题目内容
26.Museums in Beijing are on the move, _________exhibits that entertain and educate.
A.added B.adding C.to add D.having added
B
Teaching and research are supported by the University’s extensive collections—the Yale University Art Gallery, the Yale Center for British Art, the Peabody Museum of Natural History, and the Collection of Musical Instruments. All the collections are open to the public.
Yale University Art Gallery
The Yale University Art Gallery, founded in 1832, today houses a collection that has grown to rank with those of the major public art museums in the United States. Its two connected buildings house ancient, medieval, and Renaissance art, Near and Far Eastern art, archaeological material from the University’s excavations (古迹), Pre-Columbian and African art, works of European and American masters from actually every period, and a rich collection of modern art. Across the street, the Yale Center for British Art, which was opened in 1977, holds the largest collection of British art and illustrated books anywhere outside the United Kingdom.
Peabody Museum of Natural History
Yale’s Peabody Museum of Natural History, founded in 1866, contains one of the great scientific collections in North America. Among its holdings are the University’s comprehensive mineralogical and ornithological collections, the second-largest repository of dinosaur artifacts in the United States, and the largest undamaged Apatosaurus (Brontosaurus 雷龙) in the world. The Peabody is truly a working museum, where public exhibition, research, conservation, teaching, and learning intersect (贯穿).
Yale Center for British Art
Institutions like the Art Gallery, the Center for British Art, and the Peabody Museum hold only a portion of the treasures in the University’s collections. From paintings by Picasso, to pterodactyl (翼龙) remains, to a 1689 tenor viol in the Collection of Musical Instruments, Yale’s possessions are meant to be accessible to the communities they enrich.
Collection of Musical Instruments
Exhibitions are also frequently mounted (裱贴) at the following venues on campus: Art + Architecture Gallery (School of Architecture), Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Green Hall Gallery (School of Art), and Sterling Memorial Library, including the Arts of the Book Collection.
【小题1】Which of the following cannot be found in the Yale University Art Gallery?
| A.Near and Far Eastern art. |
| B.Pre-Columbian and African art |
| C.British art and illustrated books. |
| D.Works of European and American masters. |
| A.Peabody Museum of Natural History. |
| B.Collection of Musical Instruments. |
| C.Yale University Art Gallery. |
| D.Yale Center for British Art. |
| A.Yale Center for British Art. |
| B.Yale University Art Gallery. |
| C.Peabody Museum of Natural History. |
| D.A musical instrument named tenor viol. |
| A.collections are partly open to the public |
| B.there are many venues just for exhibitions |
| C.collections are from art museums in the US |
| D.exhibitions are frequently mounted on campus |
| A.Introduction to Yale University. | B.Introduction to collections in Yale. |
| C.Introduction to venues in Yale. | D.Introduction to art works in Yale. |
Museums have changed. They are no longer places that one “should” go to but to enjoy.
At a science museum in Canada, you can feel your hair stand on end as harmless electricity passes through your body. At the Children’s Museum in New York, you can play an African drum. There are no “Do Not Touch” sign in some other museums in the USA.
More and more museum directors have realized that people learn best when they can become part of what they are seeing. In many science museums, the visitors are encouraged to touch, listen, operate and experiment so as to discover scientific rules for themselves.
The purpose is not only to provide fun, but also help people feel at home in the world of science. If people don’t understand science, they will be afraid of it; and if they are afraid of science, they will not make the best use of it.
One cause of all these changes is the increase in wealth and spare time. Another cause is that the number of young people grow in the population. Many of them are college students or college graduates. They see things in a new and different way. They want art that they can take part in. The same is true of science and history.
The old museums have been changing and the government is encouraging the building of new, modern museums. In the States and Canada, there are more than 6000 museums, twice as many as there were 25 years ago.
Title: 1. __________________________
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Science Museums |
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Children’s Museums |
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Changes |
3._________________ |
Rules |
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In the past |
Not allowed to touch |
4._________________ |
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Nowadays |
encouraged to experience |
6000+ |
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5.___________________ |
Providing fun→having a good time |
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6. _________________→Making full use of science |
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7.________________ |
Wealth and spare time |
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8. _________________ of young people→wanting to experience art, science and history |
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9.____________ |
The government 10. ______________ new and modern museums. |