Most visited museums in the world
The British Museum, London, UK It is one of the world’s greatest museums of human history and culture. It was opened on Jan 15, 1759. And now it has about 8 million things, from the stone tools of early men to 20th century inventions. Some famous inventions are on show there, such as the bicycle, the telephone, the television and so on. |
Musee du Louvre, Paris, France It was first built in 1204, but as a museum, it was opened in 1793. Once a palace that was homes to kings of France, the Louvre is now the world’s most famous museums. Millions of visitors go to the museum every year. It’s famous for some of the best pieces of art in the world. |
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, US The museum is one of the world’s largest museums. It was opened in 1872. There are over 2 million things of art. You can see many interesting things from Africa and the Middle East. Of course, it has a great collection of American art. If you are interested in American history, don’t miss it. |
1.How many things are there in the British Museum now ?
A.2 million B.8 million C. 5 million D.7 million
2.When was Musee du Louvre opened as a museum?
A.1759 B.1204 C.1793 D.1872
3.In the passage, we know the Metropolitan Museum of Art is __________.
A.in New York B.once a palace C.not interesting D.famous for science
“Low *carbon” becomes the most popular words these days because more and more people pay attention to our environment. Not only China but all other 1 concentrate on the topic of “low carbon”. Low carbon life 2 a kind of lifestyle in which people do their best to use less energy. The purpose of the lifestyle is to push us to 3 the environment.
Because of the fast increase of population and human *desire, the human living environment, health and safety are 4 worse and worse. So we can say, the lifestyle is becoming the killer of the earth and human beings. Therefore, low carbon life is needed by man’s own health. So we should develop good 5 in our daily life. For example, when we go shopping, we’d better use 6 plastic bags. We should eat more 7 and less meat. As for clothing, we’d better buy the necessary clothes and not buy clothes with animal *leather. As for housing, when building a 8 , we must use green material; buy the lights that need less energy and remember to 9 the lights when not needed; put rubbish into different kinds and recycle the useful things, like bottles and paper. As for transportation, we can 10 if you go to the places near your house. For short trips, we can ride a bike instead of driving a car. Try to use public transportations. As for working, companies should 11 clerks to use e-mail, MSN and other ways instead of using paper. We use paper only when necessary. For using 12 : If you don’t use computer in a short time, you can change the computer into its “sleep”.
Besides, we should try 13 best to tell the people around us the importance of the low carbon lifestyle. And we can also ask them to 14 us to take the low carbon life, in this way, not only can we make our city better, 15 also it’s good for ourselves.
In all, it weighs greatly for all of us to put the low carbon lifestyle into practice.
1. A.countries B.cities C.towns D.villages
2. A.helps B.means C.lives D.thinks
3. A.keep B.pollute C.protect D.make
4. A.doing B.trying C.discovering D.becoming
5. A.lists B.shops C.decisions D.habits
6. A.more B.less C.fewer D.many
7. A.tea B.vegetables C.meat D.food
8. A.house B.bridge C.store D.market
9. A.turn off B.turn on C.put off D.put on
10. A.walk B.rush C.run D.drive
11. A.make B.let C.see D.encourage
12. A.machine B.light C.bed D.computer
13. A.ours B.we C.our D.us
14. A.stop B.tell C.join D.hear
15. A.so B.but C.and D.though
--- Our family are traveling to Taiwan Island this vacation.
--- ________!
A.Congratulations B.See you later
C.Have a great time D.Be careful
-- Could you tell me ________?
--Sure. Go on until you reach the end. It’s on your right.
A.which country you come form B.what’s your favorite city
C.how can I get to the bus station D.if there is a bus station near here
--What a beautiful school!
–Yes. Many trees ________ in our school every year.
A.plant B.are planted C.were planted D.is planted
--Mum, can I wear my jeans to school?
--No, you ________ wear school uniforms. That’s the school rule.
A.can B.may C.can’t D.have to