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American Museum of Natural History is one of the largest natural and historic museums in t

he world and one of the main natural history research and education centres in the United States, set up in 1869 and located in the west of the Central Park, Manhattan District, New York. It【1】7 hectares in its total area,【2】classical types of buildings. The【3】of ancient creatures and humanity is【4】the first place of all the museums in the world,【5】the representative samples from South America, Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia were collected, besides those from the【6】country, the United States.

In the museum, there are five kinds of exhibits, including astronomy, mineralogy, human history, and animals in the【7】times and those in modern times. There are thirty-eight exhibition halls with different【8】from 500 to 1,500 square metres. Besides these, there is a Roosevelt Memorial Hall in【9】of President Roosevelt who supported the【10】of the museum, which is also used to have a special exhibition, showing the new important【11】on natural sciences and【12】affairs and social problems, and special topics connected closely with the life of the citizens. Besides this, it is also used for avocation【13】to have all kinds of scientific activities in the laboratories, centres of natural science and centres for citizens. There are more than 10【14】research departments mainly 【15】 for collection of samples, research and work of publication.

In the museum, there are【16】 and sub-libraries of Aulspond ancient amniote, with about 300 thousand books and magazines【17】natural history, many of 【18】 are very valuable monographs for the first edition. It has published many expert books and magazines, and a large number of propaganda materials,【19】which are the two magazines, Natural History and Members of Museum that have the biggest【20】of their magazines.

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A．explores

B．demonstrates

C．expands

D．covers

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第1题

When the author smelled cut grass again for the first time, she______.A．cried out loudlyB．

When the author smelled cut grass again for the first time, she______.

A．cried out loudly

B．wept in silence

C．couldn't help bursting into tears

D．was in the American Museum of Natural History

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第2题

A letter written by Charles Darwin in 1875 has been returned to the Smithsonian Instit

ution Archives (档案馆) by the FBI after being stolen twice.

"We realized in the mid-1970s that it was missing," says Effie Kapsalis, head of the Smithsonian Insitution Archives. "It was noted as missing and likely taken by an intern (实习生), from what the FBI is telling us. Word got out that it was missing when someone asked to see the letter for research purposes," and the intern put the letter back. "The intern likely took the letter again once nobody was watching it."

Decades passed. Finally, the FBI received a tip that the stolen document was located very close to Washington, D.C. Their art crime team recovered the letter but were unable to press charges because the time of limitations had ended. The FBI worked closely with the Archives to determine that the letter was both authentic and definitely Smithsonian's property.

The letter was written by Darwin to thank an American geologist, Dr. Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, for sending him copies of his research into the geology of the region that would become Yellowstone National Park.

The letter is in fairly good condition, in spite of being out of the care of trained museum staff for so long. "It was luckily in good shape," says Kapsalis, "and we just have to do some minor things in order to be able to unfold it. It has some glue on it that has colored it slightly, but nothing that will prevent us from using it. After it is repaired, we will take digital photos of it and that will be available online. One of our goals is to get items of high research value or interest to the public online."

It would now be difficult for an intern, visitor or a thief to steal a document like this. "Archiving practices have changed greatly since the 1970s," says Kapsalis, "and we keep our high value documents in a safe that I don't even have access to."

81.What happened to Darwin's letter in the 1970s____

A.It was recovered by the FBI

B.It was stolen more than once.

C.It was put in the archives for research purposes.

D.It was purchased by the Smithsonian Archives.

82.What did the FBI do after the recovery of the letter____

A.They proved its authenticity.

B.They kept it in a special safe.

C.They arrested the suspect immediately.

D.They pressed criminal charges in vain.

83.What is Darwin's letter about____

A.The evolution of Yellowstone National Park.

B.His cooperation with an American geologist.

C.Some geological evidence supporting his theory.

D.His acknowledgement of help from a professional.

84.What will the Smithsonian Institution Archives do with the letter according to Kapsalis____

A.Reserve it for research purposes only.

B.Turn it into an object of high interest.

C.Keep it a permanent secret.

D.Make it available online.

85.What has the past half century witnessed according to Kapsalis____

A.Growing interest in rare art objects.

B.Radical changes in archiving practices.

C.Recovery of various missing documents.

D.Increases in the value of museum exhibits.

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第3题

The Tuscan town of Vinci, birthplace of Leonardo and home to a museum of his machines, sho

uld fittingly put on a show of the television-robot sculptures of Nam Jun Paik. This Korean-born American artist and the Renaissance master are kindred spirits: Leonardo saw humanistic potential in his scientific experiments, Mr. Paik endeavors to harness media technology for artistic purposes. A pioneer of video art in the late 1960s, he treats television as a space for art images and as material for robots and interactive sculptures.

Mr. Paik was not alone. He and fellow artists picked on the video cameras because they offered an easy way to record their performance art. Now, to mark video art's coming of age, New York's Museum of Modern Art is looking back at their efforts in a film series called "The First Decade". It celebrates the early days of video by screening the archives of Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), one of the world's leading distributors of video and new media art, founded 30 years ago.

One of EAI's most famous alumni is Bill Viola. Part of the second generation of video artists, who emerged in the 1970s, Mr. Viola experimented with video's expressive potential. His camera explores religious ritual and universal ideas. The Viola show at the Deutsche Guggenheim in Berlin shows us moving-image frescoes that cover the gallery walls and envelop the viewer in all-embracing cycles of life and death.

