题目内容
The National Gallery
Description:
The National Gallery is the British national art museum built on the north side of European art ranging from 13th-century religious paintings to more modern ones by Renoir and Van Gogh. The older collections of the gallery are reached through the main entrance while the more modern works in the East Wing are most easily reached from Trafalgar Square by a ground floor entrance
Layout:
The modern Sainsbury Wing on the western side of the building houses 13th-to15th-century paintings, and artists include Duccio, Uccello, Van Eyck, Lippi, Mantegna, Botticelli and Memling.
The main West Wing houses 16th-century paintings, and artists include Leonardo da Vinci, Cranach, Michelangelo, Raphael, Bruegel, Bronzino, Titan and Veronest.
The North Wing houses 17th-century paintings, and artists include Caravaggio, Rubens, Poussin, Van Dyck, Velazquez, Claude and Vermeer.
The East Wing houses 18th-to early 20th-century paintings, and artists include Canaletto, Goya, Turner, Constable, Renoir and Van Gogh
Opening Hours:
The Gallery is open every day from 10am to 6pm (Fridays 10anm to 9pm) and is free, but charges apply to some special exhibitions.
Getting There:
Nearest underground stations: Charing Cross (2-minute walk). Leicester Square (3-minute walk), Embankment (7-minute walk), and Piccadilly Circus(8-minute walk).
1.In which century’s collection can you see religious paintings?
A.The 13th
B.The 17th
C.The 18th
D.The 20th
2.Where are Leonardo da Vinci’s works shown?
A.In the East Wing.
B.In the main West Wing.
C.In the Sainsbury Wing.
D.In the North Wing.
3.Which underground station is closest to the National Gallery?
A.Piccadilly Circus.
B.Leicester Square.
C.Embankment.
D.Charing Cross.
1.A
2.B
3.D
【解析】
【文章大意】本文是一篇应用文。作者介绍了英国伦敦国家美术馆。分四大板块进行介绍:整体描述、布局、开放时间以及可以到达美术馆的地铁站。
1.根据文章第一段中的It houses a diverse collectiong of more than 2,300 examples of European art ranging from 13th-century religious paintings to more modern ones by Renoir and Van Gogh.(它藏有从13世纪宗教美术作品到雷诺瓦和梵高的现代作品2300多份的各种各样的藏品),我们可以断定宗教美术作品是13世纪的。故选A。
2.根据文章第三段中的The main West Wing houses 16th-century paintings, and artists include Leonardo da Vinci(主要的西翼藏有16世纪的美术作品以及包括Leonardo da Vinci等在内的艺术家的作品)可知B正确。
3.根据文章最后一段中的Nearest underground stations: Charing Cross(2-minute walk), Leiseter Square(3-minute walk), Embankmen(7-minute walk),and Piccadilly Circus(8-minute walk)所给的时间长度,可以断定Charing Cross是最近的。故选D。
The website FarmersOnly.com calls itself an online dating and friendship finder. The idea started in the mind of a man, Jerry Miller in Ohio. He wondered how farmers could meet new people who understand the life of a farmer. Jerry Miller is not a farmer but he represents a lot of farmers.
As he tells it, the idea for the site was planted when a farmer told him one day that she was recently divorced and would like to date. But someone would invite her to meet for coffee at nine o’clock at night, when she had to start her day at five the next morning.
So, in 2005, Jerry Miller launched his website. “You don’t have to be a farmer to be on FarmersOnly.com, but you do have to have the good old-fashioned traditional values of America’s Heartland.”
You also have to live in the United States or Canada to be a member of the site. Some services are free, but a full membership costs fifty dollars for a year. As of last week the site listed more than 58,000 members. Many of them are farmers in the United States. Others are students or workers involved in some way with agriculture. Jerry Miller tells us about thirty marriages in the last year have resulted from his website.
Some farmers have also found love through a group, Singles in Agriculture, which was formed as a nonprofit organization in 1986. It organizes gatherings that usually end with a dance, but is not a dating service. The purpose is to support educational and social activities that offer people a chance for friendship. Its website, singlesinag.org, says there are more than 1,000 members across the nation and as far away as France.
【小题1】Jerry Miller started singlesinag.org in order to .
A.help farmers | B.support traditions |
C.understand farmers | D.represent farmers |
A.She dislikes city lifestyle. |
B.She prefers late night coffee. |
C.Country life isn’t well understood. |
D.It’s tiring to get up early. |
A.Its services are free. |
B.It provides dating services. |
C.Only farmers can become its members. |
D.Farmers in France can’t benefit from it. |
A.advertise for the two websites |
B.introduce two websites |
C.encourage social activities |
D.urge readers to help farmers |
A.all farmers desire marriage |
B.farmers are easy to meet new people |
C.more farmers get divorced in the USA |
D.the Internet helps improve farmers’ social life |