Welcome to the British Museum (WWW.britishmuseum.org)where you can experience cultures across the globe, from the dawn of human history to the present. Here is some information you need to notice.
Opening times
Daily: 10: 00-17:00(Fridays:20:30)
Last entry: 16:00(Fridays: 19:30)
How to book
●We’re limiting numbers of people in the Museum to ensure there’s room for you to safely enjoy your visit. You’re advised to book a free ticket to guarantee Museum entry.
●To book, simply pick the date and time you’d like to visit.
●The date or time you wish to visit has no availability. Please note that walk-up visits are available each day for those who arrive at the Museum without advance bookings. But this does depend on capacity, as walk-up entry cannot be guaranteed.
●To book tickets for exhibitions, click here. Your exhibition ticket also gives you access to the permanent collection.
Entering the Museum
●Entry to the Museum is via the Main entrance on Great Russell Street or the Montague Place entrance.
●Once you’ve gone through the Main entrance, an easy access queuing route is available for disabled visitors, visitors with pushchairs and/or children under five, Members, exhibition and general admission ticket-holders.
●All visitors must pass through a security check which involves a bag search.
We look forward to welcoming you.
1. Which of the following is incorrect as to the visit time?| A．Final admission is one hour before closing. |
| B．Visitors can enjoy a longer stay on Fridays. |
| C．The museum is open for at least 7 hours every day. |
| D．The museum is closed at 16:00 except on Fridays. |
| A．Spend some money buying tickets in advance. |
| B．Have your bag checked for security purposes. |
| C．Buy extra tickets for permanent collection. |
| D．Guarantee the availability of walk-up visits. |
| A．On the Internet. | B．In a booklet. |
| C．In a magazine. | D．On a TV program. |
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【推荐1】With its snow-covered mountains and a variety of wildlife, Yellow Stone National Park is one of the scenic treasures of the United States. Located primarily in Wyoming, the park hosts millions of visitors every year. If you plan to travel within the park, keep in mind advice from the National Park Service.
Seasonal Travel
Travel varies vastly from season to season. Roads are generally open in the summer except for cases of rock or mud slides, wild fires, accidents or road construction. Early snows in the fall can cause some roads to close temporarily. In the winter almost all roads are closed to motor vehicles, but snowmobiles and other snow vehicles with tracks are allowed. Roads begin to open for the spring by the latter part of April but can close if snowfall continues.
Driving Time
Grand Loop is the main road through Yellowstone National Park; it passes by most of the major attractions. These include Old Faithful, Yellowstone Lake and the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone. The maximum speed limit on the Grand Loop is 45 miles per hour, but the speed limit drops during some of the winding and twisting sections of this narrow road. Allow yourself at least two days to fully travel the loop due to the size of the park and being sometimes stuck in heavy traffic.
Safety Awareness
Buffalo(水牛)often block the roads in the park as they move through the fields. If a group is traveling across the road you are on, you can either wait for them to pass or find an alternative route. If you get out of your vehicle, the National Park Service says to stay at least 25 yards from any buffalo (and 100 yards or more away from bears and wolves). Buffalo are particularly unpredictable and charge people at speeds up to 30 mph.
You can take your bicycle on any public roads and routes designed for bikes, but bicycles are not allowed on the park roads which are narrow with few shoulders. Altitudes range from 5, 300 to 8, 860 feet. The National Park Service recommends cyclists wear helmets and noticeable clothing.
1. What do we know about travelling in the Yellowstone Park?| A．Roads will stay open in case of emergency. |
| B．Traffic jam happens from time to time. |
| C．The driving speed on the road can be 50 mph. |
| D．Motor vehicles are allowed in the winter. |
| A．Stay inside the car throughout the travel. |
| B．Get out of their vehicles when coming across the Buffalo. |
| C．Wear the easy-to-see clothes while bicycling. |
| D．Avoid bicycling on the public roads. |
| A．A guidebook. |
| B．A commercial advertisement. |
| C．A research paper. |
| D．A geography textbook. |
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Beauty of mushrooms
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Out in the Storm
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The movie Their Finest, set during World War Ⅱ, centers on the film division of the British Ministry of Information, where Catrin Cole (Gemma Arterton) is employed, making movies that appeal to women. Film critic Peter Rainer writes that “the film’s best comic character is Ambrose Hilliard … performed with plenty of playful fun by that great scene-stealer Bill Nighy.” Their Finest is available on DVD and Blu-ray.
1. What do we know about Katie Crutchfield’s band?| A．It performs folk music. |
| B．Its target audience is women. |
| C．It is an overnight success. |
| D．Its members are female. |
| A．To tell world time across different places. |
| B．To record users’ important meetings. |
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| D．To recommend overseas flights to users. |
| A．Gemma Arterton. | B．Ambrose Hilliard. | C．Peter Rainer. | D．Bill Nighy. |
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【推荐1】More sections of the wall surrounding the Forbidden City in the heart of Beijing are now open to the public, reported the Bejing Daily on Thursday.
