练习31　语法填空＋阅读理解

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Many peple have the hbby f cllecting things, e．g. stamps, pstcards r antiques. In the 18th and 19th centuries, 1.________ (wealth) peple travelled and cllected plants, histrical bjects and wrks f art. They kept their cllectin at hme until it gt t big 2.________ until they died, and then it was given t a museum. The 80，000 bjects cllected by Sir Hans Slane, fr example, 3.________ (frm) the cre cllectin f the British Museum 4.________ pened in 1759.
The parts f a museum pen t the public 5.________ (call) galleries r rms. Often, nly a small part f a museum's cllectin 6.________ (be) n display. Mst f it is stred away r used fr research.
Many museums are lively places and they attract a lt f visitrs. As well as lking at exhibits, visitrs can play with cmputer simulatins (模拟) and imagine 7.________ (they) living at a different time in histry r 8.________ (walk) thrugh a rainfrest. At the Jrvik Centre in Yrk, the city's Viking settlement is recreated, and peple experience the sights, sunds and smells f the ld twn. Histrical 9.________ (accurate) is imprtant but s is entertainment. Museums must cmpete 10.________ peple's spare time and mney with ther amusements. Mst museums als welcme schl grups and arrange special activities fr children.
Ⅱ.阅读理解
A
Cecilia Chiang, whse San Francisc restaurant, the Mandarin, intrduced American diners in the 1960s t the richness and variety f authentic Chinese cuisine, died n Wednesday at her hme in San Francisc.
Ms. Chiang was nt a chef, nr was she a likely candidate t run a restaurant. She was brn near Shanghai in 1920 as the seventh daughter in a wealthy family. After her parents died, Cecilia managed the businesses' finances while still in her teens.
Ms. Chiang came t the United States frm China t flee the Japanese during Wrld War Ⅱ， traveling nearly 700 miles n ft. Once in San Francisc, she met tw Chinese acquaintances wh wanted t pen a restaurant. Ms. Chiang agreed t put up a huge depsit (存款). But when the tw wmen quit, Ms. Chiang fund that the depsit was nt refundable (可退还的). She tk a deep breath and decided t pen the restaurant herself. “I began t think that if I culd create a restaurant with Western­style service and the dishes that I was mst familiar with—the delicius fd f nrthern China—maybe my little restaurant wuld succeed，” she wrte in her bk.
The Mandarin, which was pened in 1962 as a 65­seat restaurant, intrduced custmers t mainly Sichuan, Shanghai and Cantn dishes. The early days were difficult. But little by little, Chinese diners, and a few Americans, came regularly. Overnight the tables filled and became a huge success.
Ms. Chiang cntinued t wrk as a restaurant cnsultant int her 90s. “I think I changed what average peple knw abut Chinese fd，” Mrs. Chiang wrte. “They didn't knw China was such a big cuntry.”
1．When did Ms. Chiang start t manage the businesses' finances?
A．In the 1920s. B．In the 1930s.
C．In the 1950s. D．In the 1960s.
2．What des Paragraph 3 mainly talk abut?
A．When Ms. Chiang came t the US.
B．Hw Ms. Chiang earned her depsit.
C．What Ms. Chiang wrte in her bk.
D．Why Ms. Chiang pened her restaurant.
3．What d we learn abut The Mandarin?
A．It survived the early hardships.
B．It prvided all kinds f Chinese dishes.
C．It culd seat less than 60 peple at first.
D．It attracted many Americans nce pened.
4．Which f the fllwing best describes Ms. Chiang?
A．Smart and Stubbrn.
B．Determined and brave.
C．Adventurus and cautius.
D．Enthusiastic and ambitius.
B
“I saw it first，” Amy said, as she ripped the ld leather wallet ut f Charlie's hands. Withut saying a wrd, as if they bth understd that this was a secret they didn't want t share with anyne, they slipped int the alley, where n ne culd see them lk inside.
“There's gt t be a millin dllars here！” Charlie blurted ut, when they saw the pile f hundred­dllar bills. Amy, the mre realistic f the tw, did a quick estimate, thumbing thrugh the wad f cash. “Mre like thusands，” she said, her vice shaking in disbelief.
They'd fund the wallet in a flwerbed by the sidewalk, when Charlie drpped his cell phne while he was trying t talk and eat a slice f pepperni pizza at the same time. Amy stuffed the wallet int her backpack and pulled Charlie alng by his elbw tward her huse. As they rushed tward Vicery Avenue, they talked excitedly abut what they culd d with the mney － buy gifts fr parents and friends, get new clthes, travel t the rainfrest in Csta Rica, and adpt a whale. It lked like all f their dreams wuld cme true. Fr the last blck, hwever, they didn't talk. Each began t suspect that the ther ne was silently adding t the list f things they culd buy.
They finally reached Amy's huse, but instead f ging inside, they walked arund the huse t the back prch. They pened the wallet and cunted the mney int piles f ten. The ttal was $2400 － mre mney than either f them had ever seen. Then they bth started talking at nce. Wh lst it? Their mds shifted, sinking frm the high f being rich fr fifteen minutes t resigning themselves t what they must d next. In the wallet's clear plastic cmpartment, there was a driver's license. They knew what they had t d. Althugh they wuld lse their newly­fund treasure, in a way, they felt relieved.
5．Where did Amy and Charlie find the wallet?
A．In an alley.
B．In a backpack.
C．On the sidewalk.
D．Amng sme flwers.
6．In paragraph 2, why was Amy's vice shaking?
A．She was afraid that they wuld be seen by thers.
B．She was disappinted there wasn't a millin dllars.
C．She was fearful that Charlie wuld tell smene else.
D．She felt nervus because she'd never seen s much mney.
7．Hw did the children's md changed n their way t Amy's huse?
A．Frm happy t angry.
B．Frm relieved t wrried.
C．Frm excited t skeptical.
D．Frm nervus t disappinted.
8．What did the children decide t d at the end f the stry?
A．T keep the mney a secret frm thers.
B．T return the wallet t its rightful wner.
C．T put the wallet back where they fund it.
D．T buy many different things with the mney.
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