How he wishes he had grasped the opportunity to get the position; now he feels sadly his career lies .A．in rowsB．in detailC．in numberD．in ruins 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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How he wishes he had grasped the opportunity to get the position; now he feels sadly his career lies .

A．in rows

B．in detail

C．in number

D．in ruins

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　　Going on a road trip? The St．Louis Arch, Statue of Liberty and Golden Gate Bridge are great tourist sites．But if you prefer offbeat destinations(目的地), check out the following roadside attractions．

　　World's Largest Ball of Paint

　　Alexandria, Ind．

　　In 1977, Michael Carmichael set out to create the biggest ball of paint anywhere．Starting with a baseball as center, he painted layer after layer of paint day after day, year after year．The ball weighs more than 1,300 pounds, with more than 20,000 coats of paint,” which is recognized by Guinness World Records．Visitors can paint the ball themselves and become part of history．

　　The Museum of Dirt

　　Boston, Mass．

　　The museum is the idea of Glenn Johnson．Labeled(贴有标签的)glass bottles contain such treasures as dirt from the Great Wall of China, as well as sand from a desert in Saudi Arabia and Omaha Beach in France．Best of all, the cost of seeing this museum is dirt cheap：It's free．

　　Mount Horeb Mustard Museum

　　Mount Horeb, Wis．

　　It's heaven for hotdog lovers! This museum claims to have the world's largest collection of prepared mustard(芥末)．Its more than 4,100 bottles of spices come from 60 nations, including Turkey and China．Visitors learn the history of mustard, from how it's made to how it's advertised and sold．The museum's creator, Barry Levenson, loves mustard so much that he even puts it on ice cream!

　　Paper House

　　Rockport, Mass．

　　Swedish immigrant(移民)Ellis Stenman was much ahead of his time in 1922, when he started to build a two-room house almost entirely out of newspaper．At the time, people didn't give much –if any--thought to recycling paper．The house is framed with wood, but the walls are made of 215 layers(层)of newspaper．

(1)

The underlined word “offbeat” in the first paragraph has the same meaning as ________．
[　　]
A．	great
B．	foreign
C．	unusual
D．	historical

(2)

If you want to add your own work to what you visit, you may choose ________．
[　　]
A．	World's Largest Ball of Paint
B．	The Museum of Dirt
C．	Mount Horeb Mustard Museum
D．	Paper House

(3)

Which of the following is true of Barry Levenson according to the text?
[　　]
A．	No spices but mustard can be found in his museum．
B．	He travels around the world to collect mustard．
C．	Mustard is advertised and sold in his museum．
D．	In a way, he shows much preference for mustard．

Going on a road trip? The St．Louis Arch，Statue of Liberty and Golden Gate Br_[dga are great tourist sites．But if you prefer offbeat destinations, check out the following roadside attractions．

World's Largest Ball of Paint

Alexandria, Ind．

In 1977, Michael Carmichael set out to create the biggest ball of paint anywhere．Starting with a base-ball as center, he painted layer after layer of paint day after day, year after year．The ball weighs more than 1,300 pounds, with more than 20,000 coats of paint, which is recognized by Guinness World Records．Visitors can paint the ball themselves and become part of history．

The Museum of Dirt

Boston, Mass．

The museum is the idea of Glenn Johnson．Labeled （贴有标签的） glass bottles contain such treasures as dirt from the Great Wall of China, as well as sand from a desert in Saudi Arabia and Omaha Beach in France．Best of all, the cost of seeing this museum is dirt cheap: It's free．

Mount Horeb Mustard Museum

Mount Horeb，Wis．

It's heaven for hotdog lovers! This museum claims to have the world's largest collection of prepared mustards （芥末）．Its more than 4,100 bottles of spices come from 60 nations, including Turkey and China．Visitors learn the history of mustard, from how it's made to how it's advertised and sold．The museum's creator, Barry Levenson, loves mustard so much, he even puts it on ice cream!

Paper House

Rockport, Mass．

Swedish immigrant （移民） Ellis Stenman was much ahead of his time in 1922, when he started to build a two-room house almost entirely out of newspaper．At the time, people didn't give much — if any —thought to recycling paper．In fact, "recycling" wasn't even a word yet．The house is framed with wood, but the walls are made of 215 layers of newspaper．In all, he used about 100,000 newspapers．

1．The underlined word "offbeat" in the first paragraph can be best replaced by______．

A．great B．foreign C．unusual D．historical

2．If you want to add your own work to what you visit, you may choose______ ．

A．World's Largest Ball of Paint B．The Museum of Dirt

C．Mount Horeb Mustard Museum D．Paper House

3．Which of the following is true of Barry Levenson according to the text?

A．No spices but mustards can be found in his museum．

B．He travels around the world to collect mustards．

C．Mustard is advertised and sold in his museum．

D．In a way, he shows much preference for mustard．

4．What can be inferred from the text?

A．Michael must have the largest ball in the world．

B．Glenn must have paid a visit to China．

C．Lots of hotdog lovers will travel to Mount Horeb．

D．Ellis could be seen as a pioneer in his time．

5．According to the text, we know that

A．Michael will never stop painting the large ball

B．there is no charge at the Museum of Dirt

C．Barry is the owner of the mustard museum

D．Paper House was completely made of paper

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