1 . Visitor Services

Visiting the museum’s collections is always FREE to the public.

Some special exhibitions may carry a charge and tickets may be purchased online, at the ticket counter, or by calling 216-421-7350.

Standard Operating Hours

Tuesdays, Thursday, Saturdays, Sundays 10:00 a. m. ‒ 5:00 p. m.

Wednesdays, Fridays 10:00 a. m. ‒ 9:00 p. m.

Closed Mondays.

Holidays Hours

Closed January 1, July 4, Thanksgiving Day, and December 25. The museum will close at 4:00 p. m. on December 24 and December 31.

Bags, Purses, Backpacks and Umbrellas

Larger than 11 * 15 * 6 inches must be checked at coat check or stored in a locker. All umbrellas must be checked at the coat check.

Food & Drinks

Outside food and drinks are not permitted in the galleries.

Photograph

Photography is permitted for noncommercial purposes of objects from the museum’s permanent collection.

Photography is NOT permitted of works of art on loan, under copyright, or in special exhibitions. Flash photography, tripods（三脚架）, and video cameras are not permitted.

Join us in preserving art for the future ‒ Please do not touch the Works of art!

Why? Believe it or not, even the oils from your skin will cause severe lasting damage to artworks over time. Help preserve these masterworks for future generations by your eyes, minds, and voice ‒ but not your fingers! Thank you.

1. When can people visit the Museum?

A．At 10:00 am, December 24.	B．At 4:00 pm, December 31.
C．At 10:00 am, January 1.	D．At 5:00 pm, July 4.

2. What are prohibited during the visit?

A．Carrying purses and backpacks.

B．Eating and drinking.

C．Taking along cameras and phones.

D．Photographing the works of art on loan.

3. What’s the main purpose of this text?

A．To attract more visitors.

B．To provide visit services to visitors.

C．To make some warnings to preserve art.

D．To call on visitors to preserve art.

2 . In the summer of 1978 an English farmer was driving his tractor through a field of wheat when he discovered that some of his wheat was lying flat on the ground. The fattened (压平的) wheat formed a circle about six meters across. Around this circle were four smaller circles of flattened wheat. The five circles were in a formation like five dots. During the following years, farmers in England found the strange circles in their fields more and more often.
The circles are called “crop circles” because they appear in the fields of grain - usually wheat or corn. The grain in the circles lies flat on the ground but never broken; it continues to grow, and farmers can later harvest it. Farmers always discover the crop circles in the morning, so the circles probably form at night. They appear only in the months from May to September.
At first, people thought that the circles were a hoax. Probably young people were making them as a joke, or farmers were making them to attract tourists. To prove that the circles were a hoax, people tried to make circles exactly like the ones that farmer had found. They couldn’t do it. They couldn’t enter a field of grain without leaving tracks(痕迹), and they couldn’t flatten the grain without breaking it.
Many people believe that beings from outer space are making the circle to communicate with us from far away and that the crop circles are messages from them.
Scientists who have studied the crop circles suggested several possibilities. Some scientists say that a downward rush of wind leads to the formation of the circles - the same downward rush of air that sometimes causes an airplane to crash. Other scientists say that forces within the earth cause the circles to appear. There is one problem with all these scientific explanations: crop circles often appear in formations, like the five-dot formation. It is hard to believe that any natural force could form those.
1. In the summer of 1978, an English farmer discovered in his field that __________.

A．some of his wheat had been damaged

B．his grain was growing up in circles.

C．his grain was moved into several circles

D．some of his wheat had fallen onto the ground.

2. According to the text, the underlined part “hoax” (in the 3^rd paragraph) probably means __________.

A．an attempt made to fool people

B．a special way to plant crops

C．a research on the force of winds

D．an experiment for the protection of crops.

3. Which of the following may prove that the crop circles are not made by man?

A．The farmer couldn’t step out of the field.

B．The farmers couldn’t make the circles round.

