The British Museum is the biggest museum in the world. Inside, you feel smaller than usual. There are about a hundred things to see.

    The story of the British Museum goes back three hundred years to one unusual man, Sir Hans Sloane, doctor to King George II. The doctor collected books, drawings, clothes, money, animals, flowers, things from all over the world. The doctor wanted everything to stay together when he died, so that people could come and have a look. The British Museum began. King George II gave his library, and the museum started to grow.

    The British Museum opened in 1759, six years after Sir Hans Sloane died. At first the museum was only open three days a week and only ten people could enter in an hour. There wasn’t much time to see things. Visitors had to run though the rooms.

    By about 1800, things began to get better. Wonderful statues, three thousand years old, arrived from Egypt.

    King George IV sold all his books to the museum secretly. A hundred years ago not only old books but also new ones arrived at the museum, and more people came to read them. Since them many famous men have written and studied there. And the library is growing faster and faster. There are four kilometers of new shelves every year and there are about two million visitors every year.

(  ) 1. Sir Hans Sloane was interested in _______________.

A. collecting all kinds of books　　　B. collecting all kinds of drawings

C. collecting all kinds of money　　　D. collecting all kinds of things

(  ) 2. When you go inside the British Museum, you feel smaller than usual because __________.

A. the museum is empty　　　　　　　B. the museum is very big

C. there are too many things in it　　　　D. you are too small

(  ) 3. Sir Hans Sloane died ____________.

A. in 1753　　　B. in 1975    C. in 1765　　　D. in 1800

(  ) 4. At first, the visitors had to run through the museum because ____________.

A. there are only several things to see             

B. the museum was the biggest one in the world

C. they were not interested in the things in it       

D. they had only one hour to see all the things in it

(  ) 5. The passage is mainly about ______________.

A. Sir Hans Sloane　　             B. George II   

C. the history of British Museum　  　D. the books in the museum

The British Museum is the biggest museum in the world. Inside, you feel smaller than usual. There are about a hundred things to see.

    The story of the British Museum goes back three hundred years to one unusual man, Sir Hans Sloane, doctor to King George II. The doctor collected books, drawings, clothes, money, animals, flowers, things from all over the world. The doctor wanted everything to stay together when he died, so that people could come and have a look. The British Museum began. King George II gave his library, and the museum started to grow.

    The British Museum opened in 1759, six years after Sir Hans Sloane died. At first the museum was only open three days a week and only ten people could enter in an hour. There wasn’t much time to see things. Visitors had to run though the rooms.

    By about 1800, things began to get better. Wonderful statues, three thousand years old, arrived from Egypt.

    King George IV sold all his books to the museum secretly. A hundred years ago not only old books but also new ones arrived at the museum, and more people came to read them. Since them many famous men have written and studied there. And the library is growing faster and faster. There are four kilometers of new shelves every year and there are about two million visitors every year.

(  ) 1. Sir Hans Sloane was interested in _______________.

A. collecting all kinds of books　　　B. collecting all kinds of drawings

C. collecting all kinds of money　　　D. collecting all kinds of things

(  ) 2. When you go inside the British Museum, you feel smaller than usual because __________.

A. the museum is empty　　　　　　　B. the museum is very big

C. there are too many things in it　　　　D. you are too small

(  ) 3. Sir Hans Sloane died ____________.

A. in 1753　　　B. in 1975    C. in 1765　　　D. in 1800

(  ) 4. At first, the visitors had to run through the museum because ____________.

A. there are only several things to see             

B. the museum was the biggest one in the world

C. they were not interested in the things in it       

D. they had only one hour to see all the things in it

(  ) 5. The passage is mainly about ______________.

A. Sir Hans Sloane　　             B. George II   

C. the history of British Museum　  　D. the books in the museum

完成句子（每空0.5分，共15分）
【小题1】小男孩做鬼脸以吸引妈妈的注意（眼球）。
The boy made faces to _________ __________ __________ __________ .
【小题2】让他们在 60 秒内跑完400米是不可能的。
__________ __________ __________ _________ to run 400 metres in 60 seconds.
【小题3】 西蒙工作太入神了，以至于我进来他都没有注意到。
Simon __________ __________ __________ __________ his work that he didn’t even notice me come in.
【小题4】 我还没有打定主意去哪儿。
　 I haven’t __________ _________ __________ __________ where to go yet.
【小题5】 从那天起，人们就再也没有见到他。
_________ _________ _________ _________, he has never been seen again.
【小题6】天气真糟糕！这次聚会由于天气原因被推迟了。
_________　_________　the weather is! The party has been put off _________ _________ the weather.
【小题7】读了这么多遍课文，他早就背熟了里面的生单词了。
　After reading the text for many times, he has surely _________ the new words _________ _________.
【小题8】从广州开车到清远需要多长时间？
　How long __________ __________ __________ to drive from Guangzhou to Qingyuan?

完成句子（每空0.5分，共15分）

1.小男孩做鬼脸以吸引妈妈的注意（眼球）。

The boy made faces to _________ __________ __________ __________ .

2.让他们在 60 秒内跑完400米是不可能的。

__________ __________ __________ _________ to run 400 metres in 60 seconds.

3. 西蒙工作太入神了，以至于我进来他都没有注意到。

Simon __________ __________ __________ __________ his work that he didn’t even notice me come in.

4. 我还没有打定主意去哪儿。

　 I haven’t __________ _________ __________ __________ where to go yet.

5. 从那天起，人们就再也没有见到他。

_________ _________ _________ _________, he has never been seen again.

6.天气真糟糕！这次聚会由于天气原因被推迟了。

_________　_________　the weather is! The party has been put off _________ _________ the weather.

7.读了这么多遍课文，他早就背熟了里面的生单词了。

　After reading the text for many times, he has surely _________ the new words _________ _________.

8.从广州开车到清远需要多长时间？

　How long __________ __________ __________ to drive from Guangzhou to Qingyuan?

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