Welcome to the British Museum, the grandest and the most spectacular of human history.  The admission is free and we open every day from 10:00 to 15:30. You can explore 10 departments including:

The Department of Africa, Oceania and the Americas

The collection of the Department of Africa, Oceania and the Americas includes around 350,000 objects. The scope of the collection is contemporary, and historical. It includes most of Africa, the Pacific and Australia, as well as the Americas. All of the collections were got during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and date from this time.

The Department of Asia

The Department of Asia covers the material and visual cultures of Asia – a vast geographical area of Japan, Korea, China, Central Asia, Afghanistan, South Asia and South-East Asia. The collection dates from about 4000 BC, to the present day. It represents the cultures and ways of life of local people and other minority groups.

The Department of Greek and Roman Empires

The Department of Greek and Roman Empires features antiquities (古董). It has one of the most comprehensive collections of antiquities from the Classical world, with over 100,000 objects. These mostly range in date from the beginning of the Greek Bronze Age (about 3200BC) to the time of the Roman emperor Constantine in the fourth century AD.

69. The scope of the Department of Africa, Oceania and Americas doesn’t include______.

       A. Africa B. Australia    C. the South America                   D. Britain

70. The earliest collection is from ______.

A. The Department of Africa, Oceania and the Americas

B. The Department of Asia

C. The Department of Greek and Roman Empires

D. All of the above

71. The Department of Asia represents ______.

       A. the geographic features of Asia

       B. the relationships between Asian countries

       C. the life styles and cultural traditions of some peoples

       D. the cultural fights between some native groups

II. Guided Writing

Directions:  Write an English composition in 120 - 150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.

假如你是张华，最近你们班同学针对发生在青少年身上的交通事故的原因作了一次调查。请你根据下表内容，写一封信给21st Century的编辑，说明你们调查的结果，并提出你的建议。

 It was the principles I learned from my reading _____ enabled me to get bigger and better jobs.

       A. that                  B. which                      C. what                        D. who

They ha a__________quarrel and John stonmed out.

A.violent         B.cruel         C.strong           D.harmful

 ______ the danger from enemy action, people had to deal with a severe shortage of food, clothing, fuel, and almost everything.

  A. As soon as      B. As long as          C. As far as         D. As well as

IV. 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分,满分30分）

Every year when the Italian artist Michelangelo’s (1475－1564，意大利文艺复兴时期著名雕刻家、画家、建筑师) birthday comes around, computer users all over the world are filled with fear (害怕) and use their computers with care. Some may even choose not to turn on their computers on March 3. All this fear and care are just because a deadly computer virus is ready to cause damages on that day.

What’s a computer virus then? Why do people get so afraid of it?

A computer virus is, in fact, a little program that is put into other programs and that does something bad. It is called a virus because, like any real-life viruses such as AIDs virus, it reproduces itself. And when these programs are run, the virus is brought to life. It hides itself in your computer system waiting for the right moment to make damages. And at the same time it keeps producing itself by copying itself onto other programs.

The Michelangelo virus waits until the artist’s birthday comes around, and then it will wake up to do very bad things like destroying you files (毁坏文档) . So next time when you turn on your computer, look out for computer viruses!

56. The Italian artist Michelangelo ____________.

A. was born six centuries ago                            B. was born on March 3, 1475

C. died six centuries ago                             D. died on March 3, 1564

57. Why are computer users full of fear on March 3?   Because _________.

A. it is the birthday of a famous Italian artist.

B. a kind of computer virus will be produced on that day

C. “the Michelangelo virus” will wake up and then cause damages on that day.

D. everything will go wrong with computers on that day.

58. In fact, a computer virus is __________.

A. a program which can be put into computers with some damages to them.

B. a kind of real-life virus.

C. a kind of virus like AIDS virus

D. a kind of program which is placed into other programs and which makes damages

59. In fact, a computer virus is ready to cause damages _________

A. on any day                                    B. only on March 3   

C. on Fridays                                     D. only on some famous artists’ birthdays

60. What should we do to protect our computers from virus according to the passage?

A. Don’t turn any computer on.    

B. Be careful.

C. Destroy our files before viruses. 

D. Don’t use computers to do important work.

When I was in junior high school, I was really a bad boy. My history teacher — Mr Oven criticized me a lot because I was naughty in his class. By the end of the first semester, I’d had enough of his words and had decided that I would get my revenge on him.

The opportunity arose one morning when Mr. Oven was called to the office for a certain reason. While Mr. Oven left, my company Billy and I grabbed Mr. Oven’s lunch bag from under his desk. I opened his sandwich and placed a bug in between the two slices of bread. We put it back and closed it. To keep it in memory, Billy took photos of the whole process. We laughed for weeks over this.

Well, it all went south during Thanksgiving break. Billy’s Mother found the pictures in his room, and demanded that he should tell her where these pictures were from. Billy told his mother the whole story, and Mr. Oven was informed. Not only was I punished from school for two weeks, but also I was kicked off the football and basketball team. Before I could return to school, I had to turn in a 1000-word essay on what I did and why I did that. I really felt embarrassing every time I saw Mr. Oven in the hallway for the rest of the school year. I felt a little regret that Mr. Oven left our school the next year.

51 Mr. Oven criticized the writer a lot because ________.

    A. he was naughty in his class            B. he didn’t go to his class

C. he didn’t answer his questions          D. he was good at his class

52. How can you imagine Mr. Oven when he had his lunch?

A. He would be glad to eat his delicious sandwich.

B. He would eat it as usual when he had his sandwich.

C. He would cry because he was afraid of the bug in his sandwich.

D. He would be very angry when he found the bug in his sandwich.

53. What is the meaning of the underlined sentence “Well, it all went south during Thanksgiving break.” in the third paragraph?

A. It was until Thanksgiving break that the secret was let out.

B. All the students left on Thanksgiving break.

C. All the students went south on Thanksgiving break.

D. Billy and I went south during Thanksgiving break.

54. What does the phrase “kicked off” mean in this passage?

    A. fired     B. punished    C. scolded   D. hit

55. Which one was NOT true according to the article?

A. He had to leave school for two weeks.

B. He was kicked off the football and basketball team.

C. He had to eat the sandwich he had made for Mr. Oven.

D. He had to write a 1000-word essay to acknowledge his mistake.

The farm _______once we worked has changed a lot.  

A. where   B. that    C. which    D. What

I can’t go to the cinema with you tonight as I have so much work to do. ____, it is raining really heavily.

   A. Instead    B. Plus        C. Although   D. However

-----Has he changed his mind?

-----Yes. After some hours of discussion, I ____ to talk him into accepting the new plan.

A. had managed     B. would managed        C. have managed              D. managed