BEIJING—Nine pieces of art relics from a temporary exhibition in the Palace Museum were stolen at midnight on May 8, 2011. It was the first theft in 20 years at the heavily guarded former home of emperors(皇帝), also known as the Forbidden City. The nine pieces—all small Western-style gold purses and cosmetics containers(化妆盒)covered with jewels and made between 1920 and 1945—were on loan(出借)from Hong Kong-based Liang Yi Museum and being on show in the Chengsu Hall of the Palace Museum.

    Police have recovered six stolen relics and returned them to the museum, but three pieces remain missing, according to the spokesman for the Beijing municipal police. The six stolen pieces were got from a man named Shi Baikui from Eastern China’s Shandong Province, who admitted stealing the pieces. Shi entered the museum as a visitor on May 8 and then hid himself inside and waited until closing time, according to police. He then broke a window on the northern side of the exhibition hall to gain entry and proceeded to steal relics.

    Police say Shi said he wanted to sell the relics to a store in Beijing but was turned away because the store owner said the pieces were fake(赝品). He then threw away the relics.

    The Beijing police are offering rewards to anyone who can provide them with any information or tips on the other three lost relics from the Palace Museum. The amount of the reward has not been determined yet, since authorities are evaluating the value of the stolen pieces. It is hoped that with all citizens’ help the other three can be recovered as soon as possible.

60. What’s the passage mainly about?

A. Many rewards were offered for Palace Museum stolen relics

B. Six stolen relics were returned to the Palace Museum

C. Shi Baikui, the first thief in the Forbidden City

D. Nine stolen relics were all recovered by police

61. According to Paragraph 1, the nine stolen relics _______.

A. were bought from Hong Kong-based Liang Yi Museum

B. don’t belong to the Palace Museum of China

C. were small daily items used by Chinese women in the 20s～40s

D. were being on show in the Chengsu Hall of the Summer Palace

62. How did the thief go into the Palace Museum?

A. He entered the museum by acting as a visitor.

B. He broke a door and climbed into the museum.

C. He worked there and had the key to the museum.

D. The passage doesn’t mention how the thief entered the museum.

63. The underlined phrase “turned away” (in Paragraph 3)possibly means _______.

A. criticized                  B. invited               C. accepted                  D. refused

Britain and Ireland

　　The British Isles is made up of two large islands: One is called Ireland and the other __16  . Britain, or Great Britain, is the larger of these two islands, and it is17  into three parts: Scotland, Wales and England.

　　The United Kingdom is that 18   of the British Isles ruled over by the Queen. It is made up of Scotland, Wales and England, that is, the  19   of Britain, and also about one sixth of Ireland, the Northern part. The  20  of Ireland is self-governing. The  21  name of the United Kingdom is  22   “The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”.

　23  is larger and richer than Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and has the largest  24   of the United Kingdom, so people often use the 25  “England” and “English” when they  26   “Britain” and “British”. This sometimes makes the Scots and the Welsh a little 27  . The Scots in particular are very  28  of their separate nationality. The Welsh too do not regard   29  as English, and have a culture and even a   30 of their own.

　　Ireland became part of the United Kingdom in 1801, but for forty years the “Irish  31   ” was the greatest headache of the United Kingdom.  32  , Ireland is divided into two: Northern Ireland still  33 to the United Kingdom, and in 1922 the rest of Ireland   34   to found an Irish Free State, later called Eire and now the Republic of Ireland.

　　The Republic of Ireland does not regard itself as part of Britain, and is not now even a supporter of the Commonwealth of Nations (英联邦). Unlike the major Commonwealth countries it did not lift a finger to   35 British in the Second World War and now wants the whole of Ireland to be a republic.

