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2019

年高考英语真题中细节理解类真题

Company

Summer Company provides students with hands-on business training and awards of up to

$$3,000 to start and run their own summer businesses.

Who is eligible: Students aged 15-29, returning to school in the fall.

1

21. What is special about Summer Company?

A. It requires no training before employment.

B. It provides awards for running new businesses.

C. It allows one to work in the natural environment.

D. It offers more summer job opportunities.

Stewardship Youth Ranger Program

You

could

apply

to

be

a

Stewardship Youth

Ranger

and

work

on

local

natural

resource

management projects for eight weeks this summer.

Who is eligible: Students aged 16 or 17 at time of hire, but not turning 18 before December

31 this year.

22. What is the age range required by Stewardship Youth Ranger Program?

A. 15-18.

C. 15-29.

After Dark

Haruki Murakami

It’s about two sisters — Eri, a model who either won’t or can’t stop sleeping, and Mari, a

young student. In trying to connect to her sister. Mari starts changing her life and discovers a world

of diverse “night people” who are hiding secrets.

22. Which of the following tells about Mari and Eri?

A.

Cosmopolitan

.

C.

After Dark

.

Gone Girl

Gillian Fynn

2

B. 15-24.

D. 16-17.

B.

Matilda

.

D.

The Stand

.

There was a bit of me that didn’t want to love this when everyone else on the planet did, but

the horror story is brilliant. There’s tension and anxiety from the beginning as Nick and Amy battle

for your trust. It’s a real whodunit and the frustration when you realize what’s going on is horribly

enjoyable.

23. What kind of book is

Gone Girl

?

A. A folk tale.

C. A love story.

（

Paragraph 3

）

I’m secretly relieved because I know there’s real power in sharing volunteer

responsibilities among many. The unwilling parent organizes the meal schedule, sends out emails,

and collects money for end-of-season gifts. Somewhere along the way, the same parent ends up

becoming an invaluable member of the team. The coach is able to focus on the kids while the other

parents

are

relieved

to

be

off

the

hook

for

another

season.

Handing

out

sliced

oranges

to

bloodthirsty kids can be as exciting as watching your own kid score a goal.

26. What can we learn about the parent from paragraph 3?

A. She gets interested in lacrosse.

B. She is proud of her kids.

C. She’ll work for another season.

D. She becomes a good helper.

Still, most of us volunteers breathe a sigh of relief when the season comes to a close. That

relief is coupled with a deep understanding of why the same people keep coming back for more:

Connecting

to

the

community

(

社区

)

as

you

freely

give

your

time,

money,

skills,

or

services

provides a real joy. Volunteering just feels so good.

27. Why does the author like doing volunteer work?

3

B. A biography.

D. A horror story.

A. It gives her a sense of duty.

B. It makes her very happy.

C. It enables her to work hard.

D. It brings her material rewards.

Bacteria are an annoying problem for astronauts. The microorganisms (

微生物

) from our bodies

grow

uncontrollably

on

surfaces

of

the

International

Space

Station,

so

astronauts

spend

hours

cleaning them up each week. How is NASA overcoming this very tiny big problem?

32. What do we know about the bacteria in the International Space Station?

A. They are hard to get rid of.

C. They appear in different forms.

Animals out of paper

Yolo!

Productions

and

the

Great

Griffon

present

the

play

by

Rajiv

Joseph,

in

which

an

origami (

折纸术

) artist invites a teenage talent and his teacher into her studio. Merri Milwe directs.

In previews. Opens Feb. 12. (West Park Presbyterian Church, 165 W. 86th St. 212-868-4444.)

21. What is the play by Rajiv Joseph probably about?

A. A type of art.

C. A great teacher.

The Audience

Helen Mirren stars in the play by peter Morgan, about Queen Elizabeth II of the UK and her

private meetings with twelve Prime Ministers in the course of sixty years. Stephen Daldry directs.

Also starring Dylan Baker and Judith Ivey. Previews begin Feb. 14. (Schoenfeld, 236 W. 45th St.

212-239-6200.)

4

B. They lead to air pollution.

D. They damage the instruments.

B. A teenager’s studio.

D. A group of animals.

22. Who is the director of

The Audience

?

