2 . Doubling as educational centers and conservation centers, museums play an important role in the protection of ________. Although these institutions ________ in size and specialty, the task of most museums is around the display and care of their collections.

Today, many museums are among the most visited ________ in the world. In order to figure out how this important cultural phenomenon came to be, it is ________ important to understand its origins and trace how its role has developed over time.

The word museum ________ from “mouseion”, the Greek term for “a holy place for the Muses”. In classical Greek mythology, the nine Muses are the goddesses of the arts and sciences, making them perfect protectors for these ________ institutions.

Earliest museums were private collections and were only accessible to a narrow circle of people. They displayed ________ and curious natural objects and works of art. Some of them even ________ “wonder rooms” or “cabinets of curiosities”.

In 1683, an Englishman named Elias Ashmole donated the contents of his wonder room to Oxford University, forming the ________ of the Ashmolean Museum. Believing that “the knowledge of Nature is very necessary to human life and health,” Ashmole wanted to ________ the public through his unprecedented (前所未有的) donation. Following his footsteps, many like-minded collectors across Europe shifted their focus from ________ use to public access in the late 17^th and 18^th centuries. During this time, world-class museums began to make their art collections accessible to the public. The opening of these institutions ________ a string of similar movements in the 19^th century.

Today, the importance of public institutions is stronger than ever before. ________ taking care of collections and making them accessible to the public, many museums are using new technologies to improve their public programs, ________ their collections, and share their research. With these modern methods, museums are able to ________ audiences in new ways and extend their tasks beyond their walls.

1.

A．tourism

B．architecture

C．religion

D．culture

2.

A．form

B．vary

C．respond

D．improve

3.

A．sites

B．states

C．palaces

D．entrances

4.

A．critically

B．roughly

C．barely

D．slightly

5.

A．escapes

B．benefits

C．originates

D．differs

6.

A．newly-built

B．knowledge-based

C．carefully-chosen

D．theory-guided

7.

A．common

B．familiar

C．similar

D．rare

8.

A．cared about

B．served as

C．referred to

D．relied on

9.

A．basis

B．structure

C．destination

D．position

10.

A．raise

B．train

C．admire

D．educate

11.

A．special

B．scientific

C．private

D．regular

12.

A．featured

B．indicated

C．celebrated

D．inspired

13.

A．Opposite to

B．Instead of

C．In addition to

D．Thanks to

14.

A．digitize

B．industrialize

C．organize

D．localize

15.

A．introduce

B．engage

C．identify

D．select

3 . The Double Seventh Festival, also known as the Qixi Festival, is a traditional Chinese festival. Here is a beautiful story _______ it.

Long，long ago, there was a young man named Niulang(Cowherd), One day, he_______a   beautiful girl- Zhinu( Weaver girl)， the Goddess s seventh daughter. She had just run away from the_______ heaven(天国) to look for fun on Earth. Zhini soon_______Niulang, and they got married without telling the Goddess. Niulang worked in the field and Zhinu wove(织布) at home. They_______a happy life and gave birth to a boy and a girl. Unluckily, the Goddess soon found out the fact and_______ Zhinii to return to heaven. After Zhini left， Niulang was _______upset. With the help of his magic cow,Niulang flew to heaven with his children to look for his wife. The Goddess discovered this and was very_______Taking out her hairpin(发簪), the Goddess created a wide river in the sky to separate(分开) the two_______. From then on, Niulang and Zhini had to live________ on the two sides of the river. However,their true love________ all the magpies(喜鹊) in the world, ________once a year tens of thousands of   magpies would fly up to heaven to make a bridge- the bridge of magpies for the couple to meet each other. At last, the Goddess allowed ________ to meet each   other on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month. That's________the Double Seventh Festival started. Today,   it is a great________for Chinese young people to express their love.

1.

A．through

B．behind

C．with

D．after

2.

A．met

B．told

C．thanked

D．missed

3.

A．boring

B．interesting

C．same

D．different

4.

A．looked forward to

B．parted with

C．turned down

D．fell in love with

5.

A．knew

B．lived

C．stayed

D．gave

6.

A．promised

B．waited

C．ordered

D．helped

7.

A．yet

B．ever

C．quite .

D．still

8.

A．angry

B．sorry

C．excited

D．satisfied

9.

A．friends

B．lovers .

C．parents

D．children

10.

A．back

B．away

C．halfway

D．apart

11.

A．surprised

B．changed

C．touched

D．protected

12.

A．so

B．but

C．though

D．because

13.

A．him

B．her

C．us

D．them

14.

A．how

B．when

C．what

D．where

15.

