阅读理解板块组合练二
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Interesting Exhibitions Held in Four Different Museums
◆ Name: the British Museum
Phone: 020-7323-8000 Website: britishmuseum.org
Opening hours: daily 10 a．m.－5：30 p．m. Price: Free
This exhibition aims to show the mysteries of mummification. From a king’s daughter to a temple doorkeeper, the displays explore the identities of eight people, using their bodies to discover clues about how they lived. By using new methods, such as CT scanning and 3D visualization, the British Museum has been able to build up a picture of life in the Nile valley over 4,000 years, from prehistoric Egypt to Christian Sudan.
◆ Name: the Fashion and Textile Museum
Phone：020-7407-8664 Website: www.ftmlondon.org
Opening hours: daily 11 a．m.－5：30 p．m. Price: ￡8.80 adults, ￡5.50 students
This Fashion and Textile Museum is housing the first-ever exhibition of the classic Mexican shawl (披肩), which became famous in the 20th century. Artists, photographers and fashion and textile designers will be exhibiting their colorful works there. ◆ Name: the Victoria and Albert Museum
Phone：020-7942-2000 Website: vam. ac. uk
Opening hours: daily 10 a．m.－5：45 p．m.; Fri. 10 a．m.－10 p．m. Price: Free
The Victoria and Albert Museum has dug out some of their most charming wedding dresses to record their history during the past two centuries. White wedding dresses were made popular by Queen Victoria in the nineteenth century. See beautiful wedding dresses made by famous designers. ◆ Name: the Science Museum
Phone：020-7942-4000 Website: sciencemuseum.org.uk
Opening hours: daily 10 a．m.－6 p．m. Price: Free
This four-day festival displays the latest exciting gadgets and introduces their inventors. Visitors can
explore electronics, build robots, get hands-on experiences with new technologies and have a go at 3D printing. There will be displays taking place throughout the festival, which is suitable for anyone aged ten and over.
语篇解读：本文是一篇应用文。文章介绍了四个英国博物馆的展览，包括博物馆的联系电话、网址、展出时间、票价，重点介绍了展览的内容和特色。
1．Which number would you call if you’re interested in exploring history with modern technology? A．020-7323-8000. C．020-7942-2000.
B．020-7407-8664. D．020-7942-4000.
解析：选A 细节理解题。根据第一部分最后一句“By using new methods, such as CT scanning and 3D visualization ... from prehistoric Egypt to Christian Sudan.”可知，大英博物馆的这一次展出使用CT扫描、可视化三维等高科技手段探索四千年以来的尼罗河河谷生活风貌；根据联系电话可知A项正确。
2．Which museum can you visit if you are free at 8 p．m.on Friday? A．The British Museum.
B．The Fashion and Textile Museum. C．The Victoria and Albert Museum. D．The Science Museum.
解析：选C 细节理解题。根据第三部分中的“Opening hours: daily 10 a．m.－5：45 p．m.; Fri.10 a．m.－10 p．m.”可知，该博物馆在周五从上午十点到晚上十点都有展出；据此可知，在周五晚上八点可以去该博物馆，故C项正确。
3．What can we learn about the Science Museum? A．The exhibition will last a week. B．It displays CT scanning technology.
C．Visitors themselves can try new technologies. D．More information can be found at vam.ac.uk.
解析：选C 细节理解题。根据最后一部分第二句“Visitors can explore electronics, build robots, get hands-on experiences with new technologies and have a go at 3D printing.”可知，游客可以自己尝试新技术，故C项正确。
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Hao Jingfang won the 2016 Hugo Award for best novelette (中短篇小说)．“I’ve had a wide variety of interests since childhood.I’ve got used to doing different things，”says the 33-year-old.
Although she became a famous science fiction writer after the s never thought of quitting her job as an economic researcher at the Development Research Foundation, which gives her the opportunity many interesting people, she says.Hao says that the characters in her
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award-winning Folding Beijing novel were developed from people she met.Folding Beijing which tells the story of a father’s struggle to send his daughter to school in a futuristic (未来的) Beijing and is also an allusion (暗示) to the difficulties that some Chinese parents are undergoing today to ensure their children receive a high-quality education brought a breakthrough in her writing career and the top global award in the genre (类型)．
The Hugo Award came as a big surprise to her and has brought important changes to her life.“I thought it would just be an award, noticed only by people in the field. I didn’t expect it to bring this huge attention，” she says.After the award, Hao, who had an interest in poverty studies, was offered the chance to set up a program initially funded by a Chinese auto company, with the aim of educating rural children in poor areas.
Hao says writing science fiction combines her love of science and her dream to become a writer. Writing has been an important part of her life since she was a teenager.Hao won the national New Concept Award for writing when she was in high school and then she started writing science fiction in 2006 when she did her physics major at Tsinghua University where she continued her studies for her master’s degree in physics and then economics for her PhD.
Hao started reading science fiction in high school and devoted much of her time to writing novels in her university years.But to take advantage of her academic background, she turned to write science fiction then.“Science fiction opened a whole new world for me，” says Hao.Speaking of the future, Hao says, “It will take time for science fiction to grow here.”
语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。文章介绍了2016年雨果奖最佳中短篇小说奖得主郝景芳的写作经历和获奖作品并讲述了在得奖之后她从事的一些工作。
4．According to the passage, we can know that Hao Jingfang . A．was an economic researcher when she won the 2016 Hugo Award
B．gained many chances to meet interesting people due to the 2016 Hugo Award C．actually wasn’t satisfied with her award-winning novel Folding Beijing D．didn’t become a professional writer until receiving the 2016 Hugo Award
解析：选A 细节理解题。根据第二段“Although she became a famous science fiction writer after the award, she’s never thought of quitting her job as an economic researcher at the China Development Research Foundation...”可知，虽然在获奖之后郝景芳成为一名著名的科幻小说作家，但是她从未想过要辞掉在中国发展研究基金会的经济研究员的工作。由此可知，郝景芳在获奖时是一名经济研究员。
5．How did winning the award change Hao’s life?
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