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【题目】Isabella Stewart was born in New York City in 1840. Her father made a great deal of money in trade. During school，her parents took her to Italy to explore the country's many cultural treasures.

One of the private art collections Isabella visited in Milan had a deep influence on her. She wrote to her friends about her dream of owning a house one day with an art collection like the one she had seen in Italy.

In Paris, Isabella became a close friend of one of her classmates, Julia Gardner, whose family was from Boston. Julia would later introduce Isabella to her brother, Jack. In 1860, Isabella Stewart married Jack Gardner.

The couple had too much art to fit inside their home. So they decided to start planning a museum. Mrs. Gardner didn't like the cold and empty spaces of many museums during her time. She wanted a warm museum filled with light. She once said that she decided years ago that the greatest need in her country was art. America was a young country developing quickly in other areas. But the country needed more chances for people to see beautiful examples of art.

After her husband's death in 1898, Isabella knew she had no time to lose in building her museum. She bought land, hired a building designer, and supervised (监督)every detail of her museum's construction.

Mrs. Gardner opened her museum on January 1,1903. The museum was then called Fenway Court. She invited her friends that night for a special musical performance. The next month, she opened the museum to the public. At first, visits were limited to twenty days out of the year. Visitors paid one dollar to enter.

Isabella Stewart Gardner died in 1924 in Boston. In her will, she left the museum a million dollars and a series of requirements about how it should be managed. One requirement is that the permanent collection cannot be changed.

【1】The text is mainly about __________.

A. how Isabella Gardner realized her dream of being an artist

B. how Mr. and Mrs. Gardner added to their collection of art

C. how Isabella's museum was opened

D. Isabella Stewart Gardner and her museum

【2】By saying“the greatest need in her country was art” in Paragraph 4 Mrs. Gardner meant that __________.

A. America was still a young developing country

B. there were no museums in America at that time

C. art fell far behind other fields of the American society

D. Americans had no chance to enjoy beautiful art

【3】In order to achieve her dream of owning an art museum, Mrs. Gardner __________.

A. raised money from her friends and relatives

B. sold out all her land and houses

C. held special musical performances for money

D. watched over the process of building the museum

【4】Which statement is NOT true according to the text?

A. Isabella and Jack were classmates when studying in Paris.

B. The museums at that time were not comfortable.

C. Isabella opened the museum about five years after Jack's death.

D. Great as the museum was，visitors had to wait and pay to enter.

【5】From the passage, we can learn that the museum __________.

A. helps earn much money for its collections of art

B. is called Fenway Court by the visitors

C. was opened to the public on January 1st, 1903

D. is still affected by Isabella Gardner in management now

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】D

【4】A

【5】D

【解析】

【1】主旨大意题。根据全文内容，主要介绍Isabella Stewart和她的博物馆。

【2】推理判断题。根据第四段的最后两句话：America was a young country developing quickly in other areas. But the country needed more chances for people to see beautiful examples of art. 可知答案为C。

【3】细节理解题。根据第五段后半部分. . . supervised(监督) every detail of her museum's construction. 可知答案。

【4】细节理解题。根据第三段第二句Julia would later introduce Isabella to her brother，Jack. 可知答案。

【5】推理判断题。根据最后一段第二句In her will，she left the museum a million dollars and a series of requirements about how it should be managed。可知答案。