A. Helen Mirren.

C. Dylan Baker.

Hamilton

Lin- Manuel Miranda wrote this musical about Alexander Hamilton, in which the birth of

America is presented as an immigrant story. Thomas Kail directs. In previews. Opens Feb. 17.

(Public, 425 Lafayette St. 212-967-7555.)

23. Which play will you go to if you are interested in American history?

A.

Animals Out of Paper

.

C.

Hamilton

.

2020

山东模拟考试题

A new exhibition on the living and working spaces of Spain's greatest artist, Picasso, has just

opened in the studio at the Fundacion Mapfre at Paseo de Recoletos 23. It runs until 11 May with

rarely seen pieces borrowed from his family.

1. When will the exhibition about Picasso close?

A. On 23 March.

B. On 11 May.

C. On 24 June.

D. On 5 October.

How to go?

The widest range of fights is offered by EasyJet - from Bristo, Edinburgh, Gatwick, Liverpool

and Luton. British Airways and its sister arline Iberia combine fores from Heathrow and London

City. Ryanair flies from Manchester and Stansted; Air Europa flies from Gatwick.

2. Which airline operates flights from Manchester to Madrid?

A. EasyJet.

B. Ryanair.

C. Air Europa.

5

B. Peter Morgan.

D. Stephen Daldry.

B.

The Audience

.

D.

On the Twentieth Century

.

D. British Airways.

How to go?

Barajas airport is 13km north-east of the city centre and is served by frequent trains on Metro

line 8, but the shortest underground journey is a bit complex with at least one change at Nuevos

Miniterios station and takes about 30 minutes. The fare to any station in the city entre is €4.50.

The airport express bus runs every 15 to 35 minutes around the clock; €5 one way. It takes 40

minutes to reach the city centre. A taxi takes half the time. A flat rate of €30 covers most of central

Madrid.

3. What is the fastest way to reach central Madrid from Barajas airport?

，

A. Take a taxi.

B. Take a city bus.

C. Take Metro line 8.

The teacher explained that, after going on the Internet to learn about the prairie (

大草原

), we

had made a prairie garden. We had gone to a prairie and gotten seeds from the plants, and then we

planted them. We did not water the garden, but we did weed it We decided to let nature water it

with rain, since that was how prairies grew in the past. We sent a picture of the garden to the news

station. In the picture, the grass was so high that it stood taller than the fourth grade students.

5. What is special about the garden?

A. Weeds were allowed to spread naturally.

B. The grass grew faster than common grass.

C. The seeds came from the plants of a prairie.

D. Underground water was used for the plants.

Heads up! Across the country, sports injuries are a safety concern for young athletes. Now,

the American Medical Association (AMA) has a new set of guidelines aimed at protecting players

from the danger of concussions - serious injuries caused by a blow to the head.

6

D. Take the airport express bus.

8. Why does the AMA set the new guidelines?

A. To raise safety standards of sports.

B. To protect athletes from concussions.

C. To set rules for health care evaluation.

D. To help players return to the game quickly.

Is organic food more nutritious? This is part of the debate. Many farmers and consumers

believe it is. They think agricultural chemicals cause health problems such as cancer. Many health

professionals

disagree.

Few

studies

prove

that

organic

foods

prevent

health

problems.

Health

specialists worry more about bacteria (

病毒

), such as and salmonella. These can get into

contact with organic and non- organic food. Doctors recommend washing produce very carefully.

Handling meat carefully is important too.

13. What is the doctors' suggestion?

A. Grow your own food.

B. Reduce the use of pesticides.

C. Make sure the food is clean.

D. Buy large companies' products.

We work with volunteers of all ages and backgrounds. Most of our volunteers are aged 17-24.

Now

we

need

volunteer

managers

aged

25-75.

They

are

extremely

important

in

the

safe

and

effective running of our programmes. We have such roles as project managers, mountain leaders,

and communication officers.

31. What is the main responsibility of volunteer managers?

A. To seek local partners.

7

B. To take in young volunteers.

C. To carry out programmes.

D. To foster cultural awareness.

These developments are likely to make our current problems with robocalls much worse.

