阅读理解。 Visitors to museums have to pay "voluntary" admission fees, Boris John
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of London, urged yesterday. He said that encouraging visitors to set a value on museums and art
galleries, which have been free since 2001, would work extremely well. Mr. Johnson held up New
York"s Metropolitan Museum of Art as a model. Although New York"s museums are officially free,
visitors are strongly encouraged to pay a recommended entry fee of $20. At the Met, entry is
impossible without first going to the ticket desk.
Mr. Johnson"s spokesman later admitted that free admission was a "huge draw" for London, but
he said, "Having visited the Met last week, the mayor is impressed by how they maximize voluntary
contributions and believes there are lessons to be learnt." Mark Jones, director of the Victoria and
Albert Museum, told The Times that the museum already requested a ?3 donation but was not as
forceful as New York"s institutions. He said, "I"m not in favor of anything that makes people feel they
won"t want to go because they feel like they will have to pay."
When entrance fees to national museums were decided not to be charged here in 2001, there was
a 70 percent increase in visitor numbers in the first year. Political parties have since been unwilling to
suggest change, despite concerns about cost. Hugo Swire, the former Shadow Culture Secretary, was
dismissed(解雇) in 2007 for suggesting that "museums and galleries should have the right to charge if
they wish".
Some in the art community argue, however, that free entrance has done little to increase the breadth
(广泛) of visitors and has caused shortfalls in the budget(预算) for the museums. In response to it,
Colin Tweedy, chief executive of Arts & Business, said that Britain was "leading the world" in allowing
its treasures to be freely available. He said, "To return to museum charging would be a return to the
dark ages."
Ben Bradshaw, the Culture Secretary, said, "The mayor showed his true intention when he suggested
those who could afford it should be encouraged to contribute to the arts. I believe it is a disaster for the
culture, arts and sport." He thinks that free museums and galleries have once been one of this
Government"s great successes.
B. most museums in London have admission fees
C. Metropolitan Museum of Art is not officially free
D. free entry is impossible to New York"s museums
B. admission fees should be forceful
C. he is in favor of New York"s action
D. he has a consideration for the visitors
B. has been opposed by political parties
C. has no influence on the number of visitors
D. has caused financial problems to the museums
B. Decrease in the number of visitors.
C. Ensuring visitors" benefits.
D. Free access to museums.
答案
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his best friend-a bird called Woodstock.
Created by the American cartoonist Charles Schulz in 1950, the clever dog is loved
by generations of kids and adults. He speaks more than 20 languages and appears daily
in 26,000 newspapers around the world.
When Snoopy first appeared, he was not different from other pet dogs. But two
years later, he had begun to speak with simple words and sounds. By 1957 he could
walk on two legs and was going to school with his master, Charlie Brown, who failed
in just about everything. Later he learned to use the typewriter.
Snoopy has done lots of jobs. He has been a bowtie wearing lawyer, a tennis player,
an Olympic figure skater, a world famous grocery checkout clerk, a pilot and even the
first astronaut on the moon.
However, Snoopy has always dreamed of being a famous writer. The beginning of
his story is always, "It was a dark and stormy night..." Unfortunately for him no one has
ever wanted to publish the story.
In love, Snoopy is as much of a failure as Charlie Brown is at baseball. He easily falls in
love but always has his heart broken. He eats to forget, but it never works.
Snoopy is an insightful (富有洞察力的), feelgood and sometimes sad dog. If you think
a little about his words, you might find them full of life lessons. Among his most famous
lines are "To live is to dance, to dance is to live." and "Yesterday I was a dog. Today
I"m a dog. Tomorrow I"ll probably still be a dog. Sigh! There"s so little hope for advancement"．
B. a player
C. a clerk
D. a writer
B. Snoopy can not speak in the beginning
C. Snoopy often dreams of true love
D. Snoopy is a real smart pet dog
B. is a wellknown writer and clerk
C. has been unfortunate since it was born
D. is very popular in the whole world
B. progress
C. growth
D. popularity
For someone who is such a successful investor, Warren Buffett comes off as a pretty ordinary guy.
