The British Museum, which has about 8 million works, is located in the Bloomsbury area of London.The British Museum was set up in 1753, largely based on the collections of the scientist Sir Hans Sloane.The museum first opened to the public on 15 January 1759 in Montagu House in Bloomsbury.
Admission and opening times
● Free, open daily 10：00－17：30.
● The Museum is open every day except for 24, 25 and 26 December and 1 January.
● Museum galleries are open daily 10：00－17：30, and most are open until 20：30 on Fridays.Closing starts from 17：20 (20：20 on Fridays)．
Tips for your school visit
● Booking your visit
Contact the Ticket Desk at ＋44 (0)20 7323 8181 or tickets@ britishmuseum.org
● Cancelling your visit
If you want to cancel your visit, you must tell the Ticket Desk at least three weeks before the date.Failing to do so may incur some cost.
● Booking Gallery (艺术馆)
Please book at least one term earlier, especially book Greek and Egyptian galleries quickly, and confirm before making travel plans.
● Special educational needs
There are different kinds of facilities (设施) for disabled students, so all works can be visited.
Parking
There is little onstreet parking.There is limited parking in the Museum's forecourt for disabled visitors only.Please telephone ＋44 (0)20 7323 8299 at least 24 hours in advance.
Support us
Your support is important to make the Museum share its collection with the world.The British Museum depends on support from different ways and there are many ways that you can donate to help the museum operate.Please consider supporting the British Museum today.
1.Who can visit the British Museum?
A. George getting to the museum at 13：15 on Monday.
B. Elizabeth coming to the museum at 20：30 on Friday.
C. Mary arriving at the museum at 12：00 on December 26.
D. Jennifer reaching the museum at 10：00 on New Year's Day.
2.What does the underlined word “incur” in the passage mean in Chinese?
A. 避免 B. 负债 C. 逃脱 D. 招致
3.What do we know about the British Museum?
A. Sir Hans Sloane donated 8 million works to the museum.
B. All the cars can park in the Museum's forecourt.
C. Greek and Egyptian Galleries are popular with students.
D. Disabled students are limited to some special works.
4.What does the museum mainly depend on to operate?
A. Support from Sir Hans Sloane.
B. Support from different ways.
C. Money from selling its tickets.
D. Money from selling some works.
Name | The Palace Museum | British Museum | New York Museum |
Country | China | The UK | The USA |
Address | Chang'an Street, Beijing | New Oxford Street, London | Chestnut Street, New York |
Feature | The largest ancient palace buildings with many kinds of collections in China | One of the largest museums with collections of any time and any area in the world | America's largest museum on American history |
Ticket | ￥60 (spring & summer) ￥40 (autumn & winter) | Free | Monday free |
1.As one of the largest museums in the world, British Museum is in ________.
A. Beijing B. London C. New York D. Boston
2.New York Museum is America's largest museum on American ________.
A. buildings B. collections C. history D. society
3.According to the form, if you want to see ancient Chinese collections, you can visit ________ at most.
A. one museum B. two museums
C. three museums D. four museums
Do you know about the ______ museum? In Brazil，football is considered an art form.That is the best ______ for the football museum to be built.
Brazil is the land that ______ many famous football players ______ Zico，Ronaldo，Kaka，and the ______ of all，Pele.It is the only country ______ has won the World Cup five times.
In order to honour the greatest ______ of the nation，the Museu do Futebol，or Football Museum，opened at Pacaembu Stadium in Sao Paulo______ 2008.
When ______ the museum，visitors are greeted in Portuguese，Spanish and English by a lifesize image of Pele，who is ______ famous in Brazil that he is known simply ______ “O Rei” or “The King”．
“The Louvre has the Mona Lisa.We have ______ own piece of art Pele，”said Hugo Sukman of the Roberto Marinho Foundation，which ______ fund (投资) the construction of the museum.
“A museum about football is ______ a museum about the ______ of Brazil and Brazilian culture，” said Leonel Kaz，the museum's curator.
1.A. science B. space C. football D. basketball
2.A. excuse B. cause C. design D. reason
3.A. made B. born C. grew D. produced
4.A. included B. except C. such as D. for example
5.A. more famous B. less famous C. most famous D. least famous
6.A. who B. that C. which D. what
7.A. sport B. person C. country D. moment
8.A. on B. at C. from D. in
9.A. entering B. leaving C. looking at D. walking by
10.A. such B. so C. too D. enough
11.A. for B. as C. with D. of
12.A. we B. us C. our D. my
13.A. refused B. helped C. regretted D. agreed
14.A. also B. too C. as well D. either
15.A. history B. tradition C. customs D. language
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Yesterday was Monday.Class Eleven had a special meeting in the afternoon.The topic was about their terrible experiences last week.Here are some of them.
16.Cindy：I left home at half past six.I thought I could get to school on time.However，my bike broke down halfway.I fell down and hurt my left arm.I also left my homework at home，which made my teacher very angry.I thought it was my worst day. |
17.Bob：We had a math test.When I finished my paper，I carelessly dropped it onto the ground.There was some dirty water，and my paper got dirty.Although I was given another clean paper，half of the test time had passed.Finally I only got a D in my math test. |
18.Jackson：I played volleyball with some of my classmates against the students from No.5 Middle School.Although we didn't have good players，we had teamwork.However，I fell down and hurt my right leg in the game.As a result，we lost the game. |
19.Helen：I hurried home with my heavy schoolbag.When I got near to the door，my schoolbag broke and dropped onto my right foot.It was so painful that I cried at once.No matter how sad I felt，nobody came to cheer me up.My parents were both out. |
20.David：Last night，I came back home from school and my parents weren't at home.So I decided to cook for myself.Unluckily，I was hurt by the splashing oil from the pot.Then I went to get some medicine from my neighbor.What's worse，I found I couldn't go back home because I didn't take the key. |
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根据汉语意思完成句子，每空一词。
1.他们希望在年底前实现他们的目标。
They hoped to achieve their goal ____ ___ ___ ____ the year.
2.她昨天忘记喂她的狗了。
She ___ ___ ____ her dog yesterday.
3.他答应星期二来，可是一直未露面。
He promised to come on Tuesday but he never____ _____．
4.去年他得到了一个去美国的机会。
He ____ ____ ____ _____ go to the USA last year.
5.你的价格与世界市场一致。
Your price is ____ ____ ____ the world market.
We had finished all the new lessons ________ last month.
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