Welcome to the National Maritime（海洋） Museum！

The National Maritime Museum is the largest of its kind in the world，with over two million items in its collections. Twenty galleries display some of the finest sea affairs in historic buildings，which were formerly a school for the sons of seamen.

Opening times

10：00-17：00 Winter hours

10：00-18：00 Summer hours

Last admission （允许进入）is thirty minutes before closing. Smoking is not allowed in the museum. Eating and drinking are only allowed in the designated areas. Photography and video are not permitted inside the building.

Bookings

Our Central Booking Group handles all group visit enquiries（需求）, from schools, group organizers and tour operators.

Education and Interpretation （解说）

Schools‘ programs operate in term-time. Programs of talks，tours，work-shops，storytelling，living history and interpretation are run throughout the year，especially at weekends and during school holidays.

E-library

Facilities（设备） are provided for electronic access to the museum’s collections. Please ask a member of staff（员工） for directions to the nearest terminals. These facilities are also available from the comfort of your own home.

66.This passage mainly tells us _____ the museum.

A. the way to get to                B. the purpose to build

C. a brief introduction to          D. a detailed description of

67.Which of the following is certainly forbidden according to the passage？

A. Trying to enter the museum after 5：00 p.m.

B. Taking pictures in front of the museum.

C. Talking loudly when you enjoy the collections.

D. Eating and drinking wherever you are.

68.From the passage we can learn that _________.

A. the museum runs a school and has students of its own

B. students can receive different kinds of education here

C. part of school education has to be done in the museum

D. school programs are only run at weekends and on holidays

69.It can be inferred from the passage that _______.

A. the museum is very popular among visitors

B. things from ancient times are more attractive

C. the most valuable things are displayed in the museum

D. the museum is anxious to make more money

A trip to Key West

As we cross the bridge to Key West, we can see many boats.___1.____ Others belongs to people who have sailed their boats here from many different places.

In the city, the houses are almost all painted white.A few are pink or light blue.Many houses are very old and very small.Key West is a very old city._______2._______.

Many palm trees (棕榈树) grow here. Colorful flowers grow in front of many of the little houses. You can stay in a room in one of these houses for the night.You can smell the ocean on the soft warm wind that blows across the island.

We drive past several streets and then come to Whitehead Street. There is a monument there. The signs says this is the southernmost part of the United States.The sign says “ America Begins Here.” __3.____ It is the second largest ocean.

After taking a few photographs of the sign, we turn the car around and follow Whitehead Street to number 1907.____4._____  For a few dollars, you can see the inside of the house.Hemingway had many cats when he lived here.He is gone, but the cats remain.Many are asleep on the beds or chairs.They are used to seeing people walking through the old house.

_____5.____ There is a private museum here we want to visit.It is the Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society Museum.The museum is named after treasure hunter Mel Fisher, who discovered an old sunken Spanish treasure ship near Key West more than twenty years ago.

A．Finally, we go back home.

B．Beyond the sign is the Atlantic Ocean.

C．Some are fishing boats you can use for the day.

D．After that, we travel a little way to Green Street.

E.Many of the buildings are more than 100 years old.

F.It is made of modern materials, i.e.steel and concrete.

G.This house belonged to the famous American writer Ernest Hemingway.

The Spanish exploration was the beginning of the history of San Francisco Harbor. That long history is celebrated at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park. The park’s main visitor center is only a few hundred meters from the waters of the great harbor. It is a memorial to the great ships and those who sailed them.

The visitor center holds many objects linked to the past of the great harbor. There are small ships, ship equipment, and hundreds of beautiful old photographs. Many visitors stop to look at a large painting of a huge sailing ship named the Balclutha.

Visitors who look at the painting can go out through the front door of the visitor center and see the real Balclutha. People walking near Fisherman’s Wharf often do not believe their eyes when they first see the Balclutha. Almost everyone stops and looks at the huge ship. The ship looks almost new. Several years ago, more than one million dollars was spent in repairing and painting it. Now, more than two hundred thousand people a year visit the ship.