1.A. Wales       B. Britain         C. England        D. Scotland

2.A. divided      B. cut            C. broken          D. separated

3.A. piece        B. island          C. country         D. part

4.A. south        B. north          C. part            D. whole

5.A. smaller      B. larger          C. rest             D. island

6.A. correct      B. true            C. full             D. complete

7.A. also         B. therefore       C. likely           D. perhaps

8.A. The UK      B. The British isles  C. Great Britain    D. England

9.A. colleges      B. officials         C. cities           D. population

10.A. words       B. names           C. spellings        D. pronunciations

11.A. call         B. forget           C. speak           D. write

12.A. angry       B. difficult          C. tired           D. lonely

13.A. proud       B. fond            C. full             D. kind

14. A. it           B. Wales           C. them            D. themselves

15.A. capital      B. language         C. history          D. programs

16.A. Country     B. Question         C. Disease          D. Republic

17.A. At last      B. So              C. Meanwhile       D. Also

18.A. returns      B. belongs          C. gets             D. speaks

19.A. hoped       B. refused          C. broke away       D. used

20.A. feel         B. touch            C. fight             D. help

　The British isles is made up of two large islands: One is called Ireland and the other   41  , or Great Britain, is the larger of these two islands, and it is  42  into three parts: Scotland , Wales and England.

　　The United Kingdom is that  43  of the British isles ruled over by the Queen. It is made up of Scotland, Wales and England, that is, the  44  of Britain, and also about one sixth of Ireland, the Northern part. The  45  of Ireland is self-governing. The  46  name of the United Kingdom is  47 “The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”.

　　48  is larger and richer than Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and has the most  49  of the United Kingdom, so people often use the  50 “England” and “English” when they  51  “Britain” and “British”. This sometimes makes the Scots and the Welsh a little  52  . The Scots in particular are very  53  of their separate nationality. The Welsh too do not regard  54  as English, and have a culture and even a  55  of their own.

　　Ireland became part of the United Kingdom in 1801, but for forty years the “Irish 56 ”  was the greatest headache of the United Kingdom. 5 7 , Ireland is divided into two: Northern Ireland still  5 8  to the United Kingdom, and in 1922 the rest of Ireland  59  to found an Irish Free State, later called Eire and now the Republic of Ireland.

　　The Republic of Ireland does not regard itself as part of Britain, and is not now even a supporter of the Commonwealth of Nations (英联邦). Unlike the major Commonwealth countries it did not lift a finger to  60  British in the Second World War and now wants the whole of Ireland to be a republic.

41. A. Wales           B. Britain                      C. England                  D. Scotland

42. A. divided         B. cut                          C. broken                   D. separated

43. A. piece            B. island                      C. country                   D. part

44. A. south           B. north                        C. part                        D. whole

45. A. smaller         B. larger                       C. rest                         D. island

46. A. correct         B. true                         C. full                         D. complete

47. A. also              B. therefore                  C. likely                       D. perhaps

48. A. The UK        B. The British isles         C. Great Britain            D. England

49. A. colleges        B. officials                    C. cities                       D. population

50. A. words          B. names                      C. spellings                  D. pronunciations

51. A. call              B. forget                       C. speak                      D. write

52. A. angry           B. difficult                    C. tired                        D. lonely

53. A. proud           B. fond                        C. full                         D. kind

54. A. it                 B. Wales                       C. them                       D. themselves

55. A. capital          B. language                   C. history                    D. programmers

56. A. Country        B. Question                   C. Disease                   D. Republic

57. A. At last          B. So                           C. Meanwhile               D. Also

58. A. returns         B. belongs                    C. gets                        D. speaks

59. A. hoped           B. refused                     C. broke away             D. used

60. A. feel              B. touch                       C. fight                       D. help

The British isles is made up of two large islands: One is called Ireland and the other __1__. Britain, or Great Britain, is the larger of these two islands, and it is __2__ into three parts: Scotland, Wales and England.

