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The American Museum of Natural History
Address: Central Park West at 79th, St., New York Tel: 212-769-5100 Traffic: located on the Upper West Sideof Manhattan, the museumis conveniently reached by bus, underground or car. Parking: There is a small parking place which charges only $7.75 per day, but is often full. Parking in the neighborhood is also limited. Museum hours: 10:00 am to 5:45 pm Sunday through Tuesday; 10:00 am to 9:00 pm Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Admission: $3.20 for grown-ups, one-fourth for children, and free on Friday and Saturday evening from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm. The museum is open every day of the year except Christmas and Thanksgiving. |
1.The American Museum of Natural History is in .
A．Philadelphie B．Washington
C．Boston D．New York
2.There is a parking place outside the museum, but .
A．people cannot park their cars there
B．it is not big enough to park all the cars
C．it will cost you $7.75 per week
D．nobody wants to park his car there
3.If four grown-ups and four children want to pay a visit to the museum at 3:00 pm on Saturday, they will pay .
A．$16 B．$19.2 C．$25.6 D．no money
4.You can visit the museum .
A．at 7:00 am on Monday
B．at 8:00 pm on Tuesday
C．at 11:00 am on Sunday
D．at 10:00 pm on Friday
5.From the passage, we can learn that .
A．the museum lies in the east of New York
B．the small parking place charges more than $8 a day for a car
C．one can get to the museum by car, by under-ground or by bus
D．the museum is the most popular one in America
Arnold Pointer, a professional fisherman from the south of Australia, set free (释放) a big female white shark that was 1 in his large fishing nets. He thought she would have more and more babies. But now the fisherman is facing a(n) 2 problem. The white shark is so 3 to him that for nearly 2 years she hasn’t left him 4 . She even follows him everywhere. 5 this, Arnold Pointer can’t do fishing — all the fishes are scared at her, and he doesn’t know 6 to do anymore.
It is hard to drive away such an almost 17-feet-long shark for Arnold Pointer. We all know the white sharks are protected 7 the wildlife conservation. At the same time, some special feeling has been 8 between Arnold and “Cindy”, the name the fisherman has given the white shark.
Arnold says, “Every time I stop the boat, she always comes to me, turns on her back and lets me pet (抚摸) her body and neck. She sings, turns her eyes, and moves her fins (鳍) up and down, hits the water 9 .”
Cindy is 10 an interesting animal that Arnold has to try to go fishing in different places. Doesn’t Cindy know what her action means? Maybe she really doesn’t understand.
1. A．built B．caught C．killed D．invented
2. A．strange B．exciting C．happy D．serious
3. A．thankful B．useful C．careful D．wonderful
4. A．alive B．aloud C．alone D．asleep
5. A．For instance B．Instead of C．Such as D．Because of
6. A．how B．when C．what D．why
7. A．up B．on C．by D．down
8. A．established B．achieved C．expected D．increased
9. A．sadly B．normally C．luckily D．happily
10. A．so B．such C．too D．much
— Could you please tell me ?
— In three days.
A．when will your course start
B．when your course will start
C．when your course started
D．when did your course start
— It only takes me 20 minutes to get here by bike. Why don’t you ride a bike as I do?
— . I’m afraid I’ll have to ride a bike.
A．I agree B．I’d like to C．I don’t think so D．It’s not so easy
I can’t tell when that house exactly, but it must be very long ago.
A．is built B．will build C．was built D．has built
— you out the physics problem, Kathy?
— Not yet, but I’m going to.
A．Do; work B．Will; work C．Had; worked D．Have; worked