The reason that robocalls are a headache has less to do with amount than precision. A decade of

data breaches (

数据侵入

) of personal information has led to a situation where scammers can

easily learn your mother

’

s name, and far more. Armed with this knowledge, they

’

re able to carry

out individually targeted campaigns to cheat people. This means, for example, that a scammer

could call you from what looks to be a familiar number and talk to you using a voice that sounds

exactly like your bank teller

’

s, tricking you into

“

confirming

”

your address, mother

’

s name, and

card number. Scammers follow money, so companies will be the worst hit. A lot of business is

still done over the phone, and much of it is based on trust and existing relationships. Voice

manipulation technologies may weaken that gradually.

39. Taking advantage of the new technologies, scammers can ______.

A. aim at victims precisely

C. start campaigns rapidly

B. damage databases easily

D. spread information widely

History Fair Competition

Understanding history is vital to understanding ourselves as a people and as a nation. History

is much more than the study of dusty old objects and events long past. It is an essential part of

who we are today and who we will become. Thornton Middle School History Fair Competition

makes understanding history exciting, engaging, and fun!

36. According to Paragraph 1, what is the major goal of understanding history?

A. To preserve national traditions.

B. To prepare for a history competition.

C. To better know the present and future.

8

D. To further explore historical mysteries.

His effort to reunite families with lost medals began with a Christmas gift from his mother, a

Purple

Heart

with

the

name

Corrado A.G.

Piccoli,

found

in

an

antique

shop.

Zac

knows

the

meaning of a Purple Heart

—

he earned one himself in a war as a soldier. So when his mother

gave him the medal, he knew right away what he had to do.

21. Where did Zac get a Purple Heart medal for himself?

A. In the army.

C. From his mother.

2018

年之前高考英语真题

细节理解

扫读法

解题

A

Music

Opera at Music Hall

：

1243 Elm Street. The season runs June through August, with additional

performances in March and September

．

The Opera honors

Enjoy the Arts

membership discounts.

Phone

：

241-2742.

.

Chamber Orchestra:

The Orchestra plays at Memorial Hall at 1406 Elm Street, which offers

several

concerts

from

March

through

June.

Call

723-1182

for

more

information.

.

Symphony Orchestra:

At Music Hall and Riverbend. For ticket sales, call 381-3300. Regular

season

runs

September

through

May

at

Music

Hall

in

summer

at

Riverbend.

/.

9

B. In an antique shop.

D. From Adeline Rockko.

21. Which number should you call if you want to see an opera?

A. 241-2742.

B. 723-1182.

C. 381-3300.

D. 232-6220.

22. When can you go to a concert by Chamber Orchestra?

A. February.

B. May.

C. August.

D. November

．

The

most

hopeful

data

shared

in

the

report

shows

clear

evidence

of

parents

serving

as

examples and important guides for their kids when it comes to shows that kids and

teens who do read frequently,compared to infrequent readers,have more books in the home,more

books purchased for them,parents who read more often,and parents who set aside time for them to

read.

should parents encourage their children to read more?

as role models for them.

then to write book reports.

up reading groups for them.

with their reading class teachers.

Dismissing

small

talk

as

unimportant

is

easy,

but

we

can't

forget

that

deep

relationships

wouldn't even exist if it weren't for casual conversation. Small talk is the grease (

润滑剂

)for social

communication, says Bernardo Carducci, director of the Shyness Research Institute

at Indiana

University Southeast .

talk,

just communicate with them.”

33. What is important for successful small talk according to Carducci?

A. Showing good manners.

10

B. Relating to other people.

C. Focusing on a topic.

D. Making business deals.

With a 3D printer, a cook can print complicated chocolate sculptures and beautiful pieces for

decoration on a wedding cake. Not everybody can do that — it takes years of experience, but a

printer makes it easy. A restaurant in Spain uses a Foodini to “re- create forms and pieces” of food

that are “exactly the same,” freeing cooks to complete other tasks. In another restaurant, all of the

dishes and desserts it serves are 3D-printed, rather than farm to table.

46. What benefit does 3D printing bring to food production?

A. It helps cooks to create new dishes.

B. It saves time and effort in cooking.

C. It improves the cooking conditions.

D. It contributes to restaurant decorations.

The global population is expected to grow to 9.6 billion by 2050, and some analysts estimate

that food production will need to be raised by 50 percent to maintain current levels. Sustainability

is becoming a necessity. 3D food printing could probably contribute to the solution. Some experts

believe printers could use hydrocolloids (

水解胶体

) from plentiful renewables like algae(

藻类

)

and

grass

to

replace

the

familiar

ingr edients(

烹饪原料

).