The United Kingdom is that __3__ of the British isles ruled over by the Queen. It is made up of Scotland, Wales and England, that is, the __4__ of Britain, and also about one sixth of Ireland, the Northern part. The __5__ of Ireland is self governing(治理). The __6__ name of the United Kingdom is __7__ “The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”．

__8__ is larger and richer than Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and has the most __9__ of the United Kingdom, so people often use the __10__ “England” and “English” when they __11__ “Britain” and “British”. This sometimes makes the Scots and the Welsh a little __12__. The Scots in particular are very __13__ of their separate nationality(民族). The Welsh too do not regard __14__ as English, and have a culture and even a __15__ of their own.

Ireland became part of the United Kingdom in 1801, but for forty years the “Irish __16__ ” was the greatest headache of the United Kingdom. __17__， Ireland is divided into two: Northern Ireland still __18__ to the United Kingdom, and in 1922 the rest of Ireland __19__ to found an Irish Free State, later called Eire and now the Republic of Ireland.

The Republic of Ireland does not regard itself as part of Britain, and is not now even a supporter of the Commonwealth of Nations(英联邦). Unlike the major Commonwealth countries it did not lift a finger to __20__ British in the Second World War and now wants the whole of Ireland to be a republic.

1. A. Wales　　B. Britain　　C. England　　D. Scotland

2. A. divided    B. cut      C. broken    D. separated

3. A. piece     B. island    C. country   D. part

4. A. south     B. north    C. part      D. whole

5. A. smaller   B. larger    C. rest      D. island

6. A. correct     B. true    C. full     D. complete

7. A. also      B. therefore  C. likely  D. perhaps

8. A. The UK       B. The British isles

C. Great Britain   D. England

9. A. colleges    B. officials      C. cities      D. population

10. A. words        B. names

C. spellings       D. pronunciations

11. A. call        B. forget       C. speak       D. write

12. A. angry      B. difficult      C. tired        D. lonely

13. A. proud      B. fond         C. full         D. kind

14. A. it         B. Wales        C. them       D. themselves

15. A. capital     B. language     C. history       D. programmes

16. A. Country    B. Question       C. Disease          D. Republic

17. A. At last     B. So             C. Meanwhile        D. Also

18. A. returns    B. belongs        C. gets             D. speaks

19. A. hoped      B. refused        C. broke away       D. used

20. A. feel       B. touch          C. fight            D. help

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　　What is the difference between the British Isles（岛）, Britain, the United Kingdom and England? These terms are so often confused（弄混淆） by us．

　　The British isles is made up of two large 1 : one is called Ireland and the other 2 ．Britain, or Great Britain, is the 3 of these two islands, and it is 4 into three parts: Scotland, Wales and England．

　　The United Kingdom is that 5 of the British Isles ruled over by the 6 ．It is made up of Scotland, Wales and England, that is, the 7 of Britain, and also about one-sixth of Ireland, the Northern part．The 8 of Ireland is self-governing．The 9 name of the United Kingdom is 10 “The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”．

　　 11 is larger and richer than Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and has the most 12 of the United Kingdom, so people often use the 13　　　　 “England” and “English” when they 14 “Britain” and “British” ．This sometimes makes the Scots and the Welsh a little 15 ．The Scots in particular are very 16 of their separate nationality: they have their own legal （法律的） system, and 17 of their internal affairs （内部事务） are 18 by special Scottish department．The Welsh too do not regard 19 as English , and have a culture and even a 20 of their own．

　　Ireland became part of the United Kingdom in 1 801, but for forty years the “Irish 21 ” was the greatest headache of the United Kingdom．22 Ireland is divided into two : Northern Ireland still 23 to the United Kingdom, and in 1922 the rest of Ireland 24 to found an Irish Free State, later called Eire and now the Republic of Ireland．

　　The Republic of Ireland does not regard itself as British, and is not now even a supporter of the Commonwealth of Nations （英联邦）．Unlike the major Commonwealth countries it did not lift a finger to 25 British in the Second World War and now wants the whole of Ireland to be a republic．