阅读理解。 Art museums are places where people can learn about various cultures.
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museums" that are opening today, however, perform quite a different role. Unlike most art museums, the
design museum shows objects that are easily found by the general public. These museums sometimes even
place things like fridges and washing machines in the center of the hall.
People have argued that design museums are often made use of as advertisements for new industrial
technology. But their role is not simply a matter of sales-it is the honoring of excellently invented products.
The difference between the window of a department store and the showcase in a design museum is that the
first tries to sell you something, while the second tells you the success of a sale.
One advantage of design museums is that they are places where people feel familiar with the exhibits.
Unlike the average art museum visitors, design museum visitors seldom feel frightened or puzzled (困惑).
This is partly because design museums clearly show how and why mass-produced products work and look
as they do, and how design has improved the quality of our lives. Art museum exhibits, on the other hand,
would most probably fill visitors with a feeling that there is something beyond their understanding.
In recent years, several new design museums have opened their doors. Each of these museums has tried
to satisfy the public"s growing interest in the field with new ideas. London"s Design Museum, for example,
shows a collection of mass-produced objects from Zippo lighters to electric typewriters to a group of Italian
fish-tins. The choices open to design museums seem far less strict than those to art museums, and visitors
may also sense the humorous (幽默的) part of our society while walking around such exhibits as interesting
and unusually attractive toys collected in our everyday life.
B. help increase the sales of products
C. show why the products have sold well
D. attract more people than store windows do
B. are puzzled with technological exhibits
C. dislike exhibits in art museums
D. know the exhibits very well
B. are not aimed to interest the public
C. may fail to bring some pleasure to visitors
D. often contain precious exhibits
B. The exhibits of design museums
C. The nature of design museums
D. The choices open to design museums
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behind. They become "kidults" (kid+adult). Being a kidult has become a lifestyle-choice among young people
across Asia.
Some kidults collect toys they once played with. Hello Kitty, Garfield, and Snoopy have many adult fans
around the world. It is not unusual to see a 20-something woman with a big, Garfield-shaped cushion (坐垫)
on her sofa or a Hello Kitty mobile phone accessory (挂件).
Other kidults still enjoy children"s stories and fairy tales. For example, Bloomsbury even published the
Harry Potter novels with an adult cover. That way, no one else on the subway will know that an adult is
actually reading a children"s book!
"Kidults can be like vitamins to society. Adults who value their childhood and hold on to pure, child-like
emotion may be needed in such a rough and dry society," said Lee Sojung, professor of Foreign Studies at
Hankuk University (韩国外国语大学). He added that kidult culture may fill the generation gap between adults
and kids. It could give children and their parents books, movies, and cartoon shows to enjoy together. He may
be right.
Tim Greenhalgh, a professor, explained that some kidults just refuse to grow up. They value childhood
because life in a busy and stressful city frightens them. Kidults would like to forget their age and openly show
their fear of society and adulthood.
B. Bloomsbury thinks it can attract more readers.
C. Bloomsbury knows kidults prefer to chose books for adults in nature.
D. Bloomsbury thinks the cover with an adult is better.
B. it can make people listen to their parents
C. it can improve the relationship between parents and their kids
D. it can help kidults feel relaxed
B. kidults have mental problems
C. being a kidult is nothing wrong
D. some people can never grow up
according to an official trying to whip the national language into shape. The unusual name stands out especially
in Mandarin (普通话), which has no alphabet and instead uses tens of thousands of multi-stroke (多笔画的)
characters to represent words. "The whole world uses it to write emails, and translated into Chinese it means
"love him"", the father explained, according to the deputy chief of the State Language Commission Li Yuming.
While the @ symbol is familiar to Chinese email users, they often use the English word "at" to sound it out.
With a drawn-out "t", this sounds something like "ai ta", or "love him", to Mandarin speakers. Li says the name
is an extreme example of people"s increasingly adventurous approach to Mandarin, as commercialization and the
Internet break down conventions (习俗).
Another couple tried to give their child a name that in English sounds like "King Osrina".
Li did not say if officials accepted the "＠"name. But earlier this year the government announced a ban on
names using Arabic numerals and foreign languages. Sixty million Chinese face the problem that their names
use ancient characters so uncommon that computers cannot recognize them and even fluent speakers are left
scratching their heads, said Li, according to a transcript on the government website. One of them is the former
Premier Zhu Rongji, whose name has a rare "rong" character that gives newspaper editors headaches.
B. Because they wanted their baby to haw an international name.
C. Because the @ symbol is familiar to email users all over the world.
D. Because die ＠symbol sounds something like "ai ta", which means "love him" in Chinese.
B. many Chinese people use Arabic numerals in their names
C. a majority of the Chinese people are having longer names
D. there is little possibility for the "@" name to be officially accepted
B. even native speakers can"t find these characters in their computers
C. even those who are expert at Chinese can"t recognize these characters
D. even those who are expert at Chinese find it hard to accept these names
devil and ugliness?
Have you read the book The Wolf Totem (狼图腾) by a famous writer Jiang Rong which tells the story
of the relationship between wolves and human beings? Have you ever 1 the wolves" world? If you had,
you would 2 the wolves.
