Question

【题目】C. 选择恰当的单词填空。每词限用一次。（有两个多余的选项）

something, quickly, kept, because, slowly, them, collect, clocks, warm, through, nothing, million

The British Museum is the biggest one in the world. Inside, you feel smaller than usual. There are about a hundred things in the museum to see: 【1】 which have been telling the time for six hundred years, Roman money, some of the earliest books in the world, including Shakespeare’s own works...

The British Museum was set up nearly 300 years ago by a doctor, Sir Hans

Sloane. The man liked to 【2】such things as books, drawings, clothes, money, animals, flowers, and also hoped that his things would be well 【3】and so visited by people after his death.

His wish came true, and the museum opened in 1759, six years after Sir Hans Sloane died.

Later, more antiques (古董) arrived at the museum, more books, old and new, came to it, and more people wanted to visit it. The museum had a famous round Reading Room. There was【4】unusual in the room. Cool air came up【5】small holes in the tables. Hot air flowing under the floor kept readers’ feet【6】. Since its opening, many famous men have written and studied there, like Karl Marx. And the library is growing faster and faster — there are four kilometers of new shelves each year,【7】it attracts increasing number of tourists each year.

It is now open every day of the year, except for two holidays (New Year’s Day and Christmas).

Entrance (入场) is free. There are lots of special exhibitions and every day there are different films and talks, some of 【8】for children. Small machines tell you about the museum and as you walk around it, you can look and listen at the same time. So if you are one of the British Museum’s

two【9】visitors this year, don’t try to see it all too【10】. There is a lifetime of looking in the British Museum.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】clocks

【2】collect

【3】kept

【4】something

【5】through

【6】warm

【7】because

【8】them

【9】million

【10】quickly

【解析】文章介绍了大英博物馆的情况。

【1】句意：报了600百年时间的钟。根据telling the time和选词，可知是钟；故填clocks

【2】句意：这个人喜欢收集东西。根据as books, drawings, clothes, money, animals, flowers, 和选词，可知是收集；故填collect

【3】句意：也希望他的东西被很好地保存下来。根据so visited by people after his death. 和选词，可知是保存；故填kept

【4】句意：在房间里有不寻常的东西。根据Cool air came up___5___small holes in the tables. Hot air flowing under the floor kept readers’ feet__________6__________.和选词，可知是不寻常的东西；故填something

【5】句意：冷空气穿过桌子上的小洞上来。根据small holes in the tables. .和选词，可知是通过；故填through

【6】句意：热空气吹到地板下保持读者的脚温暖。根据Hot air和选词，可知是暖和；故填warm

【7】句意：因为它每年吸引的游客的数量在增加。根据there are four kilometers of new shelves each year和it attracts increasing number of tourists each year.之间是因果关系；故填because

【8】句意：它们中的一些是为孩子准备的。根据There are lots of special exhibitions and every day there are different films and talks,和选词，可知是它们中的一些；故填them

【9】句意：如果你是今年大英博物馆200百万中的一个。根据million百万，前面有数词不加s；故填 million

【10】句意：不要尽力都太快的看了。根据副词修饰see；故填quickly