题目内容
Museums in Texas
Depot Museum And Children’s Discovery Center
The museum is in the depot’s waiting room and office. The warehouse is a hands-on learning center. See the 1908 “Arnold Outhouse”, log cabin, doctor’s office, dogtrot cabin, oil derrick, cotton gin, print shop, and syrup mill.
Open 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Mon.–Fri. and 9 a.m.–1 p.m. Sat.
Admission charge.
Address: 514 N. High St. in the restored 1901 Missouri Pacific Railroad depot, Henderson
Phone: 903/657-4303
Tex-Ark Antique Auto Museum
It is designed to preserve, collect, operate and interpret a collection of autos and auto transportation equipment. Library and archive collection available.
Open 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Sat. and 1–5 p.m. Sun.
Admission charge.
Address: 217 Laurel St., Texarkana
Phone: 903/938-9201
Jefferson Historical Society Museum
Find four floors of documents and antiques, including mementos of pioneer days, early steamboat commerce and antebellum society. See paintings and sculpture from the D.D. Feldman collection. It also has an outstanding doll collection.
Open 9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. daily.
Admission charge.
Address: Old Federal Building, Austin and Market streets, Jefferson
Phone: 903/665-2775
The Woodlands Children’s Museum
The museum provides hands-on, interactive exhibits designed to immerse children and adults in play that stimulates curiosity and provides opportunities for learning in a nurturing environment.
Open 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Tue.–Sat. and noon–5 p.m. Sun.[来源:学#科#网]
Admission charge.
Address: 4775 W. Panther Creek Drive, the Woodlands
Phone: 281/465-0955
- 1.
What do the four museums have in common?
- A.They all have a long history
- B.They all charge for admission
- C.They all provide hands-on programmes
- D.They are all in the same city
- A.
- 2.
If you are free on Sunday afternoons, you may visit the following museums except _______
- A.Tex-Ark Antique Auto Museum
- B.The Woodlands Children’s Museum
- C.Jefferson Historical Society Museum
- D.Depot Museum And Children’s Discovery Center
- A.
- 3.
Which of the following is not true according to the advertisement?
- A.Interactive exhibits are offered in the Woodlands Children’s Museum
- B.Dolls are on display in Depot Museum And Children’s Discovery Center
- C.Paintings and sculpture can be seen in Jefferson Historical Society Museum
- D.You can read and borrow books in Tex-Ark Antique Auto Museum
- A.
试题分析:文章大意:文章介绍了德克萨斯州的四个博物馆的相关信息。
1.B细节理解题。找到四个博物馆的共同特点很容易,那就是“Admission charge需要买票入场”。
2.D细节理解题。根据题干中的“on Sunday afternoons”在文中寻找,符合这一条件的有三个博物馆,即ABD,只有“Depot Museum And Children’s Discovery Center”不符合这一条件,因为文章说“Open 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Mon.–Fri. and 9 a.m.–1 p.m. Sat.”(星期六下午只开放到1点钟)
3.B细节理解题。根据“The museum provides hands-on, interactive exhibits”说明A对;根据“See paintings and sculpture from the D.D. Feldman collection.”说明C对;根据“Library and archive collection available”说明D对。
考点:考查广告类阅读理解
Teaching and research are supported by the University’s extensive collections—the Yale University Art Gallery, the Yale Center for British Art, the Peabody Museum of Natural History, and the Collection of Musical Instruments. All the collections are open to the public.
Yale University Art Gallery
The Yale University Art Gallery, founded in 1832, today houses a collection that has grown to rank with those of the major public art museums in the United States. Its two connected buildings house ancient, medieval, and Renaissance art, Near and Far Eastern art, archaeological material from the University’s excavations (古迹), Pre-Columbian and African art, works of European and American masters from actually every period, and a rich collection of modern art. Across the street, the Yale Center for British Art, which was opened in 1977, holds the largest collection of British art and illustrated books anywhere outside the United Kingdom.
Peabody Museum of Natural History
Yale’s Peabody Museum of Natural History, founded in 1866, contains one of the great scientific collections in North America. Among its holdings are the University’s comprehensive mineralogical and ornithological collections, the second-largest repository of dinosaur artifacts in the United States, and the largest undamaged Apatosaurus (Brontosaurus 雷龙) in the world. The Peabody is truly a working museum, where public exhibition, research, conservation, teaching, and learning intersect (贯穿).
Yale Center for British Art
Institutions like the Art Gallery, the Center for British Art, and the Peabody Museum hold only a portion of the treasures in the University’s collections. From paintings by Picasso, to pterodactyl (翼龙) remains, to a 1689 tenor viol in the Collection of Musical Instruments, Yale’s possessions are meant to be accessible to the communities they enrich.
Collection of Musical Instruments
Exhibitions are also frequently mounted (裱贴) at the following venues on campus: Art + Architecture Gallery (School of Architecture), Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Green Hall Gallery (School of Art), and Sterling Memorial Library, including the Arts of the Book Collection.
【小题1】Which of the following cannot be found in the Yale University Art Gallery?
A.Near and Far Eastern art. |
B.Pre-Columbian and African art |
C.British art and illustrated books. |
D.Works of European and American masters. |
A.Peabody Museum of Natural History. |
B.Collection of Musical Instruments. |
C.Yale University Art Gallery. |
D.Yale Center for British Art. |
A.Yale Center for British Art. |
B.Yale University Art Gallery. |
C.Peabody Museum of Natural History. |
D.A musical instrument named tenor viol. |
A.collections are partly open to the public |
B.there are many venues just for exhibitions |
C.collections are from art museums in the US |
D.exhibitions are frequently mounted on campus |
A.Introduction to Yale University. | B.Introduction to collections in Yale. |
C.Introduction to venues in Yale. | D.Introduction to art works in Yale. |
Museums have changed. They are no longer places that one “should” go to but to enjoy.
At a science museum in Canada, you can feel your hair stand on end as harmless electricity passes through your body. At the Children’s Museum in New York, you can play an African drum. There are no “Do Not Touch” sign in some other museums in the USA.
More and more museum directors have realized that people learn best when they can become part of what they are seeing. In many science museums, the visitors are encouraged to touch, listen, operate and experiment so as to discover scientific rules for themselves.
The purpose is not only to provide fun, but also help people feel at home in the world of science. If people don’t understand science, they will be afraid of it; and if they are afraid of science, they will not make the best use of it.
One cause of all these changes is the increase in wealth and spare time. Another cause is that the number of young people grow in the population. Many of them are college students or college graduates. They see things in a new and different way. They want art that they can take part in. The same is true of science and history.
The old museums have been changing and the government is encouraging the building of new, modern museums. In the States and Canada, there are more than 6000 museums, twice as many as there were 25 years ago.
Title: 1. __________________________
2._________________ |
Science Museums |
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Children’s Museums |
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Changes |
3._________________ |
Rules |
Number |
In the past |
Not allowed to touch |
4._________________ |
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Nowadays |
encouraged to experience |
6000+ |
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5.___________________ |
Providing fun→having a good time |
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6. _________________→Making full use of science |
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7.________________ |
Wealth and spare time |
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8. _________________ of young people→wanting to experience art, science and history |
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9.____________ |
The government 10. ______________ new and modern museums. |