1、Opening hours: daily 10 am.5:30 pm.Price: FreeThis exhibition aims to show the mysteries of mummification. From a kings daughter to a temple doorkeeper, the displays explore the identities of eight people, using their bodies to discover clues about how they lived. By using new methods, such as CT sc
2、anning and 3D visualization, the British Museum has been able to build up a picture of life in the Nile valley over 4,000 years, from prehistoric Egypt to Christian Sudan. the Fashion and Textile MuseumPhone:02074078664 www.ftmlondon.org daily 11 am.5: 8.80 adults, 5.50 studentsThis Fashion and Text
3、ile Museum is housing the firstever exhibition of the classic Mexican shawl (披肩), which became famous in the 20th century. Artists, photographers and fashion and textile designers will be exhibiting their colorful works there. the Victoria and Albert Museum02079422000 vam. ac. uk45 pm.; Fri. 10 am.1
4、0 pm.The Victoria and Albert Museum has dug out some of their most charming wedding dresses to record their history during the past two centuries. White wedding dresses were made popular by Queen Victoria in the nineteenth century. See beautiful wedding dresses made by famous designers. the Science
5、Museum02079424000 sciencemuseum.org.uk daily 10 am.6 pm.This fourday festival displays the latest exciting gadgets and introduces their inventors. Visitors can explore electronics, build robots, get handson experiences with new technologies and have a go at 3D printing. There will be displays taking
6、 place throughout the festival, which is suitable for anyone aged ten and over.语篇解读:本文是一篇应用文。文章介绍了四个英国博物馆的展览,包括博物馆的联系电话、网址、展出时间、票价,重点介绍了展览的内容和特色。1Which number would you call if youre interested in exploring history with modern technology?A02073238000. B02074078664.C02079422000. D02079424000.解析:选A细节理
7、解题。根据第一部分最后一句“By using new methods, such as CT scanning and 3D visualization . from prehistoric Egypt to Christian Sudan.”可知,大英博物馆的这一次展出使用CT扫描、可视化三维等高科技手段探索四千年以来的尼罗河河谷生活风貌;根据联系电话可知A项正确。2Which museum can you visit if you are free at 8 pm.on Friday?AThe British Museum.BThe Fashion and Textile Museum.C
8、The Victoria and Albert Museum.DThe Science Museum.选C细节理解题。根据第三部分中的“Opening hours: Fri.10 am.10 pm.”可知,该博物馆在周五从上午十点到晚上十点都有展出;据此可知,在周五晚上八点可以去该博物馆,故C项正确。3What can we learn about the Science Museum?AThe exhibition will last a week.BIt displays CT scanning technology.CVisitors themselves can try new tec
9、hnologies.DMore information can be found at vam.ac.uk.根据最后一部分第二句“Visitors can explore electronics, build robots, get handson experiences with new technologies and have a go at 3D printing.”可知,游客可以自己尝试新技术,故C项正确。BHao Jingfang won the 2016 Hugo Award for best novelette (中短篇小说)“Ive had a wide variety of
10、 interests since childhood.Ive got used to doing different things,”says the 33yearold.Although she became a famous science fiction writer after the award, shes never thought of quitting her job as an economic researcher at the China Development Research Foundation, which gives her the opportunity to
11、 meet many interesting people, she says.Hao says that the characters in her awardwinning Folding Beijing novel were developed from people she met.Folding Beijing which tells the story of a fathers struggle to send his daughter to school in a futuristic (未来的) Beijing and is also an allusion (暗示) to t
12、he difficulties that some Chinese parents are undergoing today to ensure their children receive a highquality education brought a breakthrough in her writing career and the top global award in the genre (类型)The Hugo Award came as a big surprise to her and has brought important changes to her life.“I
13、 thought it would just be an award, noticed only by people in the field. I didnt expect it to bring this huge attention,” she says.After the award, Hao, who had an interest in poverty studies, was offered the chance to set up a program initially funded by a Chinese auto company, with the aim of educ
14、ating rural children in poor areas.Hao says writing science fiction combines her love of science and her dream to become a writer. Writing has been an important part of her life since she was a teenager.Hao won the national New Concept Award for writing when she was in high school and then she start
15、ed writing science fiction in 2006 when she did her physics major at Tsinghua University where she continued her studies for her masters degree in physics and then economics for her PhD.Hao started reading science fiction in high school and devoted much of her time to writing novels in her universit
16、y years.But to take advantage of her academic background, she turned to write science fiction then.“Science fiction opened a whole new world for me,” says Hao.Speaking of the future, Hao says, “It will take time for science fiction to grow here.”本文是一篇记叙文。文章介绍了2016年雨果奖最佳中短篇小说奖得主郝景芳的写作经历和获奖作品并讲述了在得奖之后