He was born on August 30, 1930. __1__ He used to go doortodoor and sell soda water. When his
family moved to Washington, Buffett became a paperboy for The Washington Post. Buffett ran his five
paper routes and even added magazines to round out his product offerings. While still in school, he was
making$ 175 a month, a fulltime wage for many men.
__2__ He spent $ 1,200 on 40 acres of farmland in Nebraska. He and a friend also made $ 50 a
week by placing pinball machines in barber shops. They called their venture(企业) Wilson Coin
Operated Machine Co.
Already a successful smalltime businessman, Buffett wasn"t interested in going to college but ended
up at the University of Pennsylvania-his father encouraged him to go. __3__ But he was turned down,
which had to be one of the worst admission decisions in Harvard history. The outcome affected Buffett"s
life, for he ended up attending Columbia Business School, where he studied under Professor Benjamin
Graham the father of securities analysis who provided the foundation (基础) for Buffett"s investment
strategy.
From the beginning, Buffett made his fortune from investing. He started with all the money he had
made from selling soda water, delivering papers, and operating pinball machines. Between 1950 and
1956, he grew his $ 9,800 to $ 14,000. __4__ And then he gradually drew in other investors through
word of mouth and very attractive terms.
__5__ He doesn"t collect houses or cars or works of art, and he disdains(鄙视) companies that
waste money on expensive cars, private dining rooms, and highpriced real villas. He is a creature of
habit-same house, same office, same city, same soda water.
A. Then Buffett applied to Harvard Business School.
B. Buffett is more likely to be found in a fourstar restaurant.
C. When he was 14, Buffett developed great interest in investment.
D. Even as a young child, Buffett was serious about making money.
E. One thing is for sure about Buffett: he is happy to do what he is doing.
F. Buffett"s investment strategy mirrors his lifestyle and his overall philosophy.
G. From there, he organized investment partnerships with his family and friends.
Born on February 9, 1954 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Christopher Gardner never know his
father. He lived with his mother, Bettye Jean Gardner, whom he adored, and, when necessary,
in fosterhomes (寄养家庭). Despite a life of hardship, his mother provided him with strong
"spiritual genes" and taught him some of the greatest lessons of his life, which he follows to this
day.
She convinced him that in spite of where he came from, he could attain whatever goals he set
for himself by saying, "If you want to, one day you could make a million dollars." Gardner believed
this to be fact, and knew he would have to find a career he could be passionate (热情的) about,
one that would allow him to "be worldclass".
Though he was hardworking and determined, a series of circumstances in the early 1980"s left
him homeless in San Francisco and the single guardian of his 2yearold son. He was unwilling to give
up his son and his dream of financial independence. Though without connections or a college degree,
he still somehow earned a spot in a stockbroker (股票经纪人) training program. Often spending his
nights in a church shelter or the bathroom at a train station in Oakland, Gardner ended up the only
trainee offered a job at Dean Witter Reynolds in 1981.
Today, he"s the CEO of Christopher Gardner International Holdings, a company he founded with
offices in New York, Chicago, and San Francisco. The amazing story of his life was published as an
autobiography, The Pursuit of Happiness, and is the inspiration (灵感,启示) for the movie of the
same name starring Will Smith.
B. the goal he set for himself
C. the fact to make a million dollars
D. his future career
B. Gardner did finish his stockbroker training program
C. Gardner had to make a choice between his dream and his beloved son
D. it is impossible for one without a college degree to get a job as a stockbroker
B. an orphantomillionaire story
C. a CEOtostar story
D. a failuretosuccess story
of the National Basketball Association. Lin was born on August on 23, 1988 in Los Angeles,
California , and grew up in a Christian family in the San Francisco Bay Area city of Palo Alto. His
parents, Gie-Ming and Shirley, emigrated from Taiwan to the United States in the mid-1970s. They
are dual nationals of both Taiwan and the U.S.
