Isabella Stewart was born in New York City in 1 840．Her father made a great deal of money in the 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 close friends with one of her classmates，Julia Gardner，whose family was from Boston．Julia would later introduce Isabella to her brother，Jack．In 1 860，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 1 898．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 1，1 903，which 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 1 924 in Boston。In her will，she left the museum a million dollars and a series of requirements about how it should be managed, one 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 collections 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 the beautiful art

3．In order to achieve her dream of owning an arts 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 was 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

Although the United States covers so much land and the land produces far more food than the present population needs，its people are by now almost entirely an urban society. Less than a tenth of the people are engaged in agriculture and forestry(林业), and most of the rest live in or around towns，small and large．Here the traditional picture is changing: every small town may still be very like other small towns，and the typical small town may represent a widely accepted view of the country，but most Americans do not live in small towns any more. Half the population now lives in some thirty metropolitan areas(1arge cities with their suburbs, of more than a million people each—a larger proportion than in Germany or England，let alone France). The statistics(统计)of urban and rural population should be treated with caution because so many people who live in areas classified as rural travel by car to work in a nearby town each day. As the rush to live out of town continues，rural areas within reach of towns are gradually filled with houses, so that it is hard to say at what moment a piece of country becomes a suburb. But more and more the typical American lives in a metropolitan rather than a small town environment．

64. If now America has 250 million people．how many of them are engaged in agriculture and forestry? 

A. About 25 million                    B. More than 25 million 

C. Less than 25 million                 D. Less than 225 million

65. Which of the following four countries has the smallest proportion of people living in metropolitan areas?

A. United States       B. Germany        C. France       D. England

66. What’s the meaning of the word“metropolitan”in the middle of the passage?

A .Of a large city with its suburbs        B. Of small and large towns 

C. Of urban areas                     D. Of rural areas

Although the United States covers so much land and the land produces far more food than the present population needs，its people are by now almost entirely an urban society. Less than a tenth of the people are engaged in agriculture and forestry(林业), and most of the rest live in or around towns，small and large．Here the traditional picture is changing: every small town may still be very like other small towns，and the typical small town may represent a widely accepted view of the country，but most Americans do not live in small towns any more. Half the population now lives in some thirty metropolitan areas(1arge cities with their suburbs, of more than a million people each—a larger proportion than in Germany or England，let alone France). The statistics(统计)of urban and rural population should be treated with caution because so many people who live in areas classified as rural travel by car to work in a nearby town each day. As the rush to live out of town continues，rural areas within reach of towns are gradually filled with houses, so that it is hard to say at what moment a piece of country becomes a suburb. But more and more the typical American lives in a metropolitan rather than a small town environment．

1.If now America has 250 million people．how many of them are engaged in agriculture and forestry? 

2.Which of the following four countries has the smallest proportion of people living in metropolitan areas?

3.What’s the meaning of the word“metropolitan”in the middle of the passage?

Although the United States covers so much land and the land produces far more food than the present population needs，its people are by now almost entirely an urban society . Less than a tenth of the people are engaged in agriculture and forestry(林业)，and most of the rest live in or around towns，small and large．Here the traditional picture is changing：every small town may still be very like other small towns，and the typical small town may represent a widely accepted view of the country，but most Americans do not live in small towns any more．Half the population now lives in some thirty metropolitan areas(1arge cities with their suburbs、of more than a million people each—a larger proportion than in Germany or England，let alone France)．The statistics(统计)of urban and rural population should be treated with caution because so many people who live in areas classified as rural travel by car to work in a nearby town each day．As the rush to live out of town continues,rural areas within reach of towns are gradually filled with houses，so that it is hard to say at what moment a piece of country becomes a suburb. But more and more the typical American lives in a metropolitan rather than a small town environment．

1.If now America has 250 million people．how many of them are engaged in agriculture and forestry? 

2.Which of the following four countries has the smallest proportion of people living in metropolitan areas?

3.What’s the meaning of the word “metropolitan” in the middle of the passage?

4.According to the passage，what can we learn about small towns in                           the United States?   

A Most small towns become gradually crowded   

B．Small towns are still similar to each other．

C．As the traditional picture is changing，towns are different．

D .Small towns are turning into large cities

5.Why is it hard to say when a piece of country becomes a suburb?

Although the United States covers so much land and the land produces far more food than the present population needs，its people are by now almost entirely an urban society . Less than a tenth of the people are engaged in agriculture and forestry(林业)，and most of the rest live in or around towns，small and large．Here the traditional picture is changing：every small town may still be very like other small towns，and the typical small town may represent a widely accepted view of the country，but most Americans do not live in small towns any more．Half the population now lives in some thirty metropolitan areas(1arge cities with their suburbs、of more than a million people each—a larger proportion than in Germany or England，let alone France)．The statistics(统计)of urban and rural population should be treated with caution because so many people who live in areas classified as rural travel by car to work in a nearby town each day．As the rush to live out of town continues,rural areas within reach of towns are gradually filled with houses，so that it is hard to say at what moment a piece of country becomes a suburb. But more and more the typical American lives in a metropolitan rather than a small town environment．

1. 1.

   If now America has 250 million people．how many of them are engaged in agriculture and forestry?

   1. A.
      About 25 million．
   2. B.
      More than 25 million．
   3. C.
      Less than 25 million．
   4. D.
      Less than 225 million
2. 2.

   Which of the following four countries has the smallest proportion of people living in metropolitan areas?

   1. A.
      United States．
   2. B.
      Germany．
   3. C.
      France．
   4. D.
      England．
3. 3.

   What’s the meaning of the word “metropolitan” in the middle of the passage?

   1. A.
      Of a large city with its suburbs．
   2. B.
      Of small and large towns．
   3. C.
      Of urban areas．
   4. D.
      Of rural areas．
4. 4.

   According to the passage，what can we learn about small towns in                           the United States?

   1. A.
      Most small towns become gradually crowded
   2. B.
      ．Small towns are still similar to each other．
   3. C.
      ．As the traditional picture is changing，towns are different．
   4. D.
      Small towns are turning into large cities
5. 5.

   Why is it hard to say when a piece of country becomes a suburb?

   1. A.
      Because they are the same．
   2. B.
      Because the rush takes place too quickly
   3. C.
      Because the process is gradual．
   4. D.
      Because more and more Americans live in metropolitan areas．