C．The farmers couldn’t leave without footprints.

D．The farmers couldn’t keep the wheat straight up.

4. A proper title for this passage is ___________.

A．An Unsolved Mystery

B．Strange Flying Objects

C．The Power of Natural Forces

D．The discovery of Strange Circles

3 . Eve was having a party! She had been given a karaoke set for her birthday, so she invited all her friends round for a special competition evening. The best singer would win a prize of a huge box of her delicious cookies.

Everyone came along: Helen, Jane, and Peter, who looked a bit nervous. “Don’t worry, Peter. We’re only here to have some fun,” said Eve kindly. Jane was first up on stage (舞台). The minute she began to sing, everyone could tell she’d been practicing! Next, it was Helen’s turn. Her voice was not as strong as Jane’s, but she had a great sense of rhythm (节奏) and seemed to enjoy being on stage. All the girls took their turn singing. There were a few wrong notes, but all in all, everyone had a wonderful time.

“Come on, Peter. It’s your go now!” said the girls. But Peter shook his head. “No thanks. I’d be totally hopeless!” he said. “If you like, we can sing together. It won’t be as scary (可怕的) that way!” offered Eve. Peter gave in. He and Eve shared the microphone (话筒) and they began to sing a rock song. At first, you could hardly hear the voice of the shy boy but slowly, encouraged by his friends, he forgot his stage nervousness. Soon, Peter was holding the microphone on his own and singing his heart out! His singing was a bit off-key (走调的), but he made up for that by his performance. He danced around the stage like a real rock star!

At the end of the song, the girls all cheered. Eve stepped forward and handed him the big box of home-made cookies. “Peter, we all agree that you’ve won the prize!” she said. “OK, you may not exactly sing like an angel, but you really know how to put on a show!”

1. How was Jane’s singing voice?

A．Warm.

B．Fresh.

C．Funny.

D．Powerful.

2. Which can best describe the girls’ performance?

A．Perfect.

B．Worrying.

C．Quite poor.

D．Generally good.

3. Why did Eve share the microphone with Peter?

A．The girls asked her to do so.

B．There was no other microphone.

C．It could help fight Peter’s nervousness.

D．Peter was too nervous to hold the microphone.

4. Why was Peter given the box of cookies?

A．He had the best voice.	B．He loved eating cookies.
C．He helped the girls a lot.	D．He held the stage very well.

4 . My elephant adventures began in 1984 when, with our one-year-old daughter, my husband and I crossed the jungle in a jeep, slicking behind a lorry for comfort and company. The elephants standing like watchers on either side of the forest highway had us praying for our safety. One elephant made loud noise and angrily pawed (抓) the ground, warning us off. We raced away before they could attack.

It was wise to keep elephants at a distance. We heard stories of tourists whose jeeps were overturned, and a couple of photographers were killed because they moved too close. Elephants are misleading animals. They give people an impression of being quiet and kind, so tourists think it’s safe to picnic in the jungle (丛林). Yet angry elephants have knocked them down in seconds before they could take off.

Elephants might make life unpredictable and dangerous. It’s difficult for inexperienced environmentalists to even, begin to grasp this reality. I’ve heard city people say “ We humans are encroaching (侵害) on their forests.” But what’s the solution?

When a poor farmer borrows heavily to plant a crop, he’ll do anything to protect it His life depends on it Elephants ruining an about-to-be-harvested com field cannot expect to be welcomed like special guests. The battle between beast and farmer is violent.

Experts are working on solutions to human-elephant conflicts (冲突). Some are sure to fail to like the plans to build electric fences around human settlements. Elephants rapidly figure them out and come in, around and over them.

There are more questions than answers, for sure. But as my husband said, “More people die in car accidents every single day, in every city on the earth. But they won’t take cars off the roads, will they?” So we need to seek practical ways of preventing elephant accidents.

1. What is the writer’s purpose in writing Paragraph 1?

A．To tell readers her family’s experience of elephant adventure.

