The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10028
211-535-7710 www.metmuseum.org
Entrances
Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street
Hours
Open 7 days a week.
Sunday-Thursday 10:00-17:30
Friday and Saturday 10:00-21:00
Closed Thanksgiving Day, December 25, January 1, and the first Monday in May.
Admission
$25.00 recommended for adults, $12.00 recommended for students, includes the Main Building and The Cloisters(回廊）on the same day; free for children under 12 with an adult.
Free with Admission
All special exhibitions, as well as films, lectures, guided tours, concerts, gallery talks, and family/children's programs are free with admission.
Ask about today's activities at the Great Hall Information Desk.
The Cloisters Museum and Gardens
The Cloisters museum and gardens is a branch of The Metropolitan Museum of Art devoted to the art and architecture of Europe in the Middle Ages. The extensive collection consists of masterworks in sculpture, colored glass, and precious objects from Europe dating from about the 9th to the 15th century.
Hours: Open 7 days a week.
March-October 10:00-17:15
November-February 10:00-16:45
Closed Thanksgiving Day, December 25, and January 1.
1.How much may they pay if an 11-year-old girl and her working parents visit the museum?
A. $12. B. $37.
C. $ 50. D. $ 62
2.The attraction of the Cloisters museum and gardens lies in the fact that ________.
A. it opens all the year round
B. its collections date from the Middle Ages
C. it has a modern European-style garden
D. it sells excellent European glass collections
Raynor Winn and her husband Moth became homeless due to their wrong investment. Their savings had been_______ to pay lawyers’ fees. To make matters worse, Moth was diagnosed（诊断）with a _________ disease. There was no _________, only pain relief.
Failing to find any other way out, they decided to make a _________ journey, as they caught sight of an old hikers’(徒步旅行者）guide.
This was a long journey of unaccustomed hardship and _________ recovery. When leaving home, Raynor and Moth had just ￡320 in the bank. They planned to keep the _________ low by living on boiled noodles, with the _________ hamburger shop treat.
Wild camping is _________ in England. To avoid being caught, the Winns had to get their tent up _______and packed it away early in the morning. The Winns soon discovered that daily hiking in their 50s is a lot ____________ than they remember it was in their 20s. Raynor __________ all over and desired a bath. Moth, meanwhile, after an initial ____________, found his symptoms were strangely ___________ by their daily tiring journey.
________, the couple found that their bodies turned for the better, with re-found strong muscles that they thought had ___________ forever. "Our hair was fried and falling out, nails broken, clothes ___________ to a thread, but we were alive."
During the journey, Raynor began a career as a nature writer. She writes, "____________ had taken every material thing from me and left me torn bare, an empty page at the end of a(n) ____________ written book. It had also given me a ____________, either to leave that page ___________ or to keep writing the story with hope. I chose hope.”
1.A. drawn up B. used up C. backed up D. kept up
2.A. mild B. common C. preventable D. serious
3.A. cure B. luck C. care D. promise
4.A. business B. walking C. bus D. rail
5.A. expected B. frightening C. disappointing D. surprising
6.A. budget B. revenue C. compensation D. allowance
7.A. frequent B. occasional C. abundant D. constant
8.A. unpopular B. lawful C. attractive D. illegal
9.A. soon B. early C. late D. slowly
10.A. harder B. easier C. cheaper D. funnier
11.A. rolled B. bled C. ached D. trembled
12.A. struggle B. progress C. excitement D. research
13.A. developed B. controlled C. reduced D. increased
14.A. Initially B. Eventually C. Temporarily D. Consequently
15.A. gained B. kept C. wounded D. lost
16.A. sewn B. washed C. worn D. ironed
17.A. Doctors B. Hiking C. Lawyers D. Homelessness
18.A. well B. partly C. neatly D. originally
19.A. choice B. reward C. promise D. break
20.A. loose B. full C. blank D. missing
—What happened? Your boss seems to _______.
—Didn’t you know his secretary leaked the secret report to the press?
A. be over the moon B. laugh his head off
C. be all ears D. fly off the handle
（题文）Despite the poor service of the hotel, the manager is _______ to invest in sufficient training for his staff.
A. keen B. reluctant
C. anxious D. ready
（题文）China’s soft power grows _______ the increasing appreciation and understanding of China globally.
A. in line with B. in reply to
C. in return for D. in honour of
Try to understand what’s actually happening instead of acting on the _______ you’ve made.
A. assignment B. association
C. acquisition D. assumption