3D

printing

can

reduce

fuel

use

and

emissions. Grocery stores of the future might stock

space and reducing transportation and storage requirements.

47. What can we learn about 3D food printing from Paragraphs 3?

A. It solves food shortages easily.

B. It quickens the transportation of food.

C. It needs no space for the storage of food.

D. It uses renewable materials as sources of food.

11

To find out if the special quality was more widespread in birds, the researchers sought the

red-backed fairy wren, another species of Australian songbird. First they collected sound data from

67 nests in four sites in Queensland before and after hatching. Then they identified begging calls

by analyzing the order and number of notes. A computer analysis blindly compared calls produced

by mothers and chicks, ranking them by similarity.

59

．

What are Kleindorfer's findings based on

？

A

．

Similarities between the calls moms and chicks

．

B

．

The observation of fairy wrens across Australia

．

C

．

The data collected from Queensland's locals

．

D

．

Controlled experiments on wrens and other birds

．

To

produce

electricity

on

a

large

scale,

a

commercial

wind

farm

will

have

to

use

bigger

turbines than Hywind does, but it's difficult enough to balance such a large turbine so high on a

floating spar in the middle of the ocean. To make that turbine heavier, the whole spar's to design a

new kind of wind turbine, one whose gearbox (

变速箱

) sits at sea level rather than behind the

blades.

2. To balance a bigger turbine high on a flatting spar, a new type of turbine is to be designed

with its gearbox sitting _____.

A. on the sea floor

B. on the spar top

C. at sea level

D. behind the blades

Hywind is a test run, but the benefits for perfecting floating wind-farm technology could

be extremely large. Out at sea, the wind is often stronger and steadier than close to shore, where

12

all existing offshore windmills are planted. Deep-sea farms are invisible from land, which helps

overcome the windmill-as- eyesore objection. If the technology catches on, it will open up vast

areas of the planet's surface to one of the best low-carbon power sources available.

3. Wide applications of deepwater wind power technology can _____.

A. solve the technical problems of deepwater windmills

B. make financial profits by producing more turbines

C. settle the arguments about environmental problems

D. explore low-carbon power resources available at sea

Shay

and

his

father

had

walked

past

a

park

where

some

boys

Shay

knew

were

playing

baseball.

Shay asked,

would

not

want

someone

like

Shay

on

their

team,

but

the

father

also

understood

that

if

his

son,mentally and physically disabled, were allowed to play, it would give him a muchneeded sense

of belonging andsome confidence.

1. Not expecting much, Shay

the

father ________.

A. noticed some of the boys on the field were hesitating

B. guessed his presence would affect the boys

C. learned some of the boys on the field knew Shay well

D. understood Shay did need a feeling of being accepted

In my living room

，

there is a plaque (

匾

) that advises me to“Bloom (

开花

) where you are

planted.” It reminds me of Dorothy.I got to know Dorothy in the early 1980s

，

when I was teaching

Early

Childhood

Development

through

a

program

with

Union

College

in

Barbourville

，

job responsibilities required occasional visits to the classroom of each teacher in

13

the y stands out in my memory as one who“bloomed”in her remote area.

Dorothy taught in a school in Harlan County

，

Kent ucky

，

Appalachian Mountain get

to her school from the town of Harlan

，

I followed a road winding around the the

eight¬mile journey

，

I crossed the same railroad track five times

，

giving the possibility of getting

caught by the same train five than feeling excited by this drive through the mountains

，

I found it poverty level was shocking and the small shabby houses gave me the

greatest feeling of hopelessness.

From

the

moment

of

my

arrival

at

the

little

school

，

all

gloom

(

忧郁

)

arriving at Dorothy’s classroom.I was greeted with smiling faces and treated like a

children had been prepared to show me their latest y told me with a big smile that

they were serving poke greens salad and cornbread for“dinner”(lunch)

．

In case you don’t know

，

poke greens are a weed¬type plant that grows wild

，

especially on poor ground.

Dorothy never ran out of reports of exciting activities of her enthusiasm never

cooled it came time to sit for the testing and interviewing required to receive her Child

Development Associate Certification

，

Dorothy was came to the assessment and passed

in all ard

，

she invited me to the one¬and¬only steak house in the area to celebrate

her

victory

，

as

if

she

had

received

her

the

meal

，

she

placed

a

little

box

containing an old pen in my said it was a family heirloom (

传家宝< /p>

)

，

but to me it is a

treasured symbol of appreciation and pride that cannot be matched with things.

