1、Thursday:00 am8:Sunday: 11:00 am5:Tuesday: closedPublic Holidays(January 1, Easter, Easter Monday, Spirit Monday, May 1, December 2526, Shrove Monday, March 25, August 15):museum is closed.Tel:(210) 7228321Municipal Gallery of AthensIt is home to a rich collection of nearly 3,000 works from leading
2、19th and 20thcentury Greek artists. Its building was designed in the early 19th century by famous architect Hans Christian Hansen and is one of the oldest neoclassical buildings in Athens.Tuesday through Saturday:00 am2:00 pm and 5:00 pm9:Monday:Admission is free.(210)3231841,(210)3240762Jewish Muse
3、um of GreeceArt and artifacts from Jewish communities through the ages make this museum a cultural treasure. This museum is the creation of my 9th grade history teacher Nikos Stavrolakis.From Monday to Friday: 9:002:30 pmSaturday and Sunday:(210)3225582Fax:(210)3231577National Historical MuseumThis
4、museum is perfect for those who are interested in the Greek War of Independence and its artifacts.Open daily from 9:00 am1:Free on Sunday(210)32376171.If you want to be at the Museum of Cycladic Art for the longest opening hours, you should go _Aon TuesdayBon ThursdayCon Friday Don Saturday2The muse
5、um you can enter for free on its workdays is _Athe Museum of Cycladic ArtBthe Jewish Museum of GreeceCthe Municipal Gallery of AthensDthe National Historical Museum3What number should you call for more information about the Jewish Museum of Greece?A(210)3237617. B(210)3225582.C(210)3231841. D(210)72
6、28321.BNelle Harper Lee was born on April 28, 1926, in Monroeville, Alabama. As a child, Harper Lee was a tomboy (假小子). She fought on the playground. She talked back to teachers, and she was bored with school. In high school Lee was lucky enough to have a gifted English teacher, Gladys Watson Burket
7、t, who made her fall in love with literature and taught her how to write well. There Lee loved nineteenthcentury British authors best, and once said that her dream was to become “the Jane Austen of South Alabama”After leaving high school, she went to the University of Alabama. There she found a seco
8、nd home on the campus newspaper. Eventually she became editorinchief of the Rammer Jammer, a quarterly humor magazine on campus. She entered the law school, but she loathed it. Despite her fathers hope that she would become a local attorney (律师) like her sister Alice, Lee went to New York for her wr
9、iting.She spent eight years working small jobs before she finally showed a manuscript (手稿) to Tay Hohoff, an editor at JB. Lippincott. At this point, it was more like a string of stories than the novel that Lee wanted to write. Under Hohoffs guidance, two and a half years of rewriting followed. Fina
10、lly the novel was ready for publication.To Kill a Mockingbird was published in 1960 to highly favorable reviews and quickly climbed the bestseller lists, where it remained for eightyeight weeks. In 1961, the novel won the Pulitzer Prize. To Kill a Mockingbird has sold more than thirty million copies
11、 in eighteen languages. In 2011, President Obama awarded Nelle Harper Lee the National Medal of Arts.4When Nelle Harper Lee was a little girl, she _Aloved reading very muchBwas loved by all her teachersCread some of Jane Austens novelsDwas naughty and liked breaking rules5What kind of role did Glady
12、s Watson Burkett play in Nelle Harper Lees life?AShe recommended her to some living authors.BShe made her become a popular girl.CShe inspired her to write her novel.DShe introduced her to literature.6What does the underlined word “loathed” in Paragraph 2 mean?AReduced. BDisliked.CDeveloped. DConside
13、red.7How did Tay Hohoff react after reading Nelle Harper Lees manuscript?AShe made fun of it.BShe guided her to improve it.CShe refused to help publish it.DShe was extremely excited about it.CWhat is poetry? We usually dont think much about this question. If we do, were probably tempted to think tha
14、t poetry is simply a series of rhyming lines which describe a thing or an experience. But if it was as simple as that, why would we need poetry at all?One explanation of poetry I like is that poetry communicates the essence (本质) or the soul of something, instead of just describing it. For example, i
15、magine describing a playground swing to someone: what it looks like and how it feels to swing backwards and forwards. The person youre talking to would probably understand, but would he or she really get a sense of the excitement and freedom a child feels on a swing?Now, take a moment to read Robert
