ideas. You'll see," Gustave assured his mother. For years, Gustave made plan after plan of dams, factories, stations and structures of great sized buildings. All over Europe engineers copied them. In the middle of 1880s, a group of French industrialists persuaded the government to organize a World Fair in Paris. Gustave proposed a 986 feet tower of iron as a symbol of the fair. The construction of the tower began on 28 January 1887. Forty engineers and designers worked under Gustave's direction for two years. The tower was finally completed on 15 March 1889. It is the highest structure of iron made by man. No such structure had ever been constructed before. It is regarded as one of the wonders of the world.