The Palace Museum in the Forbidden City has opened the southern, eastern and northern sections of the wall, most of which were previously closed to the public, including the section from the Wumen Gate（Meridian Gate）at the southern end to the southwest corner tower. Visitors can walk on the wall and overlook three-quarters of the palace.
Built in the 1400s, the Forbidden City’s wall is the largest and best preserved royal palace wall in China, with a length of 3，437. 6 meters. It is 9. 3 meters high and 8. 55 meters wide at the base, tapering to 6. 63 meters at the top.
The wall has a gate on each side. At the four corners of the wall sit towers, which are the most visible parts of the palace to people outside. Their splendid roof structure and shadows in the water surrounding the palace always draw crowds who photograph the beautiful scenery.
According to Shan Jixiang, curator（馆长）of the Palace Museum, the move was mainly to avoid overcrowding during China’s week-long Golden Week holiday and offer visitors more opportunities to see the cultural relics. Such an arrangement will remain in place after the National Day In recent years, the Palace Museum has taken many measures to control the number of visitors, while unveiling more areas to the public.
In2015，to celebrate its 90th anniversary, the museum made 65 percent of the royal complex, including a small section of the wall, accessible to the public.
1. Which of the following is not open to the public before？| A．The wall surrounding the Forbidden City. |
| B．The section around the Wumen Gate. |
| C．The Palace Museum in the Forbidden City. |
| D．The cultural relics in the Forbidden City. |
| A．It is the highest wall in China. |
| B．It is the strongest wall in China. |
| C．The wall has only one gate-Wumen. |
| D．It has towers at each corner. |
| A．To hold more visitors during the Golden Week holiday. |
| B．To show how large and crowded the Forbidden City is. |
| C．To make more money by opening more places to the public. |
| D．To attract more visitors during the Golden Week holiday. |
| A．Discovering. | B．Completing. |
| C．Opening | D．Reducing |
School children are walking in a corn field maze. The corn is cut into tricky passageways that make it difficult to find a way out. The children are from Yorktown Elementary School in Bowie Maryland. They have traveled to Montpelier Farms in Prince George’s County which is also in Maryland. The farm is about 40 kilometers from The White House.
Debbie Pierson is the student’s teacher. “We go on these kind of field trips so that the children will have a hands-on experience of what it’s like to be on a farm,” Pierson said.
In Loudoun County Virginia, there are farms where grapes are grown for use in making wine. Many of the farms let people visit, and drink the wine that is made there. Bill Hatch owns the Zephaniah Farm Vineyard. He holds wine tastings in his home. “We are doubling the number of visitors to our farm every year. We have an average of 250 people on a weekend,” Hatch said.
As more people visit farms, more farmers are adding activities in which visitors can take part.
Malcolm Baldwin owns WeatherLea Farm and Vineyard in Loudoun County. Six years ago, he began letting people be married at his farm. They can also sleep at the farm overnight. Mr. Baldwin says the money he makes from these activities let him keep his small farm operating. “But without the animals, and without the vines, the wedding business wouldn’t be as profitable (有利可图的), because people like to see the vines. They like to see the animals and without which I don’t think this will be a popular place,” Baldwin said.
1. We can infer from the first paragraph that people always go for field trips in _______.
| A．Spring | B．Summer | C．Autumn | D．Winter |
| A．puzzle | B．trip | C．house | D．activity |
| A．taste the wine made in the USA |
| B．raise and hunt animals |
| C．do wedding business |
| D．have fun as well as bring him money |
【推荐3】Sweat slips down my cheek as I glide (滑动) my fingers through the cool water. I’ve reached the turnaround point of the day’s kayaking (皮划艇) trip. I attempt a shoulder stretch and look around. It’s just me, a couple of seabirds, and shining freshwater to the horizon. This, I whisper to myself, is awesome.
Solo (独自的) outings had never crossed my mind before because I always had a friend with me. But three years ago, I moved to Cleveland. Meeting friends in a new city was tough.
In October 2020, I decided to take adventure on a solo hiking trip. I went to Cuyahoga Valley National Park (CVNP) to admire the autumn leaves. Four miles in, I couldn’t remember the last time I’d felt so alive. I was more aware of my surroundings than I’d ever been while hiking that day. I studied the markings of trees, focused my ears on each forest sound and did something I almost never made time for: I listened to my own thoughts. Every word bubble in my mind pointed to a newfound truth-solo hiking is my happy place.
When spring arrived, I decided to check off another solo sport: kayaking. My chest, initially tightened by nerves, was bursting with happiness when I finally reached the middle of the river that I’d long admired back on shore.