16、 Louis Stevensons short poem The Swing.How do you like to go up in a swing.Up in the air so blue?Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing Ever a child can do!Up in the air and over the wall, Till I can see so wide,River and trees and cattle and allOver the countrysideTill I look down on the garden gr
17、een,Down on the roof so brown,Up in the air I go flying again,Up in the air and down!The poem communicates so much more than any mere description could: the joy, the wonder, and the fun a child feels when he or she swings high up into the air.Another way to explain it is to say that a poet uses lang
18、uage techniques to create visual images that come alive in the mind of readers or listeners. As the images come alive, the readers or listeners become part of the experience being described: they are there, at least in their imagination. And because they are there, even for a very short time, their
19、emotions are also engaged. They feel frightened or excited, filled with awe or sadness. Pretty amazing, really.8In Paragraph 1, the author shows that poetry _Ais attractive to everyone who loves readingBisnt very different from other forms of writingCmainly tells about an experience of a poetDis abo
20、ut more than just describing something9What is the explanation of poetry that the author likes?AIt truly helps the reader feel excited and free.BIt shows the essence or the soul of something.CIt describes something to people in a better way.DIt makes something simple sound more beautiful.10What does
21、 the poem written by Robert Louis Stevenson mainly show?AThings people can see on a swing.BThe simple excitement of children.CThe excitement of living in the countryside.DThe joyful experience of a child on a swing.11The purpose of the text is to _Atell readers how to write poemsBrecommend a beautif
22、ul poemChelp readers better understand poetryDexplain why poetry is worth readingDIf youre like me, you know that multitasking does not always save time. You slow down or make mistakes that require fixing. But_maybe_Im_just_doing_the_wrong_things. Because a new study shows that people on a stationar
23、y bike pedaled faster when they took part in some sort of mental test at the same time.Even the researchers were surprised by that result. They originally set out to prove what other studies showed: when people try to do two things at one time, they do both more poorly. Their finding is in the journ
24、al PLOS ONE.In the experiment, subjects were asked to complete various cognitive (认知的) jobs that ranged in difficulty everything from saying “go” when they saw a blue star on a projection screen to remembering a long list of numbers and then repeating them in reverse order. They did these tasks once
25、 while sitting in a quiet room and again while on the bike.It turns out that cyclists rode 25 percent faster when they were distracted by some mental gymnastics. But only when the tasks were relatively easy. When confronted with tough brainteasers, their cycling speeds were about the same as when th
26、ey had nothing in particular to think about. The participants cycling neither helped nor prevented their brain function.The findings could point toward new programs in which we get better workouts simply by using our head. So next time youre pedaling or taking part in other kinds of workouts, try do
27、ing something else at the same time. You may not only be able to exercise more efficiently but also enjoy your time better.12What is implied in the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1?AMultitasking is popular with a lot of people.BMultitasking does not help people save time at all.CMultitasking often
28、 leads to mistakes that require fixing.DMultitasking doesnt necessarily mean poorer performance.13During the experiment, participants _Adid cognitive tasks of different difficulty levelsBrepeated more numbers when cycling fasterCcycled more slowly when repeating numbersDdid the tasks several times14
29、Which of the following is TRUE according to the study?ACycling helps ones brain function better.BCycling doesnt lead to poorer brain function.COne cannot cycle fast when he/she is distracted.DThe harder one thinks, the faster he/she cycles.15What is the main idea of the text?AResearchers find someth
30、ing surprising.BMultitasking can help us work out better.CCognitive jobs benefit us in various ways.DPeople like cycling and thinking at one time.任务型阅读(共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分)根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Do your friends put on polite smiles when they open gifts from you? Is it obvious that they never seem to like what you give them? 16._ But dont worry. This can be made up easily eno
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