74. Which of the following is NOT the child of Charles Willson Peale?

　　　 A. Titian Peale.　 　 　B. Rubens Peale.　 C. Raphaelle Peale.　　　 D. Sarah Miriam Peale.

73. The underlined word “unearthed” is closest in meaning to“ ______”.

　　　 A. showed 　　　　　 　B. dug up　 　　　　 　C. invented　 　　　　　　　 　D. looked over

72. The author mentions in Paragraph 1 that Washington tipped his hat to the figures in the painting to show that __.

　　　 A. Charles Willson Peale’s painting was very lifelike B. Washington respected Charles Willson Peale’s work

　　　 C. Washington was friendly with Raphaelle and Titian PealeD. the painting of the two brothers was very large

71. What is the main topic of the passage?

　　　 A. The life of Charles Willson Peale.　　　　　　　　　 B. Portraits in the 18th century.

　　　 C. The Peale Museum.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. A family of artists.

70. Halley Bay research station is very famous and plays an important role for science because _________.

　 　　 A. it is there that British scientists have worked for almost 40 years

　 　　 B. it is there that the temperatures drop as low as -55℃

　 　　 C. it was there that the “hole” in the ozone layer was first spotted

　 　　 D. it is there that the average temperature is -5℃

(E)

　　 The Peales were a famous family of American artists. Charles Willson Peale is best remembered for his portraits of leading figures of the American Revolution. He painted portraits of Franklin and Jefferson and over a dozen of George Washington. His life-size portrait of his sons Raphaelle and Titian was so realistic that George Washington reportedly once tipped his hat to the figures in the picture.

　　 Charles Willson Peale gave up painting in his middle age and devoted his life to the Peale museum, which he founded in Philadelphia. The world’s first popular museum of art and natural science mainly covered paintings by Peale and his family as well as displays of animals in their natural settings. Peale found the animals himself and found a method to make the exhibits more lifelike. The museum’s most popular display was the skeleton (骷髅) of a huge, extinct elephant, which Peale unearthed on a New York farm in 1801.

　　 Three of Peale’s seventeen children were also famous artists. Paphaelle Peale often painted still lives of flowers, fruit, and cheese. His brother Rembrandt studied under his father and painted portraits of many noted people, including one of George Washington. Another brother, Rubens Peale, painted mostly landscapes and portraits.

　　 James Peale, the brother of Charles Willson Peale, specialized in miniatures (小画像). His daughter Sarah Miriam Peale was probably the first professional female portrait painter in America.

69. The new “city on ice” is a very difficult operation because ________.

　 　　 A. there is an airport where the aircraft can land

　 　　 B. there is a seaport for ships to come into with materials that can be offloaded

　 　　 C. there is a power supply, waste disposal, general maintenance, and communication

　 　　 D. all of the above

68. According to the passage, which statement is NOT true?

　 　　 A. Building outdoors will be possible only in January and February.

　 　　 B. There will be few building suppliers for 3,000 miles.

　 　　 C. In the “city on ice” that will be built, you can have a power supply and communication.

　 　　 D. In the “city on ice” that will be built, you will have waste disposal and general maintenance.

67. The reason why Halley Bay research station tended to sink at the rate of at least a meter a year is that _______.

　 　　 A. the ice melted beneath them　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. the building was too heavy

　 　　 C. snow built up around them　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. both A and C