Lin"s parents are both 5 feet 6 inches tall. His maternal grandmother"s family was tall, and her father
was over 6 feet. Lin has an older brother, Josh , and a younger brother , Joseph .
In his senior year in 2005-2006, Lin captained Palo Alto High School to a 32-1 record and upset
nationally ranked Mater Dei , 51-47 , for the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Division II
state title . He was named first - team All-State and Northern California Division II Player of the Year,
ending his senior year averaging 15.1 points , 7.1 assists , 6.2 rebounds and 5.0 steals .
Lin sent his resume and a DVD of highlights of his high school basketball career to many universities.
Harvard and Brown were the only teams that guaranteed him a spot on their basketball teams.
In July 2005, then-Harvard assistant coach Bill Holden saw that Lin was 6 feet 3 inches, which fit
the physical attributes he was seeking , and he had a 4.2 grade point average in high school , which fit
Harvard"s academic standards . However, Holden was not initially impressed with Lin"s on-court abilities, and told Lin"s high school basketball coach , Peter Diepenbrock , that Lin was a "Division III player".
Later that week, Holden saw Lin playing in a much more competitive game, driving to the basket at
every opportunity with the "instincts of a killer". Lin became a top-priority for Holden. Harvard coaches
feared that Stanford, close to Lin"s home, would offer Lin a scholarship, but it did not , and Lin chose to
attend Harvard .
Joe Lacob, incoming Warriors" owner and Stanford booster, said Stanford"s failure to accept Lin
"was really stupid. The kid was right across the street. If you can"t recognize that, you"ve got a problem."
Kerry Keating, the UCLA assistant who offered Lin the opportunity to walk-on , said in hindsight that
Lin would probably have ended up starting at point guard for UCLA (University of California at Los
Angeles ) .
B. He was brought up in a Chinese-American family .
C. His parents are of medium height .
D. He is the oldest son in his family .
B. Lin is an excellent captain of a basketball team
C. Lin is an excellent organizer on the basketball court
D. Lin has a large number of fans all over the country
B. he finally found Lin with the instincts of a killer
C. he found Lin was a very active basketball player
D. his all-round abilities fit Harvard"s academic standards
B. Lin can make a good captain of the university basketball team
C. Lin is hopeful to be an excellent point guard
D. some Division I coaches have problems finding good basketball players
ked nothing better than to explore the banks of the Missouri River, where she climbed trees and hunted rats with her rifle (步枪).
She also built her own roller coaster (过山车).
The exciting life of the American aviation (航空) pioneer is dramatized in the movie Amelia, which is
due to come out on October 23.
After Earhart paid a pilot $1 to take her up for a short fly in his plane, aviation became her love and
career.
As she later explained, "Never do things others can do and will do, if there are things others cannot do or will not do."
Earhart found herself a flying teacher and started to learn to fly. She took all sorts of jobs to pay for
the lessons and to buy a secondhand plane on her 24th birthday.
In 1932, Earhart flew solo (单独地) across the Atlantic. She became the first woman to make the
solo crossing. She also made a flying suit for women and went on to design other clothes for women who
led active lives. "Now and then women should do for themselves what men have already done-occasionally what men have not done-thereby establishing themselves as persons, and perhaps encouraging other
women toward greater independence of thought and action," she said.
When she was nearly 40, Earhart was ready for a final challenge-to be the first woman to fly around
the world.However, in the flight, she and her navigator (领航员) disappeared in bad weather.
Earhart will be forever remembered as a brave pioneer for both aviation and for women.
B. Earhart never did things others could and would do.
C. Earhart"s love for aviation came after she flew a plane for a short time.
D. In Earhart"s opinion, women should think and act more independently.
B. adopted
C. published
D. created
B. Earhart"s ambition was to fly across the Atlantic
C. Earhart challenged herself constantly
D. Besides flying, Earhart also designed planes and clothes
B. a newspaper
C. a guidebook
D. an advertisement
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