In the book, wolves are heroes on the large grassland. They know more about 3 than humans. They
can attack lambs without disturbing their mothers. They also know how to 4 full use of the shape of land
to 5 sheep. I believe that if wolves were humans, they would be 6 experts good at fighting.
The wolf is a kind of special creature that can deeply understand 7 . Each wolf serves its group with its
heart and soul. A 8 wolf has little power, but a pack of wolves 9 nothing. All the wolves obey the rules.
10 they are defeated, they run away together. It is their teamwork 11 makes wolves powerful.
The wolves also have great self-respect and won"t 12 to anyone. The writer, who wrote the book The
Wolf Totem, 13 stole a one-month-old baby wolf and raised it very carefully. To his 14 , he found the little
wolf still wanted to go back with 15 wolves. He bit through the iron chain that limited him. The wolf was
16 and he never gave in, fighting 17 his death. The little wolf died as a glorious fighter.
I was shocked by this kind of 18 : wolves are one of the most respected creatures on earth. I want everyone
to look at wolves in a 19 way. They are our teachers. They show us how to survive and 20 in this not simple
and dangerous world. Please honor the wolves, please honor all these heroes of nature!
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| From the earliest times, man has been interested in art. People have often worked together to collect and save the world"s art treasures. Fine art treasures from many countries are kept in an art museum called the Louvre in Paris, France. The works of art have been collected by the people of France over many centuries. The Louvre has not always been a museum. The first building was a fort (炮台). In 1190, it was the king"s castle with high walls and a round tower. It had a moat to prevent his enemies from walking in. Over the years, the number of buildings around the castle grew. By 1350, the castle was no longer needed as a fort. The Louvre became a palace home for French kings and queens. During times of peace, new treasures were brought in. During days of war, many treasures were stolen, and the buildings were damaged. When Francis I became king of France in 1515, he brought in artists from many countries. One of the artists was Leonardo da Vinci from Italy. Da Vinci"s "Mona Lisa" is the best known painting in the museum today. In 1793, the Louvre became a public museum, just as it is now. It is a place where art treasures have been saved for everyone to enjoy. | |||
| 1. On the whole,this passage is mainly about _____. | |||
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| A. an art museum called the Louvre B. an Italian artist named Leonardo da Vinci C. a king of France named Francis I D. the best known painting in Louvre | |||
| 2. Why is it good for great art to be kept in public museums? | |||
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| A. It helps people remember who the King of France is. B. It keeps people out of the palaces. C. It gives everyone a chance to enjoy good art. D. It helps people to know who is the greatest artist. | |||
| 3. From the passage we know that _____. | |||
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| A. it is not possible for treasures to be stolen B. old forts always make the best museums C. great art should be shared with all the people D. king Francis I of France brought in artists from an old fort | |||
| 4. In the third paragraph the word "moat" probably means _____. | |||
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| A. a high tower built in former times where soldiers watched out for enemies B. a long and deep ditch (沟) dug round a castle and was usually filled with water C. a cart pulled by horses on which soldiers fought D. a long and high wall around castle | |||
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| In the United States, there were some well-constructed houses for native Indians, ranging from the simple brush shelter to the five-storied pueblo. In the eastern United States, one of the existing types was that commonly know under the Algonkian name of wigwam in which the Iroquois Indians lived. The wigwams were of wagon-top shape with straight sides and ends, made by bending young trees to form the round shape. Over this shape pieces of tree bark were laid to protect the Indians from bad weather. Over the bark dried grass was added. A small hole allowed smoke to escape from the top. Doorways at each end served also as windows, The Iroquois Indians built trunk walls all around their villages. The wall had only one opening, They could quickly close this opening if their enemies came near. Interestingly, the Choctaw Indians in Mississippi also lived in a wigwam of a most primitive (原始的) construction, but different from those of the Iroquois Indians. The Choctaw Indians" wigwams, made from mud, cane and straw, were in the form of a bee-hive. The covering was made of a long, tough grass. A post in the centre supported the roof. A hole in the top admitted the light, and allowed the smoke to pass out. The tipi tent-housing of the upper lake and plains area was put up with poles set lightly in the ground, tied together near the top, and covered with bark and grass in the lake country. It was easily portable, and two women could set it up or take it down within an hour. The Pawnee, Mandan and other Indian tribes (部落) along the Missouri built solid ring-shaped structures of trunk, covered with earth and dried grass, housing a dozen families. The Wichita and other tribes of the Texas border built large ring-shaped houses covered with dried grass. Apart from the regular housing, almost every tribe had some style of housing. | |||
| 1. Which of the following pictures shows the house for the Iroquois Indians? | |||
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A.  B.  C.  D.  | |||
| 2. According to the passage, the Pawnee Indians built their houses _____. | |||
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| A. with openings in the trunk walls B. large enough for several families C. in a ring shape with bark and mud D. by bending young trees to form the shape | |||
| 3. All the native Indian houses described in the passage were _____. | |||
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| A. of the same shape B. covered with grass C. built with a post in the centre D. built with doorways at each end | |||
| 4. The passage suggests that _____. | |||
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| A. all the native Indians built trunk walls all around their houses B. all the native Indian houses were built with poles tied together C. the Iroquois Indians took safety into account while building their wigwams D. the Choctaw Indians in Mississippi built their wigwams with straight sides and ends |