小题

1:“Early Childhood Development”in Paragraph 1 refers to________.

A

．

a program directed by Dorothy

B

．

a course given by the author

C

．

an activity held by the students

D

．

an organization sponsored by Union college

小题

2:In the journey

，

the author was most disappointed at seeing________.

A

．

the long track

14

B

．

the poor houses

C

．

the same train

D

．

the winding road

Music

Opera at Music Hall

：

1243 Elm Street. The season runs June through August,with additional

performances in March and September. The Opera honors Enjoy the Arts membership discounts.

Phone

：

241–2742. .

Chamber Orchestra: The Orchestra plays at Memorial Hall at 1406 Elm Street, which offers

several

concerts

from

March

through

June.

Call

723–1182

for

more

information.

.

SymphonyOrchestra: At Music Hall and Riverbend. For ticket sales, call 381–3300. Regular

season

runs

September

through

May

at

Music

Hall

and

in

summer

at

Riverbend.

/.

College

Conservatory

of

Music

(CCM):Performances

are

onthemain

campus(

校园

)of

the

university,

usually

at

Patricia

Cobbett

Theater.

CCM

organizes

a

variety

of

events,

including

performances by the well-known Lasalle Quartet, CCM’s Philharmonic Orchestra, and various

groups of musicians presenting Baroque through modern music. Students with I

．

D. cards can

attend the events for free. A free schedule of events for each term is available by calling the box

office at 556–:///events/calendar.

Riverbend Music Theater: 6295 Kellogg Ave. Large outdoor theater with the closest seats

under

cover

(price

difference).Big

name

shows

all

summer

long!

Phone:232–6220.

http:///.

1. Which number should you call if you want to see an opera?

A. 241–2742

．

B. 723–1182

．

C. 381–3300.

D. 232–6220.

15

2. When can you go to a concert by Chamber Orchestra?

A

< br>．

February

．

B. May

．

C. August

．

D. November

．

can student go for free performances with their I.D. cards?

Hall

．

al Hall

．

ia Cobbett Theater

．

D. Riverbend Music Theater.

When I told my father that I was moving to Des Moines, Iowa, he told me about the only

time he had been there. It was in the 1930s, when he was an editor if the literary magazine of

Southern Methodist University

（

SMU

）

in Dallas, Texas. He also worked as a professor at SMU,

and there was a girl student in his class who suffered from a serious back disease. She couldn;t

afford the operation because her family was poor.

Her mother ran a boardinghouse in Galveston, a seaside town near Houston, Texas. She was

cleaning out the attic

（阁楼）

one day when she came across an old dusty manuscript

（手稿）

.

On its top page were the words, “By O. Henry”. It was a nice story, and she sent it to her daughter

at SMU, who showed it to my father. My father had never read the story before, but it sounded

like O. Henry, and he knew that O. Henry had once lived in Houston. So it was possible that the

famous author had gone to the beach and stayed in the Gainestown boardinghouse, and had written

the story there and left the manuscript behind by accident. My father visited an O. Henry expert

at Columbia University in New York, who authenticated the story as O. Henry’s. My father then

set out to sell it. Eventfully, he foud himself in Des Moines, meeting with Gardner Cowles, a top

editor at the Des Moines Register. Cowles loves the story and bought it on the spot. My father

took the money to the girl. It was just enough for her to have the operation she so desperately

needed.

My father never told me what the O. Henry story was about. But i doubt that it could have

been better than his own story.

小题

1:Who found the O. Henry’s manuscript?

16

A

．

The girl’s mother.

B

．

The author’s father.

C

．

The girl.

D

．

The author.

小题

2:Which of the following might explain the fact that the manuscript was found in the

attic?

A

．

O. Henry once worked in Houston.

B

．

O. Henry once stayed in Galveston.

C

．

O. Henry once moved to Des Moines.

D

．

O. Henry once taught at SMU.

小题

3:According to the text, why did the author’s father go to Des Moines?

A

．

To sell the O. Henry story.

B

．

To meet the author himself.

C

．

To talk with the O. Henry expert.