B．To show readers elephants are angry and dangerous,

C．To introduce the topic of the whole passage.

D．To describe how her family keep away from elephants.

2. Why do tourists think it is safe to picnic in the jungle?

A．They think elephants are quiet and kind.

B．They haven’t heard the stories of elephant killing people.

C．They like elephants too much.

D．They think they can race away in seconds.

3. What does a poor farmer do to protect his crop?

A．Welcome elephant like special guests.	B．Fight with elephants for his harvest.
C．Stop planting crops.	D．Depend on elephants for his life.

4. What can we learn from the last two paragraphs?

A．It is a good idea to build electric fences around human settlements.

B．It is impossible to find a solution to settle human-elephant conflict.

C．We should first reduce car accidents to prevent elephant accidents.

D．It is our duly to protect elephants rather than kill them.

5 . Our mother didn’t trust us, my sister and me, to manage our own appearance when we were young. As a result, there were rules, and trends were largely ignored.

A few years ago, I was home for a visit when my mom, now in her early70s, called me into her bedroom. We were about ready to leave for dinner. “I don’t know what to wear,” she complained from her seat. “You girls always look so good.”

I paused in the doorway and looked at her, wondering if I’d misheard. “What do you mean?” I asked her. “You know what to wear.”

“No,” she answered. “I don’t. Can you pick something?”

I was so surprised.

This was the same woman who, in 1989, told my younger sister she wasn’t allowed to leave the house wearing a pair of ripped (有破洞的) jeans; the same woman who, in high school, called me while I was out at a party to ask if my hair was up. “You look better with it down.” she told me before I could answer.

I realized, suddenly, that my mother—always so strong—not only wanted my opinion, but needed my care.

I pulled a pair of blue jeans from the closet and a light blue sweater from her drawer. “Wear this with your black shoes.” I told her. She did.

My mother certainly doesn’t need anyone to take care of her. In fact, she still cares for my grandmother who lives with her. But with that one question, my mother and I started the role reversal (改变) that happens with all parents and all children, from caregiver to receiver.

Now, if I’m visiting or we’re together, it’s rare for her to wear anything without checking with me first.

I’m still always a bit surprised by her admission of the uncertainty.

But every so often, it seems like she asks me just to be able to disagree with my answer and pick out something on her own. And when she does, I just tell her what I think of the way she looks. Sometimes it’s “great” and sometimes it’s “awful”.

1. When the author was young, she ________.

A．could never know what to wear

B．always wore trendy clothes and hairstyles

C．was not allowed to go to parties at night

D．had to pick her clothes according to her mother’s rules

2. The first time the author’s mother asked her for advice on clothes, she _______.

A．came to realize that her mother needed her care

B．was happy to do something for her mother

C．was worried that her mother was too old to live alone

D．had no idea what was suitable for her mother

3. When the author gives her opinion about clothes, her mother _______.

A．always accepts her suggestions happily

B．sometimes chooses to follow her own ideas

C．is often surprised by what the author says

D．still shows uncertainty about what to wear

4. The author wrote this article mainly to ________.

A．show what it is like to have a strict mother

B．remind readers to visit their parents often

C．show how the role of parents and their children can change

D．stress her mother’s great influence on her clothes and hairstyles.

6 . Sometimes, the simplest ideas are the best. For example, to absorb heat from the sun to heat water,you need large, flat, black surfaces. One way to do that is to build those surfaces specially, on the roofs of buildings. But why go to all that trouble when cities are full of black surfaces already, in the form of asphalt (柏油) roads?
Ten years ago, this thought came into the mind of Arian de Bondt, a Dutch engineer. He finally persuaded his boss to follow it up. The result is that their building is now heated in winter and cooled in summer by a system that relies on the surface of the road outside.
The heat-collector is a system of connected water pipes. Most of them run from one side of the street to the other, just under the asphalt road. Some, however, dive deep into the ground.
When the street surface gets hot in summer, water pumped through the pipes picks up this heat and takes it underground through one of the diving pipes. At a depth of 100 metres lies a natural aquifer(蓄水层) into which heat several heat exchangers (交换器) have been built. The hot water from the street runs through these exchangers, warming the ground-water, before returning to the surface through another pipe. The aquifer is thus used as a heat store.
In winter, the working system is changed slightly. Water is pumped through the heat exchangers to pick up the heat stored during summer. This water goes into the building and is used to warm the place up. After performing that task, it is pumped under the asphalt and its remaining heat keeps the road free of snow and ice.
1. Which of the following is true according to the first two paragraphs?

