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Even at the age of 89 Rene Huyghe still loves the woman with whom he spent World WarⅡ driving her from her house to safety, hiding her in his office, even sharing a bedroom with her. She was “Mona Lisa”, masterpiece of Leonardo da Vinci and a centerpiece of the Louvre. He was the chief curator(管理员)of paintings there.
Foreseeing the Nazi drive across Europe, Huyghe began planning in 1938 to hide his charges. When Germans entered Poland a year later, Huyghe’s trucks took Louvre paintings to hiding places far from Paris. “Mona Lisa” rode in a car, “always going with a curator, sometimes with me,” he recalls.
She was carried from place to place out of fear. Bombs could strike her hiding place; fire could burn her; she could end up in a German collection.
Once, as Nazi troops passed her last hiding place, Chateau de Montal, a Resistance fighter inside fired at them. Fearing retaliation(报复), Huyghe shouted to the man, “You are mad! Stop it at once!” The troops moved on and the following day razed(洗劫) entire village nearby.
“At war’s end every single work was back in the Louvre,” Huyghe says. “Mona Lisa” herself returned in a curator’s private car.
1.According to the passage, the one Rene Huyghe still loves is ______.
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A.a painting B.a German girl
C.a Resistance fighter D.a lady
2.When did the Nazi drive across Poland?
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A.Not mentioned. B.In 1938.
C.After 1938 D.Before 1938.
3.In paragraph 2, “Huyghe began planning in 1938 to hide his charges.” Means ______.
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A.Huyghe wanted to hide his money in 1938
B.Huyghe had planned to complete his tasks
C.Huyghe made a plan to hide the paintings of the Louvre in 1938
D.Huyghe hoped to take good care of his photos in 1938.
4.Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
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A.A resistance fighter stayed together with the old man.
B.A village in which they stayed was razed by the Germans.
C.All the works were returned to the museum after the war.
D.The curator is 89 years old now.
5.Which of the following will be the best title for the passage?
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A.Nazi’s Rise and Fall
B.Rene Huyghe’s Ever Lasting Feeling with “Mona Lisa”
C.The World War and the Louvre Paintings
D.A Louvre Curator’s Wartime Companion
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People generally use spices
(香料)every day when preparing meals.Most of these spices are readily available in local supermarkets.However, in the 15th and 16th centuries, spices were as valuable as gold or diamonds.Spices are small plants or parts of plants, such as ginger, pepper, vanilla, and cinnamon, which are used to add flavor to our food. 1 Such a use for spices actually goes all the way back to Roman times.The Romans used spices such as cumin and coriander to help preserve food.The spices came to Europe from countries to the east, such as the islands in the East Indies, Sri Lanka, and India. 2 Because of the long journeys involved, they were very expensive.
European sailors began to look for routes to these countries themselves in order to bring back the spices by sea.In 1498, a Portuguese explorer named Vasco Da Gama reached an East Indies island called Calicut. 3 In 1519, another Spanish explorer, Ferdinand Magellan, found a new trade route by sailing west across the Atlantic Ocean, around the southern tips of both South America and Africa, and back to Europe.
4 Portugal was the leader until the end of the 16th century.Spain was in control during much of the next 100 years.Then, Holland took over.The Dutch controlled the East Indies, but, in 1780, England defeated them in a famous war. 5 They treated the people there badly and made them submit to the British government.
India finally became independent from Britain in the 1940s.Today, it is still called“the land of spices”.In fact, at present India produces 2.5 million tons of spices each year and produced more types of spices than any other country.
A.For centuries, Arab traders had carried the spices over land and sold them to European countries.
B
.For the next four centuries, Western countries raced each other for control of the spice trade in these new countries, which they called the“New World.”C
.Though they might not be as valuable today as gold or diamonds, spices are still big business around the globe.D
.Six years earlier, Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus had been looking for spices when he discovered America.E
.The English then moved from the islands into India.F
.The history of spice is almost as old as human civilization.G
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