17、她从事的一些工作。4According to the passage, we can know that Hao Jingfang .Awas an economic researcher when she won the 2016 Hugo AwardBgained many chances to meet interesting people due to the 2016 Hugo AwardCactually wasnt satisfied with her awardwinning novel Folding BeijingDdidnt become a professional w
18、riter until receiving the 2016 Hugo Award根据第二段“Although she became a famous science fiction writer after the award, shes never thought of quitting her job as an economic researcher at the China Development Research Foundation.”可知,虽然在获奖之后郝景芳成为一名著名的科幻小说作家,但是她从未想过要辞掉在中国发展研究基金会的经济研究员的工作。由此可知,郝景芳在获奖时是一名经
19、济研究员。5How did winning the award change Haos life?AShe funded a program to educate rural children.BShe started to focus on rural life in poor areas.CShe became famous and drew much attention.DShe was finally accepted by writers in the field of science fiction.根据第三段“I thought it would just be an award
20、, noticed only by people in the field.I didnt expect it to bring this huge attention”可知,郝景芳说她以为那只是个普通的奖项,只被科幻小说领域的人注意到。她没想到会得到如此多的关注。由此可知,获得雨果奖使郝景芳变得出名,吸引到很多的关注。6Hao Jingfang started writing science fiction .Awhen she was studying in high schoolBduring the time she studied in the universityCafter sh
21、e won the national New Concept Award for writingDafter she worked at the China Development Research Foundation选B细节理解题。根据第四段“she started writing science fiction in 2006 when she did her physics major at Tsinghua University”可知,郝景芳在2006年在清华大学学习物理学的时候开始写科幻小说。7Which of the following can be the best title
22、 for the passage?ABright and Warm Side of Serious Science FictionBThe Road Towards Great Fame of Hao JingfangCInfluences of Winning The 2016 Hugo Award on Hao JingfangDThe Science Fiction and Real Worlds of the Winner of 2016 Hugo Award for Best Novelette选D标题归纳题。本文第一、三和四段介绍了郝景芳现实生活中的一些信息,第二段和最后一段介绍了
23、郝景芳在科幻领域的信息。由此可知,选项D“2016年雨果奖最佳中短篇小说奖得主的科幻与现实世界”可以概括本文大意,适合作文章标题。CLife can sometimes go haywire rather like the feeling you get when youve lost control of your moving car.Its a feeling of complete helplessness and panic that makes us feel overwhelmed (被压垮的)In most cases, there is a difference betwee
24、n our expectations and reality.The greater the difference, the greater the feeling is of being overwhelmed.This difference is often created when our expectations are too demanding or when reality changes in a way we did not expect.Think of the weather ruining your carefully made travel plans to get
25、across the state.Think of that illness that made you stay in bed.While we may be feeling overwhelmed with everything going on in our lives right now, there are some steps we can take to regain a sense of control of our lives.We all know we should control our emotion properly and we can be affected g
26、reatly when we are overwhelmed, but feeling overwhelmed is part of life.When were feeling overwhelmed, it only means we are living, breathing human beings.For life is like a roller coaster ride with its ups, downs and turns.Its also like the season with its alternating periods of relative calm and p
27、eriods of varying degrees of stress and anxiety.Sometimes we forget this.No matter how much we try, we may not be able to control reality.But we can adjust our expectations to match reality.This may mean revising our goals and tasks or quitting projects.It may feel like failure in the moment, like g
28、iving up, but this ability is an opportunity to create success in the long term.Working with reality rather than against it can give us hope.When were feeling overwhelmed, we can easily fall into an allornothing (孤注一掷)We may overlook the things we manage to accomplish when we feel overwhelmed.But ce
29、lebrating our small wins creates space for gratitude (感激) to take hold in our hearts.Trade our expectations for appreciation and our whole world changes in an instant.Celebrating wins (whatever size!) allows us to clearly see the progress we are making.Acknowledging our small bites and celebrating o
30、ur wins however small makes us have a more accepting attitude toward the opportunities, the gifts and the joys in our lives.本文是一篇议论文。面对生活中的不如意,我们有时会感到绝望,感觉被压垮了。但我们可以采取一些有效的方法来摆脱这种困扰。8The underlined phrase “go haywire” can be replaced by .Abe in a mess Bbecome dullCbring surprises Dchange quickly选A词义猜测题。根据第一段内容可知,生活有时候会陷入混乱,就像你对行驶中的汽车失去控制时的感觉。这是一种彻底无助和恐慌的感觉,使你感觉被压垮了。go haywire意为“陷入混乱”。9What is the main idea of Paragraph 3?AWe fail to control our emotion sometimes.BWe must learn to control our emotion well.CIt is natural for everyone to feel overwhelmed.
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