Teaching and research are supported by the University’s extensive collections—the Yale University Art Gallery, the Yale Center for British Art, the Peabody Museum of Natural History, and the Collection of Musical Instruments. All the collections are open to the public.
Yale University Art Gallery
The Yale University Art Gallery, founded in 1832, today houses a collection that has grown to rank with those of the major public art museums in the United States. Its two connected buildings house ancient, medieval, and Renaissance art, Near and Far Eastern art, archaeological material from the University’s excavations (古迹), Pre-Columbian and African art, works of European and American masters from actually every period, and a rich collection of modern art. Across the street, the Yale Center for British Art, which was opened in 1977, holds the largest collection of British art and illustrated books anywhere outside the United Kingdom.
Peabody Museum of Natural History
Yale’s Peabody Museum of Natural History, founded in 1866, contains one of the great scientific collections in North America. Among its holdings are the University’s comprehensive mineralogical and ornithological collections, the second-largest repository of dinosaur artifacts in the United States, and the largest undamaged Apatosaurus (Brontosaurus 雷龙) in the world. The Peabody is truly a working museum, where public exhibition, research, conservation, teaching, and learning intersect (贯穿).
Yale Center for British Art
Institutions like the Art Gallery, the Center for British Art, and the Peabody Museum hold only a portion of the treasures in the University’s collections. From paintings by Picasso, to pterodactyl (翼龙) remains, to a 1689 tenor viol in the Collection of Musical Instruments, Yale’s possessions are meant to be accessible to the communities they enrich.
Collection of Musical Instruments
Exhibitions are also frequently mounted (裱贴) at the following venues on campus: Art + Architecture Gallery (School of Architecture), Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Green Hall Gallery (School of Art), and Sterling Memorial Library, including the Arts of the Book Collection.
1. Which of the following cannot be found in the Yale University Art Gallery?
A. Near and Far Eastern art.
B. Pre-Columbian and African art
C. British art and illustrated books.
D. Works of European and American masters.
2.Where will you go if you want to enjoy dinosaur artifacts?
A. Peabody Museum of Natural History.
B. Collection of Musical Instruments.
C. Yale University Art Gallery.
D. Yale Center for British Art.
3. Which of the following has the longest history according to the passage?
A. Yale Center for British Art.
B. Yale University Art Gallery.
C. Peabody Museum of Natural History.
D. A musical instrument named tenor viol.
4.We can learn from the passage that in Yale, ______.
A. collections are partly open to the public
B. there are many venues just for exhibitions
C. collections are from art museums in the US
D. exhibitions are frequently mounted on campus
5.What is the text mainly about?
A. Introduction to Yale University. B. Introduction to collections in Yale.
C. Introduction to venues in Yale. D. Introduction to art works in Yale.
Directions: Complete the following passage by using ONE word that fits the context.
What is happiness? 1. people have different ideas. Some people are rich; they think they are happy. 2. people have many friends, so they feel 3. . Still others are happy because their lives are meaningful. Happiness attracts everyone. For children, happiness often suggests eating something good or 4. with toys. 5. a stamp collector, stamps bring more delight than meals. And for a scientist, a discovery or an invention rather than 6. else gives him greatest satisfaction. As everything exists only because of its opposite, happiness exists only when 7. exists. Just as a person who does not know failure never knows success, a person, who has not experienced suffering or sadness never knows 8. happiness means. Cheer up and be happy. Happiness is not far from you. It’s just around you. Try to grasp it and enjoy it.
He never believed that true love existed.
His parents divorced when he was young and he didn’t think that true love was able to survive in today’s world.
He was 36 wrong.
His grandparents were always supportive to the kids and tried to help them when their parents 37 . He knew they loved each other, he just wasn’t sure it was true love. He had 38 heard them say, “I love you” or they hadn’t shown any affection 39 hugging. They had been married for over fifty years and he thought that their true love was gone.
But again he was wrong. His grandfather, Ralph, was struck ill in his junior year of college and he didn’t know how serious it was until he fell and hurt his hip (臀). While in the hospital, the doctors 40 a tumor (瘤) in his lungs. They told him that he had lung cancer and due to previous illnesses, they could not operate and he was too 41 for chemotherapy (化疗).
It was around Thanksgiving and by Christmas his condition worsened. The cancer spread and in late January his sister away at college too, called him crying and said she was on her way home because the doctors told their family that their 42 had only a week to live, that by the weekend he would 43 be with them. Their family came in from around the country and stayed next to his side.
It was not until then that he 44 that true love did exist and would survive beyond death. Every night as his grandfather grew more fragile, he would 45 sweet words to grandmother, Madge. The night before he died grandmother was walking out of his room and he said to her “I love you Madgie baby”.
The next morning he received a phone call at work that grandfather had passed during the night. Throughout his short battle 46 cancer, he realized how much two people can love each other and he realized how much it means to be loved and give love. It is the greatest 47 on earth and it lasts beyond life because you never forget your one true love.
1.A. believed B. proved C. asked D. realized
2.A. died B. married C. divorced D. fought
3. A. ever B. never C. even D. often
4.A. other than B. less than C. rather than D. better than
5. A. took out B. found out C. set out D. put out
6.A. strong B. fat C. short D. weak
7.A. grandfather B. grandmother C. father D. mother
8.A. no better B. no worse C. no less D. no longer
9.A. realized B. said C. saw D. mentioned
10.A. speak B. shout C. whisper D. talk
11.A. by B. in C. on D. with
12.A. smile B. battle C. gift D. surprise
Many gases in the atmosphere actually heat energy that escapes from the Earth’s surface back to the earth.
A. finding; reflecting B. found; reflected
C. found; to reflect D. found; reflect
— you play the piano at this time of the day ? I need a good rest for tomorrow’s test.
— Sorry.
A. Must B. Shall C. Can D. May
— Have you watched the film “Avatar”?
— Not yet. But I the film is worth watching.
A. am told B. was told C. have told D. have been told