A．day

B．way

C．lesson

D．habit

4 . Tired from a full day’s work, Rosa Parks got on a Montgomery bus on December 1, 1955 and forever became one of the inspirational people who _______ the world. She sat down among several white passengers, along with three _______ African-Americans, in the middle of the bus.

At a later stop, after Parks had _______   her seat, a white passenger _______ the full bus. By the then-current Montgomery laws, the black passengers were _______ obligated to leave their seats and give them over to _______white passengers.

It seemed a _______ situation as the white passenger _______ his way down the aisle(过道). The bus driver, James F. Blake, left the driver’s _______ and moved directly up to the four black passengers. His ________ was to get the black passengers to move to the ________ of the bus-basically, it was standard operating procedure.

While the other three black passengers ________ Blake and moved on, Rosa Parks refused to do this. Blake eventually contacted the ________ police and they arrested her.

This ________ is considered one of the moments in the history of the Civil Rights movement in the United States. It ________ a year-long bus boycott in the city of Montgomery, ________ by Martin Luther King, Jr. That movement changed civil rights in the United States ________.

Parks lived to the age of 92, dying in 2005. She was ________ a posthumous statue in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda. She was also granted the ________ of “lying in honor” at the Capitol Rotunda, only the third ________ citizen to be so honored.

1.

A．respected

B．changed

C．accepted

D．broke

2.

A．other

B．rest

C．ugly

D．poor

3.

A．got down

B．occupied with

C．came along

D．settled into

4.

A．drove

B．avoided

C．found

D．boarded

5.

A．legally

B．finally

C．originally

D．classically

6.

A．crying

B．standing

C．quarreling

D．drinking

7.

A．routine

B．proper

C．ordinary

D．reasonable

8.

A．took

B．fought

C．made

D．wound

9.

A．door

B．window

C．wheel

D．seat

10.

A．action

B．behavior

C．intention

D．hope

11.

A．back

B．outside

C．center

D．front

12.

A．scolded

B．obeyed

C．beat

D．pleased

13.

A．clever

B．national

C．local

D．strict

14.

A．affair

B．accident

C．conflict

D．incident

15.

A．sparked

B．sent

C．promoted

D．heated

16.

A．moved

B．found

C．held

D．led

17.

A．forever

B．deeply

C．either

D．just

18.

A．offered

B．rewarded

C．presented

D．passed

19.

A．fame

B．honor

C．name

D．title

20.

A．well-known

B．private

C．special

D．amazing

5 . Clowns hold a confusing place in the human mind. They make some people roar with ______; they make some people scream in horror. For the past few months, a series of frightening sightings of people dressed as ______ have been reported around the world. So we asked ourselves: What is it about these painted people that _____us? It turns out that ______ may have the answer.

Clowns date back to ancient Egypt and evolved into the court jesters （朝廷弄臣）in the Middle Ages. These jokesters were paid to be funny and did whatever it took to ______ people.

The ______ clowns didn’t arrive until the 1800s when joseph Grinmaldi, a London clown, painted his face white and his cheeks red, and wore strange and colorful costumes. Although Grinmaldi’s clown life caused a lot of laughter, his life behind makeup was anything but ______. Sadly, he died penniless and an alcoholic.

______, in France, Jean-Gaspard Deburau became famous for creating a clown called Pierrot. However, Deburau’s mime act was not what made him world-famous. The white-faced clown ______a boy with a cane just because the child had laughed at him. ______ he was eventually acquitted （宣判无罪）of the crime, the ______ of the killer clown stayed in people’s mind.

Perhaps the most ______ clown in history was John Wayne Gary, who was found guilty of the murder of more than 35 men in the 1970s. When asked about his ______, Gary said, “You know clowns can get away with murder.”

So it’s no ______ that even horror movies and television shows featuring clowns can still give many of us nightmares. It seems like a few ______ examples have influenced the public’s opinions of clowns.

1.

A．enthusiasm

B．laughter

C．courage

D．tears

2.

A．clowns

B．experts

C．journalists

D．tourists

3.

A．shocks

B．amuses

C．terrifies

D．saddens

4.

A．history

B．customs

C．media

D．legends

5.

A．terrify

B．frighten

C．entertain

D．control

6.

A．colorful

B．modern

C．frightening

D．funny

7.

A．meaningful

B．funny

C．normal

D．poor

8.

A．What’s more

B．By contrast

C．Secondly

D．Meanwhile

9.

A．killed

B．educated

C．frightened

D．motivated

10.

A．Because

B．If

C．Even if

D．While

11.

A．impact

B．image

C．effect

D．symbol

12.

A．impressive

B．interesting

C．notorious

D．respected

13.

A．purpose

B．intention

C．crimes

D．suspicions

14.

