The British Museum
What’s on
Although many parts of Asia have long been connected through trade along Silk Road and shared religious systems, there are strong regional differences. In addition to various languages, Asia has developed its cultural networks, patterns of government, technology and styles of artistic representation.
The diverse cultural life of Africa has been expressed through everyday cooking objects and unique works of art since ancient times. The Museum’s collection of over 200,000 African items includes archaeological and contemporary material from across the continent.
The Iron Age was a time of big change for the people of Britain and Europe.Iron replaced bronze as the material used to make tools and weapons, while religion, art, daily life, economics and politics changed greatly.
Admission and opening times
The Museum is free and open daily 10:00-17:30 except Friday, and is open until 20:30 on Fridays, except Good Friday. The Museum is open every day except for 24,25 and 26 December and 1 January.
Museum shops
Bookshop
Monday-Thursday 10:00-17:30 Friday 10:00-20:00
Saturday 10:30-17:30 Sunday 10:00-17:30
Collections shop
Monday-Thursday 09:30-17:30 Friday 09:30-20:00
Saturday 09:30-17:30 Sunday 10:00-17:30
Getting here
By Tube
Nearest underground stations:
Tottenham Court Road(500m) Holborn (500m)
Russell Square(800m) Goodge Street(800m)
By bus
Buses that stop near the Museum:1,8,19,X25,38,55,98,242
By car
The Museum lies within the Congestion(拥堵) Charge Zone. There is little on-street parking nearby. The nearest car park to the Museum is located at Bloomsbury Square. There is limited parking in the Museum’s open space for disabled visitors only.
1.In the museum, you may not see items from ________.
A.Asia B.Africa C.Europe D.America
2.If you want to buy artists’ works of the Iron Age,you may go to the Museum at ________.
A.20:15 Friday, July 11
B.14:45 Saturday, January 1
C.18:00 Wednesday, February 14
D.10:30 Sunday, December 28
3.Which is TRUE according to the passage?
A.It is not convenient to drive cars to the Museum.
B.The No.55 bus stop is the nearest to the Museum.
C.It is 500 meters from Russell Square to the Museum.
D.The old can park their cars in the Museum’s open area.
Alia Baker is a librarian in Iraq. Her library used to be a ____ place for all who loved books and liked to share knowledge. They ____ various matters all over the world. When the war was near, Alia was______that the fires of war would destroy the books, which are more ____ to her than mountain of gold. The books are in every language — new books, ancient books, ____ a book on the history of Iraq that is seven hundred years old.
She had asked the government for______to move the books to a _____place, but they refused. So Alia took matters into her own hands. _____, she brought books home every night,______her car late after work. Her friends came to _____her when the war broke out. Anis who owned a restaurant ___ to hide some books. All through the_____ , Alia, Anis, his brothers and neighbours took the books from the library, _____them over the seven-foot wall and _____them in the restaurant. The books stayed hidden as the war______. Then nine days laters, a fire burned the______to the ground.
One day, the bombing stopped and the_____ left. But the war was not over yet. Alia knew that if the books were to be safe, they must be ____ again while the city was _____. So she hired a truck to bring all the books to the houses of friends in the suburbs(郊区). Now Alia waited for the war to end and ____ peace and a new library.
1.A.meeting B.working C.personal D.religious
2.A.raised B.handled C.reported D.discussed
3.A.worried B.angry C.doubtful D.curious
4.A.practical B.precious C.reliable D.expensive
5.A.then B.still C.even D.rather
6.A.permission B.confirmation C.explanation D.information
7.A.large B.public C.distant D.safe
8.A.Fortunately B.Surprisingly C.Seriously D.Secretly
9.A.starting B.parking C.filling D.testing
10.A.stop B.help C.warn D.rescue
11.A.intended B.pretended C.happened D.agreed
12.A.war B.night C.building D.way
13.A.put B.opened C.passed D.threw
14.A.hid B.exchanged C.burnt D.distributed
15.A.approached B.erupted C.continued D.ended
16.A.restaurant B.library C.city D.wall
17.A.neighbours B.soldiers C.friends D.customers
18.A.sold B.read C.saved D.moved
19.A.occupied B.bombed C.quiet D.busy
20.A.dreamed of B.believed in C.cared about D.looked for
Although going to Wuhan meant________himself in danger, he said he had never regretted _________such a decision.
A.to put; to make B.putting; to make C.to put; making D.putting; making
It was not until he came to my support________I freed myself from constant worries.
A.that B.when C.which D.so
One of the advantages of living on the top of a high rise is to get a good .
A.sign B.view C.scene D.scenery
In the past decade, our education system_________too much on grades. However, there is always some doubt________grades have a direct connection with future success.
A.focused; whether B.focused; if C.has focused; whether D.has focused; if
