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TheNationalGallery

Description:

TheNationalGalleryistheBritishnationalartmuseumbuiltonthenorthsideofEuropeanartrangingfrom13th-centuryreligiouspaintingstomoremodernonesbyRenoirandVanGogh.TheoldercollectionsofthegalleryarereachedthroughthemainentrancewhilethemoremodernworksintheEastWingaremosteasilyreachedfromTrafalgarSquarebyagroundfloorentrance

Layout:

ThemodernSainsburyWingonthewesternsideofthebuildinghouses13th-to15th-centurypaintings,andartistsincludeDuccio,Uccello,VanEyck,Lippi,Mantegna,BotticelliandMemling.

ThemainWestWinghouses16th-centurypaintings,andartistsincludeLeonardodeVinci,Cranach,Michelangelo,Raphael,Bruegel,Bronzino,TitanandVeronest.

TheNorthWinghouses17th-centurypaintings,andartistsincludeCaravaggio,Rubens,Poussin,VanDyck,Velazquez,ClaudeandVermeer.

TheEastWinghouses18th-toearly20th-centurypaintings,andartistsincludeCanaletto,Goya,Turner,Constable,RenoirandVanGogh

OpeningHours:

TheGalleryisopeneverydayfrom10amto6pm（Fridays10anmto9pm）andisfree,butchargesapplytosomespecialexhibitions.

GettingThere:

Nearestundergroundstations:

CharingCross（2-minutewalk）.LeicesterSquare（3-minutewalk）,Embankment（7-minutewalk）,andPiccadillyCircus（8-minutewalk）.

21.Inwhichcentury’scollectioncanyouseereligiouspaintings?

A．The13thB．The17thC．The18thD．The20th

22.WhereareLeonardodaVinci’sworksshown?

A．IntheEastWing.B．InthemainWestWing.

C．IntheSainsburyWing.D．IntheNorthWing.

23.WhichundergroundstationisclosesttotheNationalGallery?

A．PiccadillyCircus.B．LeicesterSquare.C．Embankment.D．CharingCross.

B

RachelCarsonwasbornintheUSAonMay,1907.Hermother,MariaCarson,hadbeenaschoolteacher.Shealsolovednature.SheshowedRachelthebeautyofnature.ShealsotaughtRacheladeeploveforbooks.Asaquietchild,Rachellikedtoreadandwritestories.Ataveryearlyage,shedecidedshewantedtobeawritersomeday.Herstoryfirstappearedinachildren’smagazinewhenshewastenyearsold.

Herfirstbooks,UndertheSeaWindcameoutin1941.In1948,MissCarsonbeganworkingonanotherbook,TheSeaAroundUs.Shealwaysrememberedcarefullywhenshewrote.ShecollectedinformationfrommorethanonethousandplacestowriteTheSeaAroundUs.Whenthebookcameoutin1951,itwontheNationalBookAward.ItwasNo.1onthebestsellerlistformorethanayear.TheSeaAroundUsmadeRachelCarsonfamous.

RachelCarson’smostfamousbook,SilentSpringcameoutin1962.Inthisbook,shepointedoutthattheuseofsomekindsofpesticides（杀虫剂）likeDDTwouldcausethenumberofbirdstodeclinebecauseitwouldkillthemaswell.Finally,inNovember1969,theUnitedSatesgovernmentdecidedthattheuseofDDTmuststopintwoyears.

RachelCarsonhasbeenregardedasagreatenvironmentalist（环保主义者）andwriter.Shewillberememberedbytheworld.

24.RachelCarsonhadadeeplovefornatureandbooksbecauseof____________.

A.herfatherB.hermotherC.herschoolteacherD.herbrother

25.Racheldecidedthatshewantedtobeawriterwhen___________.

A.shewasveryyoungB.shewasincollege

C.shebecameateacherD.shebecamefamous

26.TheChinesemeaningoftheword”decline”inthispassageisprobably“___________”.

A.增加B.减少C.维持D.翻番

27.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage?

A.RachelCarsonwasacarefulandseriouswriter.

B.TheSeaAroundUswontheNationalBookAward.

C.InSilentSpringRachelsaidsomepesticideswerebadfortheenvironment.

D.TheuseofDDTwasstoppedassoonasthebookSilentSpringcameout.

C

AKoalaIsn’taBear

Koalasremindpeopleofteddybears.Theyhavethickfurandlargeears.Theirbroad,flatnosemakesthemlookcute,similartoteddybears.Infactkoalasaren’tcute.Theyhavesharpteethandverysharpclaws!

Koalasaremarsupials.Thismeansthemothercarriesherbabyinapocketwhileitdevelops,similartoakangaroo.Thebabykoalalivesinitsmother’spocketforthefirstsixmonthsofitslife.

Thename“koala”comesfromanativeAustralianwordthatmeans“nodrink”.Thekoalasgetalmostalltheirwaterfromtheeucalyptus（桉树）leavestheyeat.That’swheretheygettheirfoodtoo.Koalaseatonlyeucalyptusleaves,andonlytheleavesofcertaineucalyptustrees.Theeucalyptustreesarewherethekoalaslive.It’salsowheretheysleep.Koalassleepaboutnineteenhoursaday!

Whydotheysleepsomuch?

Somepeoplethinkit’sbecausethey’relazy.Butkoalasaren’tlazy.Theysleepsomuchbecausethereisn’tmuchnutritionineucalyptusleaves.Koalasstorehardlyanyfat,sotheymustsav