A．doubt

B．deal

C．point

D．surprise

15.

A．bad

B．typical

C．great

D．famous

6 .        The cultures of the East and the West really distinguish from each other a lot. This is because the culture systems are two separate systems __1__.
       The origin of the eastern cultures is mainly from two countries: China and India. Both of the two cultures are gestated (孕育) by _2__. In China, the mother river is the Yellow River __3_ the Indian one is the Hindu River. These two cultures were _4___ for several thousand years and formed their own styles. Then in the Tang Dynasty of China, the Chinese culture _5___ went overseas to Japan, _6___ into the Japanese society and _7__ the Japanese culture nowadays. Though a bit different from the Chinese one, it __8__ to the same system.
       When the two mother rivers gave birth to the eastern culture, another famous culture was __9__ on the Mesopotamian Plain (美索不达米亚平原) — the Mesopotamian Civilization. This civilization later on developed into the cultures of the Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. And these two are well­-known as the __10__ of the European culture. _11___ the Chinese culture, the European one also __12__ waters. When the colonists of England __13__ in America, their culture went with them over the Atlantic Ocean. So the American culture doesn’t __14_ from the European one a lot.
       At the same time, the __15__ of the language systems adds to the cultural differences. In the East, most languages belong to the pictographic (象形文字的) languages while the Western languages are __16__ based on the Latin system, for example, the one I’m using to write this paper.
       Other factors like human race difference _17___ as well. However, _18__ the far distance and the steep areas between the East and West, the two cultures seldom _19__ until recent centuries.__20__ they grew up totally in their own ways with almost no interference (干扰) from the other.1.

A．above all

B．on the whole

C．in all

D．in no case

2.

A．mountains

B．plains

C．lakes

D．rivers

3.

A．or

B．for

C．while

D．when

4.

A．developed

B．improved

C．created

D．protected

5.

A．suddenly

B．quietly

C．gradually

D．naturally

6.

A．mixed

B．changed

C．decided

D．forced

7.

A．expanded

B．interrupted

C．influenced

D．shaped

8.

A．comes

B．belongs

C．amounts

D．adds

9.

A．brought up

B．carried out

C．given out

D．picked up

10.

A．result

B．sign

C．base

D．content

11.

A．Via

B．Except

C．With

D．Like

12.

A．affected

B．spread

C．crossed

D．formed

13.

A．joined up

B．went up

C．broke down

D．settled down

14.

A．come

B．suffer

C．result

D．differ

15.

A．difference

B．development

C．appearance

D．feature

16.

A．properly

B．part

C．simply

D．mostly

17.

A．last

B．count

C．reduce

D．change

18.

A．in terms of

B．due to

C．as to

D．in case of

19.

A．transform

B．display

C．communicate

D．distinguish

20.

A．Furthermore

B．Meanwhile

C．Therefore

D．However

7 . 完形填空（共10小题；阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21－30各题所给的ABC和D项中，选出最佳选项。
The finest and most sought-after violins were handcrafted by an Italian violin maker over 250 years ago. The man’s name was Antonius Stradivarius. He was born in 1644 and began his career_______a violin maker’s apprentice (学徒). Working on his own by 1680, he became determined to make_______that could reproduce tones as rich as those produced by the human voice. He_______several shapes and styles for his violins until he arrived at a design that pleased him. During his career he crafted 1,100 violins. Those in_______have become treasured possessions.
Unfortunately, the secret of the Stradivarius violin died with its maker. During his lifetime Stradivarius kept his notes safely_______even his two sons, who helped him in his workshop, did not know all the steps involved in each violin’s construction.
Through the years, many experts have offered_______explanations for the unique tone of a “Strad”. Some say it is due to the violin’s shape. Others suggests that the secret_______the special properties(特性) of the wood, which Stradivarius obtained from native Italian trees that no longer exist. The most widely accepted explanation is that it is created by the varnish（清漆） that the_______used to coat his violins. Chemists have analyzed as closely as possible the varnish and have found its_______has improved the sound of many violins________, no other violin maker has been able to fully reproduce the tone of the Stradivarius’s violins.1.

A．with

B．as

C．for

D．from

2.

A．Instruments

B．facilities

C．equipment

D．tools

3.

A．investigated

B．surveyed

C．tested

D．experimented

4.

A．fashion

B．existence

C．possession

D．use

5.

A．protected

B．buried

C．hidden

D．covered

6.

A．possible

B．accurate

C．detailed

D．persuasive

7.

A．brings in

B．takes in

C．results in

D．lies in

8.

A．master

B．violinist

C．expert

D．user

9.

A．attention

B．application

C．invention

D．foundation

10.

A．Additionally

B．Luckily

C．Therefore

D．Still