D

．

To give money to the girl.

The practice of students endlessly copying letters and sentences from a blackboard is a thing

of the past. With the coming of new technologies like computers and smart-phones, writing by

hand

has

become

something

of

nostalgic

(

怀旧的

)skill.

However,

while

today's

educators

are

using more and more technology in their teaching, many believe basic handwriting skills are still

necessary for students to be successful-both in school and in life.

Virginia

Berninger,

professor

of

educational

psychology

at

the

University

of

Washington, says it's important to continue teaching handwriting and help children acquire the

skill of writing by hand.

Berninger

and

her

colleagues

conducted

a

study

that

looked

at

the

ability

of

students

to

complete various writing tasks-both on a computer and by hand. The study, published in 2009,

found that when writing with a pen and paper, participants wrote longer essays and more complete

sentences and had a faster word production rate.

1. What makes writing by hand a thing of the past

？

17

A. The absence of blackboard in classroom.

B. The use of new technologies in teaching.

C. The lack of practice in handwriting.

D. The popular use of smartphones.

2. Berninger's study published in 2009 ___________.

A. focused on the difference between writing by hand and on a computer.

B. indicated that students prefer to write with a pen and paper.

C. found that good essays are made up of long sentences.

D. discussed the importance of writing speed.

Welcome to your future life!

You

get

up

in

the

morning

and

look

into

the

mirror

．

Your

face

is

firm

and

young-

looking

．

In 2035, medical technology is better than ever

．

Many people your age could live to be

150,so

at

40,

you're

not

old

at

all

．

And

your

parents

just

had

an

anti-aging (

抗

衰

老

的< /p>

)treatment

．

Now, all three of look the same age!

You say to your shirt, ”Turn red

．

” It changes from blue to red

．

In 2035, “smart clothes”

contain particles(

粒子

)much smaller than the cells in your body

．

The particles can be programmed

to change clothes' color or pattern

．

We can learn from the text that in the future ________

．

A

．

people will never get old

B

．

everyone will look the same

C

．

red will be the most popular color

D

．

clothes will be able to change their pattern

It’s

such

a

happy- looking

library,

painted

yellow,

decorated

with

palm-tree

stickers

and

sheltered from the Florida sun by its own roof. About the size of a microwave oven, it’s pedestrian-

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friendly, too, waiting for book lovers next to a sidewalk in Palm Beach country Estates, along the

northern boundary of Palm Beach Gardens.

It’s a library built with love.

A year ago, shortly after Janey Henriksen saw a Brian Williams report about the Little Free

Library organization, a Wisconsin-based nonprofit that aims to promote literacy and build a sense

of community in a neighborhood by making books freely available, she announced to her family

of four, “That’s what we’re going to do for our spring break!”

Son Austin, now a 10th-grader, didn’t see the point of building a library that resembles a

mailbox. But Janey insisted, and husband Peter unwillingly got to work. The 51-year-old owner

of a ship supply company modified a small wooden house that he’d built years earlier for daughter

Abbie’s toy horses, and made a door of glass.

小题

1:In what way is the library “pedestrian- friendly”?

A

．

It owns a yellow roof.

B

．

It stands near a sidewalk.

D

．

It uses palm- tree stickers as decorations.

C

．

It protects book lovers from the sun.

小题

2:Janey got the idea to build a library from __________.

A

．

a visit to Brian Williams

B

．

a spring break with her family

C

．

a book sent by one of her neighbors

D

．

a report on a Wisconsin-based organization

In

1947

a

group

of

famous

people

from

the

art

world

headed

by

an Austrian

conductor

decided to hold an international festival of music, dance and theatre in Edinburgh. The idea was

to reunite Europe after the Second World War.

It quickly attracted famous names such as Alec Guinness, Richard Button, Dame Margot

Fonteyn and Marlene Dietrich as well as the big symphony orchestras(

交响乐团

). It became fixed

event every August and now attracts 400,000 people yearly.

At the Same time, the “Fringe” appeared as a challenge to the official festival. Eight

theatre groups turned up uninvited in1947, in the belief that everyone should have the right to

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perform, and they did so in a public house disused for years.

Soon,

groups

of

students

firstly

from

Edinburgh

University,

and

later

from

the

universities of Oxford and Cambridge, Durham and Birmingham were making the journey to the

Scottish capital each summer to perform theatre by little-known writers of plays in small church

halls to the people of Edinburgh.

