With so many NYC museums to choose from, it’s hard to begin. The good news is, you’re in the right place. Below is a highly selective list of museums in New York City.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Occupying two million square feet, with a permanent collection of over two million works of art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art (founded in 1870) is one the largest galleries in the world. This famous fine arts museum in NYC possesses works from classical antiquity (古物), ancient Egypt, Asia, Byzantium, and Europe, with nearly all of the European masters represented.
American Museum of Natural History
Originally founded in 1869, the American Museum of Natural History is one of the largest museums in the world. Located in park-like grounds across the street from Central Park, the museum complex consists of 28 interconnected buildings housing 45 permanent exhibition halls. As a popular family-friendly NYC attraction, the American Museum of Natural History is as fun as it is educational.
Solomon R.Guggenheim Museum
One of the mid-twentieth century’s most important architectural landmarks, the iconic Solomon R.Museum was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Wright spent 15 years designing the building and gave up 700 sketches and six sets of working drawings in the process. He died six months before the doors were opened.
New York City Fire Museum
The New York City Fire Museum (set up in 1934) is a charming alternative to the more expensive museums of New York. Here you will find art and artifacts that celebrate the history of firefighting and the New York City Fire Department, including modern-day firefighting equipment and real New York fire equipment from 1790.
1.What do you know about the American Museum of Natural History?
A.It consists of 28 exhibition halls. B.It lies in the middle of Central Park.
C.It is fit for parents and their kids. D.It is the largest museum in the world.
2.Which is the youngest museum?
A.The New York City Fire Museum
B.The Solomon R.Guggenheim Museum
C.The Metropolitan Museum of Art
D.The American Museum of Natural History
3.What is one feature of the New York City Fire Museum?
A.It charges no fees B.It is the most famous museum
C.It exhibits only modern equipment D.It is a themed museum
4.Where can you probably find this passage?
A.In a guidebook B.In a history book
C.In an art review D.In an official report
为了让同学们远离疾病，保持身体健康，你班将举行一次英语班会， 主题为“How to be strong and healthy”。请你根据下面的提示写一篇发言稿。
存在问题:部分学生身体素质差；
解决办法:1. 充足的睡眠；2. 加强锻炼，增加户外活动；3. 按时吃饭，少吃零食；
注意:1.词数100左右(开头已给出，但不计入总词数)；
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
How to be strong and healthy
It is obvious that some students are neither in good health nor full of energy.
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改:在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意:1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
When talked about sports, I feel very excited. I like sports very much, and I love playing the tennis in particular. I remember one day when I got home after school, I turned off the TV and a tennis game was going on. I started to watch them, and I was attracted by the wonderful game gradual. I became a big fan of tennis from now on. I usually stay up late to watch tennis games. Li Na is my favorite players. I think she is one of the greater athletes in China. I sign up for a tennis training course several months ago, and my skills have improved a lot. In addition, I have some friends which also love tennis, and I often practise with them when I am free.
根据汉语提示写出单词。
1.What the book ______ (涉及) is how to develop teenagers’ qualities.
2.______(实际上) all languages change and develop when cultures meet and communicate with each other.
3.An _______ (态度) is what a person thinks about something.
4.Some of the rescue workers and doctors were _____(使陷入困境) under the ruins.
5.All the students in the class took an _____ (积极的) part in the discussion.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(一个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式，并将答案填写在答题卡相应位置上。
Mrs. Wilson, the wife of a rich man, 1. (invite) some of her friends to lunch. She was trying a new way to cook fish and she was very pleased with 2.(she) when the fish was ready. As the fish was very hot, she put it near the open window 3.(cool) for a few minutes. Five minutes later, when she 4.(come) back for it, she was 5. (surprise) to find the neighbor’s cat at the fish. She was in time to stop the cat before it was too 6.. That afternoon every one enjoyed the fish. They talked laughed until four o’clock.
After the guests left, Mrs. Wilson felt tired but happy. She was sitting down in a chair near the window she saw the neighbor’s cat 7.(die) in her garden. She was sure the fish was bad. 8. would happen to her friends? She at once telephoned the family doctor for help. The doctor wanted each guest to meet him. Once again Mrs. Wilson was alone in her chair still tired 9. no longer happy. Just then the telephone rang.
10. was her neighbor, “Oh, Mrs. Wilson,” he cried.” My cat is dead. She was killed by someone in a car and put it in your garden….”
John was repairing his motorcycle in the yard while his mom was cooking in the kitchen. Suddenly the motorcycle ran through the glass door while John was still ________ on it. So he was ________to the floor inside the house.
His mom, hearing the________, ran out and found John badly________ lying on the floor, the motorcycle lying next to him and the glass door________. The mom called an ambulance (救护车) quickly. After the ambulance arrived and took John to the________, the mom pushed the motorcycle outside. Seeing the ________on the floor, the mom got some paper towels to clean it, and threw the towels in the________.
After John’s wound was ________, he left the hospital. After arriving home, he ________at the broken door and the damage done to his motorcycle and felt very ________. So he went to the bathroom, sat on the toilet and ________a cigarette. After finishing the cigarette, he threw it into the toilet bowl.
The ________in the kitchen heard a loud explosion (爆炸声). She ran into the bathroom and found John lying on the floor again and his clothes ________away. The fire was caused by the towels covered with gas in the toilet bowl. The mom had to call an ambulance again.
The ________ambulance crew (工作人员) came again. They were ________to see John was seriously hurt again. When they carried John to the ambulance, one of them ______the mom how John had burned himself. So she told them what ________to John after he was taken to the hospital last time. One of them couldn’t help laughing so ________that John fell to the ground. Then John got a(an) _______arm.
1.A.repairing B.running C.getting D.riding
2.A.moved B.thrown C.hit D.invited
3.A.sound B.story C.news D.word
4.A.affected B.stuck C.beaten D.hurt
5.A.painted B.damaged C.repaired D.closed
6.A.hospital B.company C.yard D.school
7.A.water B.gas C.paper D.glass
8.A.street B.kitchen C.toilet D.bedroom
9.A.discovered B.received C.changed D.covered
10.A.looked B.shouted C.knocked D.laughed
11.A.excited B.sad C.interested D.safe
12.A.lit B.bought C.dropped D.expected
13.A.doctor B.mom C.nurse D.son
14.A.washed B.put C.taken D.burned
15.A.honest B.different C.careless D.same
16.A.unwilling B.surprised C.ready D.sure
17.A.asked B.showed C.taught D.advised
18.A.happened B.belonged C.devoted D.turned
19.A.hard B.easily C.freely D.politely
20.A.long B.open C.strong D.broken