One new star is a Californian, Doug Aitken, who took over London's Serpentine Gallery last October with an installation called "New Ocean". Some say Mr. Aitken is to video what Jackson Pollock was to painting. He drips his images from floor to ceiling, creating sequences of rooms in which the Space surrounds the viewer in hallucinatory images, of sound and light.

At the Serpentine, Mr. Aitken created a collage of moving images, on the theme of water's flow around the planet as a force of life. "I wanted to create a new topography in this work, a liquid image, to show a world that never stands still", he says. The boundary between the physical world and the world of images and information, he thinks, is blurring.

The interplay of illusion and reality, sound and image, references to art history, politics, film and television in this art form. that is barely 30 years old can make video art difficult to define. Many call it film-based or moving-image art to include artists who work with other cinematic media. At its best, the appeal of video art lies in its versatility, its power to capture the passing of time and on its ability to communicate both inside and outside gallery walls.

The birthplace of Leonardo is mentioned in the text ______.

A．to introduce the topic of the technology of video art.

B．to pay tribute to this Renaissance master.

C．to honor his contribution to scientific discoveries.

D．to outline the development of art television.

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第4题

"It was the beginning of a revolution in America and the world, a revolution that some hav

e yet to acknowledge and many have yet to appreciate," says Harold Skramstad, president of the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. 1776？ No indeed. 1896, when Frank Duryea finally perfected the Duryea Motor Wagon. At its first airing, the contraption rolled less than 100 metres before the transmission froze up. But by the end of 1896 Duryea had sold 13 of them, thus giving birth to the American motor industry. That industry (whose roots, outside America, are usually attributed to tinkerings by Messrs Daimler and Benz in Germany) is being celebrated hugely over the coming months, culminating with a Great American Cruise in Detroit in June. "Our goal is to attract the greatest collection of antique and classic cars this nation has ever seen in one place at one time," says Mr. Skramstad modestly.

Americans may indeed blame the car for almost everything that has happened to their country, and themselves, since 1896. The car has determined.

The way they live. From cradle to grave, the car marks every rite of American passage. Home by car from the maternity ward; first driving licence (usually at the age of 16); first (backseat) sexual experience; first car of one's own (and the make of car is a prime determinant of social status, symbolic of everything a person is or does). In Las Vegas, and elsewhere, Americans can get married at drive-in chapels. They then buy, or lust after, a house with garages big enough for not one but two or three cars. This allocates more space to cars than to children. And when the time comes, they may lie in state at a drive-through funeral home, where you can pay your respects without pulling over.

The way they shop. Main Street has been replaced by the strip mall and the shopping mall, concentrating consumer goods in an auto-friendly space. A large part of each shopping trip must now be spent, bags under chin, searching for the place where the car was left. (And another point: bags have annoyingly lost their carrying handles since shoppers ceased to be pedestrian) Since car-friendly living and shopping became the role, most built-up parts of America now look like every other part. There is simply no difference between a Burger Inn in California and one on the outskirts of Boston.

The way they eat. A significant proportion of Americans' weekly meals are now consumed inside cars, sometimes while parked outside the (drive-by) eatery concerned, sometimes en route, which leads to painful spillages in laps, leading to overburdening of the legal system. Dozens of laws have been written to deal with car cases, ranging from traffic disputes to product liability. Drive-by shootings require a car, as do most getaways. The car is a great crime accessory; and it als0 causes the deaths of nearly 40,000 Americans every year.

Personal finances. Before the age of the car, few people went into debt; no need to borrow money to buy a home. Now Americans tie themselves up with extended installment loans, and this in turn has spawned a whole financial industry.

The wealth of the nation. By 1908, an estimated 485 different manufacturers were building cars in the United States. Employment grew nearly 100-fold in the industry during the first decade of the 20th century. When Henry Ford, in a stroke of genius, automated his production line he required a rush of new, unskilled labour, which he enticed by offering an unheard-of $ 5 a day in wages. Henceforth, workers could actually afford to buy what they built.

And Americans never looked back. Today, the Big Three car manufacturers (Food, GM and Chrysler) generate more than $200 billion a year in business inside the United States. Directly and indirectly, the industry employs roughly one in seven workers. Every car job is reckoned to add $100,000 in goods and services to

A．introduce new models of automobiles

B．emphasize automobiles have brought wealth to the nation

C．commemorate the centenary anniversary of the birth of the American motor industry

D．illustrate the rapid development of automobile industry in America

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第5题

Jack didn't see the museum steps, so he ______ （fall)down.

Jack didn't see the museum steps, so he ______ (fall)down.

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第6题

- What are on show in the museum？- Some pictures______by middle-school students.A．takingB．

- What are on show in the museum？

- Some pictures______by middle-school students.

A．taking

B．having been taken

C．taken

D．being taken

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第7题

The museum has a fascinating collection of ranging from Iron Age pottery to Inuit cl

othing.

A) illustrations

B) performances

C) expositions

D)exhibits

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第8题

Jack didn't see the museum steps, so he ______ down. （fall)

Jack didn't see the museum steps, so he ______ down. (fall)

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第9题

When we ______ the museum is not decided. A. visitedB. visit C. will visitD

When we ______ the museum is not decided.

A. visited

B. visit

C. will visit

D. visiting

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第10题

You can buy lots of souvenirs in the Museum Store EXCEPT______A．T-shirts, spy TV showB．spy

You can buy lots of souvenirs in the Museum Store EXCEPT______

A．T-shirts, spy TV show

B．spy TV show, DVDs and CDs

C．movie-theme DVDs, cups

D．one-dollar red budge marked with a thumb fingerprint

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