【小题

1

】

What was the purpose of Edinburgh Festival at the beginning?

A

．

To bring Europe together again.

B

．

To honor heroes of World War II.

C

．

To introduce young theatre groups.

D

．

To attract great artists from Europe.

【 小题

2

】

Why did some uninvited theatre groups come to Edinburgh in 1947?

A

．

They owned a public house there.

B

．

They came to take up a challenge.

C

．

They thought they were also famous.

D

．

They wanted to take part in the festival.

As

more

and

more

people

speak

the

global

languages

of

English,

Chinese,

Spanish,

and

Arabic, other languages are rapidly disappearing. In fact, half of the 6,000-7,000 languages spoken

around the world today will likely die out by the next century, according to the United Nations

Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). In an effort to prevent language

loss, scholars from a number of organizations- UNESCO and National Geographic among them –

have for many years been documenting dying languages and the cultures they reflect.

Mark

Turin,

a

scientist

at

the

Macmillan

Center, Yale

University,

who

specializes

in

the

languages

and

oral

traditions

of

the

Himalayas,

is

following

in

that

tradition.

His

recently

published book, A Grammar of Thangmi with an Ethnolinguistic Introduction to the Speakers and

Their Culture, grows out of his experience living, looking and raising a family in a village in Nepal.

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Documenting the Tangmi language and culture is just a starting point for Turin, who seeks to

include other languages and oral traditions across the Himalayans reaches of India, Nepal, Bhutan,

and China. But he is not content to simply record these voices before they disappear without record.

At the University of Cambridge Turin discovered a wealth of important materials- including

photographs, films, tap recordings, and field notes- which had remained unstudied and were badly

in need of care and protection.

Now, through the two organizations that he has founded-the Digital Himalaya Project and the

World Oral Literature Project- Turin has started a campaign to make such documents, found in

libraries and stores around the world, available not just to scholars but to the younger generations

of communities from whom the materials were originally to digital technology

and

the

widely

available

Internet.

Turin

notes,the

endangered

languages

can

be

saved

and

reconnected with speech communities.

小题

1:Many scholars are making efforts to _____.

A

．

promote global languages

B

．

rescue the disappearing languages

C

．

search for language communities

D

．

set up languages research organizations.

小题

2:What is Turin’s book based on?

A

．

The cultural statics in India.

B

．

The documents available at Yale.

C

．

His language research in Britain.

D

．

His personal experience in Nepal.

小题

3:Which of the following best describe Turin’s

Work?

A

．

Write sell and donate.

B

．

Record,repeat and reward.

C

．

Collect,protect and reconnect.

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D

．

Design, experiment and report.

You are the collector in the gallery of your life. You collect. You might not mean to but you

do. One out of three people collects tangible

（有形的）

things such as cats, photos and noisy toys.

There are among some 40 collections that are being shown at “The Museum Of”—the first

of several new museums which, over the next two years, will exhibit the objects accumulated by

unknown

collectors.

In

doing

so,

they

will

promote

a

popular

culture

of

museums,

not

what

museums normally represent.

Some

of

the

collections

are

fairly

common—records, model

houses. Others

are

strangely

beautiful—branches that have fallen from tree, for example. But they all reveal

（显露）

a lot of

things: ask someone what they collect and their answers will tell you who they are.

Other on the way include “The museum of Collectors” and “The Museum of Me.”These new

ones, it is hoped, will build on the success of “The Museum Of.” The thinkers behind the project

want to explore why people collect, and what it means to do so. They hope that visitors who may

not have considered themselves collectors will begin to see they, too, collect.

Some

collectors

say

they

started

or

stopped

making

collections

at

important

point:

the

beginning or end of adolescence—“it’s a growing-up thing; you stop when you grow up,”says one.

Other painful times are mentioned, such as the end of a relationship. For time and life can seem

so uncontrollable that a steady serial

（顺序排列的）

arrangement is comforting.

小题

1:How will the new museums promote a popular culture of museums?

A

．

By collecting more tangible things.

B

．

By showing what ordinary people have collected.

C

．

By correcting what museums normally represent.

D

．

By accumulating 40 collections two years from now.

小题

2:What can be learned about collectors from their collections?

A

．

Who they are.

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