Use your American Express Card to enjoy one-day visit at four of America’s greatest museums. Note the participating museums, and their exciting special exhibitions that you will not want to miss, listed below.
Boston
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Chairs
February 11-May 8, 2012
Italian furniture expert Fausto Calderai and Indian photographer Dayanita Singh present an exhibition of chairs from the museum’s collection and “chair photographs” from around the world presented in a Venetian-style hall housing world-famous masterpieces.
For more information：www. gardnermuseum. org
New York
The Noguchi Museum
Noguehi and Graham
December 1, 2011-May 1, 2012
Noguchi’s long-term collaboration（协作） with dancer Martha Graham is regarded by many as a high point in the history of both modern dance and art. The exhibition highlights nine of the sets created through this collaboration.
For more information：www. noguchi. org
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
In Full View：American Painting（1720—2012）
January 11--April 10, 2012
Founded in 1805, the Pennsylvania Academy has been home to America’s artists for more than 200 years. The Academy collects and exhibits the works of famous American artists, and is well-known for training fine artists. 2012 at the Academy begins with the largest exhibition of Academy’s distinguished American collection in the institution’s history.
For more information：www. pafa. org
Seattle
Seattle Museum of Glass
Murano：Glass from the Olnick Spanu Collection
Through November 7, 2011
This exhibition includes over 200 pieces of beautiful glass from Murano, the island of glassblowers near Venice, Italy. Watch live glass-blowing shows in the Hot Shop and see other modern glass exhibitions.
For more information：www. museumofglass. org
1.Which of the following websites offers information about the furniture show?
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A．www. pafa. org |
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B．www. museumofglass. org |
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C．www. noguchi. org |
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D．www. gardnermuseum. org |
2.We learn from the text that Martha Graham is ___________.
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A．a dancer |
B．a glassblower |
C．a painter |
D．a photographer |
3.If you want to know the history of American painting, you may visit ___________.
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A．the Noguchi Museum |
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B．Seattle Museum of Glass |
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C．Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum |
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D．Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts |
Now we’re always hearing about road accident, and when we’re in a car we try to drive carefully, but how many of us take the same degree of care in our homes? Any large hospital will tell you the number of the accidents that happen in the home is almost the same as those on the road.
One of the commonest and most dangerous causes of home accidents is wrong and careless use of electrical equipment. People will continue to use a loose plug or pull out a plug without first turning off the power. In spite of warnings, one will carry an electric heater into the bathroom when he is going to have a bath. Sometimes one forgets to cut off the power before mending a lamp or something else. All this will cause accidents. So the rule about anything that work by electricity is：Switch off before you touch anything and don’t pretend you know when you actually don’t.
If you’ve got children in the house, it's always best to keep medicines of any kind out of their reach. Otherwise, they may be taken for candies or a new kind of drink. When there are older people living with you, you have to take particular care in a number of ways in order to make them safe and happy.
Fire, of course, is always a risk. So, remember not to dry clothes in front of fires, or leave stoves in the middle of rooms where they can easily be knocked over. And don’t forget to keep the children away from fire. Smoking, too, may cause fire. So you’d better give it up. Safety first may mean a little more time and care, but it may save you a lot of trouble.
1.According to the writer, we try to drive carefully in a car while __________.
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A．we take the same degree of care in our homes |
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B．We don’t care much about the accidents in large hospitals |
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C．We don’t pay enough attention to home accidents |
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D．We seldom think a lot about the road accidents |
2.We can learn from the text that __________.
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A．people should never be allowed to carry an electric heater into the bathroom |
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B．the improper use of the electrical equipment is the most dangerous cause of home accidents |
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C．people should cut off the power first before using the electrical equipment |
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D．both the children and the older people should be taken special care of at home |
3.It can be inferred in the text that our life at home will be much safer if __________.
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A．we know more about the accidents that happen in the home |
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B．all of us give up smoking as soon as possible |
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C．we take more time and care in our life |
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D．we keep the stoves at the corner of the rooms |
4.The main purpose of writing the text is __________.
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A．to tell how and why home accidents happen |
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B．to persuade people to get rid of bad habits |
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C．to explain how to use electrical equipment |
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D．to instruct people how to prevent home accidents |
The Catherine family enjoyed the good things in life as much as anyone else. They ___36___games, books, music, toys, good food and good times. But sometimes ___37___seemed, especially to Mrs. Catherine who ___38___the house, that they had too much stuff in the closets, in the drawers, in the basement, and almost ___39___. It made Mrs. Catherine a little ___40___.
One day, at breakfast, Mrs. Catherine made a（n） ___41___. “This family,”she said firmly, “has too much stuff. It's time to get ___42___of some of them. ”The three children all ___43___with this idea and helped pile used things and unused things they were never going to use into the car.
Their first ___44___was Home for the Aged where the older went to live. Nurses and doctors looked after them, but sometimes the older got a little lonely and ___45___. They liked visitors and things to do. When the family arrived at Home for the Aged, they ___46___out their games and puzzles to the older and then sat down to play games and do puzzles with them. They had a ___47___time and they were sorry when it was time to leave.
Their next stop was the Young Cubs Hospital. The Catherine family dropped ___48___their load of used toys which were very welcome. The hospital workers said the toys would be given out at the hospital ___49___party.
Their last stop was People Who Care store. This was a store that sold things to ___50___money for those who needed warm clothes and good food. The Catherine family lugged all their old clothes and furniture into the store.
After that, the Catherine family ___51___home with warm feelings about what they had done. ___52___they drove along, they passed the lighted ___53___of supermarkets which were beautifully decorated for Christmas. There was window after window of the very latest things, but they were so filled with special thoughts about helping others that they ___54___noticed the wonderful things in the windows except maybe out of the ___55___of their eyes.
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By popular consensus, great painters can mix the colours together within a short period of time to get the __________colour.
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A．explicit |
B．desired |
C．generous |
D．romantic |
Marry is no different from any other teenage girl, but she has given enough thought __________ her future career.
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A．with |
B．of |
C．about |
D．to |
—Drinking tea is a common practice in daily life, isn’t it?
—Yes, teahouses continue to __________up in and around the city of Nanjing.
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A．spring |
B．split |
C．break |
D．cut |