The Balclutha is perhaps the most popular ship with visitors at the Maritime Park. However, there are also several other ships which are very important to the history of the great harbor. But not all of these ships are open to the public. One that is open is a small steam-powered workboat, called the Hercules. The Hercules was a tugboat. Until 1924 it pulled ships around the harbor.

Another boat popular with visitors is the Eureka. It was built in 1890. It is the largest wooden ship still floating today. The Eureka was a ferryboat. It carried people and cars across the bay. It did this until the Golden Gate Bridge and the Oakland Bay Bridge were built.

The park also has a very unusual looking museum. It is a large building that almost looks like a ship. The museum is filled with interesting equipment. One of the most interesting objects in the museum is a small sailboat called the Mermaid, which is only large enough for one person to sit in.

The underlined word “It” in Paragraph 1 refers to _________.

A. the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park

B. the Spanish exploration

C. the main visitor center

D. San Francisco Harbor

What can we know about the Balclutha according to the passage?

A. It is the largest wooden ship.

B. It is worth about one million dollars now.

C. It is a steam-powered workboat used to pull ships.

D. The huge ship attracts lots of visitors every year.

The ships are described in the passage in order to _______.

A. show the history of the great harbor

B. tell us each ship has its own features

C. tell us which one is the most popular

D. tell us these ships’ functions

We know from the passage that ________.

A. the Eureka is still used for carrying people and cars

B. the Hercules has not been used for pulling ships since 1924

C. the Mermaid is a small tugboat that can only hold one person

D. most of the ships in the park are open to the public

The Museum of Childhood is Australia’s most comprehensive collection of childhood items including toys , dolls , infant and school material.

Housed in a modern facility , the displays reflect Australian childhood experience over time including play , child rearing , orphanage childhood , and home , school , and war time experience .

There are many hands –on exhibits and education sessions including the famous ‘lesson’ in the 1920s One Teacher Bush Classroom .

The Museum also hosts national touring exhibitions and conducts special activities on Sundays and school holidays（ring for details ）.

Open: Tuesday- Friday 10am – 4pm , Sunday 10am – 4:30 pm , or by arrangement .

Special activities on Sundays as advertise .

Closed: Public holidays ,16 December-18 January .

Location: Edith Cowan University campus , Bay Road , Claremont (take bus 208 and alight at the Bay Road and Princess Road intersection . The Museum is 15 minutes’ walk from Claremont train station )

Tel :(08) 9442 1373 ; Fax ; (08 ) 9442 1314

1.On       you can stay at the Museum until half past four .

A．Wednesday        B．Friday            C．Sunday           D．Monday

2.If you want to attend a special activity , you’d better come on         .

A．Monday           B．Tuesday           C．Saturday          D．Sunday

3.When you come on December 20th , Friday ,you will find the Museum       .

A．closed                                B．holding special activities

C．not closed until 4:00                     D．not closed until 4:30

4.The main purpose of the Museum of Childhood is to         .

A．display toys , dolls , infant and school material

B．reflect Australian childhood experience over time

C．host national touring exhibition

D．tell you the famous ‘lesson’ in the 1920s

Have you ever wanted to travel back through time and see what life was like at the dawn（起始） of man? Well, museums can make history come alive. And one museum in particular can take you on an exciting journey from the beginning of human culture to the present day.
It is the British Museum. Being one of the largest museums in the world, it is home to over 7 million objects from all the world’s continents. While most of us may not have the opportunity to visit London, we can catch a glimpse of the treasures it holds in Beijing. More than 100 cultural relics will be on display in the Palace Museum. Named “Britain and the World”, a range of pencil sketches (素描), watercolor paintings, sculptures and many other objects have traveled to China.
There will be several Chinese objects on show. But “they were obtained by the British Museum before 1830 mainly by trade,” said Ma Jige, deputy director of the Exhibition Department of the Palace Museum.
In fact, there are more than 23,000 Chinese relics in the British Museum, including national treasures like gems (宝石), artwork and ancient bronze ware objects.
The museum is famed for its exquisite Chinese paintings. Picture of Lady Officials (《女史箴图》) by Gu Kaizhi, a top painter of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (AD 317-420), is there. The British Museum also holds 13,700 Buddhist records from the Dunhuang Grottoes in Gansu Province.
【小题1】 From the passage we can learn that ________.