Since that first solo hiking, adventuring alone has become like medicine for me. It has also pushed me to go beyond my comfort zone and to meet new people. Through meetups and social media, my adventure-friend circle has ballooned. But at least once per month, I schedule time to hit nature with my favorite friend: me.
1. What pushed the author to start going on solo outings?| A．A longing for a peaceful life. |
| B．A desire to challenge herself. |
| C．Living close to a national park. |
| D．Difficulty in finding companions. |
| A．She explored a new route for hiking. |
| B．She paid attention to her inner voice. |
| C．She collected a variety of autumn leaves. |
| D．She recorded the forest sounds on her phone. |
| A．Surprised. | B．Delighted. | C．Nervous. | D．Lonely. |
| A．restarted | B．transformed | C．disappeared | D．expanded |
| Book: Face to Face Author: Ved Mehta Blind since the age of four, the author led a lonely childhood in India until he was accepted to the Arkansas School for the Blind, to which he flew alone at 15. America and the school changed his life，leading him to degrees at Oxford and Harvard and a fruitful writing career. | Book: Courage Beyond Compare Author: Sanjay Sharma The 10 well-known people in the book are champions in different fields like athletics, swimming and badminton, who have brought glory to the country and widely considered as heroes. They overcame their physical limitations to reach the top of their chosen fields. |
| Book: No Looking Back Author: Shivani Gupta Shivani had thrown a party one evening and awoke the next morning in hospital because of a car crash. It took Shivani years of pain, struggle and determination to regain control of her life and her body. Then tragedy (悲剧) struck again As a newly-married woman, Shivani drove to Manali with her family, a truck crashed into her car. Shivani refused to give in-she wouldn’t let her injury keep her from continuing her life. | Book: This Star Won7t Go Out Author: Lori and Wayne Earl Diagnosed (诊断) with cancer at 12, Esther Earl was a bright and talented, but very normal teenager. She lived a hope-filled and generous life. A cheerful, positive and encouraging daughter，sister and friend, Esther died in 2010, shortly after turning 16, but not before inspiring thousands through her growing online presence. |
| A．He was born blind. | B．He suffered from cancer. |
| C．He was a hero worldwide. | D．He left India himself at 15. |
| A．Face to Face. | B．Courage Beyond Compare. |
| C．No Looking Back. | D．This Star Won Y Go Out. |
| A．Her strong will. | B．Her happy marriage. |
| C．Her family support. | D．Her dream of writing. |
【推荐2】Our history is rich with remarkable scientists who helped advance the development of our society. Here are some of them.
Isaac Newton (1643-1727)
Isaac Newton is considered by many to be the greatest scientist of all time. There weren’t many subjects that Newton didn’t have a significant impact on—he was one of the inventors of calculus (微积分), built the first reflecting telescope, and helped establish the field of classical mechanics(力学). He was the first to divide white light into its component colors and he gave us the three laws of motion, now known as Newton’s laws.
Emmy Noether (1882-1935)
Emmy Noether was a German mathematician particularly known for Noether’s theorem, which establishes a fundamental connection in symmetries (对称) in physics. It is considered a milestone of modern theoretical physics. Her contributions are foundational in various branches of mathematics as well, such as abstract algebra, algebraic geometry and topology.
Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855)
Carl Friedrich Gauss was born in a poor family in Germany and quickly showed himself to be a brilliant mathematician. He published Disquisitiones Arithmeticae, a foundational textbook that laid out the principles of number theory. Many of the advancements that we’ve made in using computers to solve problems are solved using number theory. Gauss was productive, and his work on number theory was just a small part of his contribution to math.
John von Neumann (1903-1957)
Before 1940, John von Neumann focused primarily on mathematics. Then he turned to its practical use, designing the structure of nearly every single computer today. Right now, whatever device that you are reading this on, whether a phone or computer, is cycling through a series of basic steps billions of times over each second, steps that were first thought up by John von Neumann. Remarkably, He proposed a theory of global warming caused by human activity.
1. Who put forward a theory about an environmental issue?| A．Isaac Newton. | B．Emmy Noether. | C．Carl Friedrich Gauss. | D．John von Neumann. |
| A．They showed a gift for physics since young. |
| B．They contributed a lot to the computer field. |
| C．They were highly established in mathematics. |
| D．They were from a similar family background. |
| A．Environment. | B．Figure. | C．Culture. | D．News. |
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1. The five passes all include ________.
| A．a dinner cruise | B．a magic show | C．a city tour | D．a trolley ride |
| A．visitors can return their tickets |
| B．reservations cannot be cancelled |
| C．passes cannot be shared among users |
| D．users can visit attractions more than once |
| A．write an e-mail | B．make a phone call |
| C．send a text message | D．fill out an online form |
| A．Leisure & Travel | B．Health & Beauty |
| C．Restaurants & Food | D．Sports & Entertainment |