A．Arian de Bondt got his idea from his boss.

B．Large, flat, black surfaces need to be built in cities.

C．The Dutch engineer's system has been widely used.

D．Heat can also be collected from asphalt roads.

2. For what purpose are the diving pipes used?

A．To absorb heat from the sun.

B．To store heat for future use.

C．To turn solar energy into heat energy.

D．To carry heat down below the surface.

3. From the last paragraph we can learn that __

A．some pipes have to be re-arranged in winter

B．the system can do more than warming up the building

C．the exchangers will pick up heat from the street surface

D．less heat may be collected in winter than in summer

4. What is most likely to be discussed in the paragraph that follows?

A．What we shall do if the system goes wrong .

B．What shall we do if there are no asphalt roads

C．How the system cools the building in summer .

D．How the system collects heat in spring and autumn.

7 . The financial climate, the job market, family tensions, Obama moving into the Lincoln bedroom. Even the climate’s getting in on the list. Yup, change is everywhere in 2009. If you’re not careful, all kinds of strange things might happen in your otherwise ordered life, so it’s best to work at avoiding change whenever it rears its head (出现).

Here are 5 ways to do just that:

1. Ignore any opportunities How many times have you taken a chance, only for things to go wrong? How many times have you seized an opportunity only or it to slip between your fingers? There's always another mess waiting for you, so it’s better to stay right where you are. Where you are right now is a known quantity — it’s safe, warm and comfortable. Doesn’t that sound better than going out there, messing up and looking stupid?

2. Set your expectations low If you’re one of the people out there looking to make a change in 2009 rather than having change made for you, you’d better set your expectations low.

3. Keep on running and don’t look back The best thing to do is to set things out so that you can do everything. It’s good to be busy and running around after everyone else will mean that everyone’s happy and there’s no room for change to happen. It’s a win-win!

4. Recognize that most changes are too big Face it; there are some tasks you’re just not up to. Landing that exciting new job, getting a promotion, taking on the “big project” or building a relationship that really works — these are all big challenges and you don’t want to bite off more than you can chew.

5. Ignore that little voice inside You might sometimes hear a little voice in your head that tells you you’re not happy or that something has to change. This little trouble maker can speak up at any time and throw the Spanner of Confusion in the works, and it has only one thing on its mind — to take you out of your comfort zone and make you change.

Imagine if everyone went around listening to what they really wanted and acted on it — what a mess! No, best to ignore it and carry on with what you’re doing.

1. The purpose of writing this passage is_________.

A．to introduce ways to avoid change in 2009

B．to attract the readers’ interest in change in 2009

C．to discuss whether people should change in 2009

D．to tell the readers the news of American New President — Obama

2. Supposing you are safe, warm and comfortable now, you should______.

A．set your expectations low

B．ignore any opportunities

C．keep on running and don't look back

D．ignore that little voice inside

3. The underlined sentence “You don’t want to bite off more than you can chew” implies     .

A．you have big challenges to fight

B．you are too small to eat too much food

C．there are some big challenges you can’t fight

D．you are afraid of challenging some difficult tasks

4. The best way of dealing with that little voice inside is_______ .

A．to change something at once

B．to have a chat with the speaker

C．to discuss it with the trouble maker

D．to ignore it and go on with what you are doing