Welcome to The Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET)
HOURS
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SUN-THU, 10 AM-5:30 PM, FRI, SAT 10 AM-9 PM
Closed Thanksgiving Day, December 25, January 1, and the first Monday in May.
ADMISSION
Members and Patrons(赞助人) visit free and enjoy express admission.
General Admission: Adults, $25; seniors (65 and older), $17; students,$12; and children under 12, free. General admission tickets include special exhibitions and are valid（有效） for three days.
For New York State residents with valid ID, Connecticut, and New Jersey students: The amount you pay is up to you. Please be as generous as you can.
All ticket holders must go through security.
PARKING GARAGE
80 th St. and Fifth Ave. Discount for Members and Patrons.
GROUP VISITS
Call 212-570-3711 or visit metmuseum. org/groupvisits.
FREE GUIDED TOURS
Audio Guide
Listen to the stories behind thousands of artworks in The Met collection and select exhibitions. Rent an Audio Guide device (with a headset or neck loop): adults, $7,; Members, $6; children under 12 $5; and free to visitors who are blind, partially sighted, deaf or have hearing loss. Transcripts in standard and large print are available for selected tours. Learn more at metmuseum. org/audioguide.
Daily tours with Guides
Check at any information desk or visit metmuseum.org/mettours for free gallery talks and tours presented by staff, outside scholars, and trained volunteers.
ACCESSIBILITY
For information about accessibility and services for visitors with disabilities, contact accesss@metmuseum. org or call 212-650-2010, or visit metmuseum.org/access.
1.Normally on which day can a visitor stay at the MET for the longest time?
A. Saturday. B. Wednesday .
C. Monday. D. Thanksgiving Day.
2.How much should a middle aged woman and her 14-year-old daughter from China pay to visit the MET?
A. $12. B. $25.
C. $29. D. $37.
3.How can people inquire about access to the MET?
A. By calling 212-570-3711. B. By calling 212-650-2010.
C. By visiting metmeseum.org/group visits D. By contacting metmuseum.org/mettours.
All hope was not lost. Soon after the quakes, the army sent 150,000 soldiers to Tangshan to help the rescue the workers. Hundreds of thousands of people were helped. 1.. To the north of the city, most of the 10,000 miners were rescued from the coal mines there. 2.. Fresh water was taken to the city by train, truck and plane. Slowly, the city began to breathe again.
The last thirty years have seen the greatest number of laws stopping our rights and progress, 3.. 4., or fight the government. We chose to attack the laws. We first broke the law in a way which was peaceful; when this was not allowed, 5..
1.Typhoons, sandstorms, droughts and tornados are all d____________.
2.The research he d_________ himself to has produced good results.
3.Dead and i________ people lay everywhere after the terrible accident.
4.Tom is good at spoken English and speaks f________ English.
5.J_________ from the way he laughed as Tom told it, it was meant to be humorous.
6.Don’t let yourself be _________(说服)into buying things you don’t really want.
7.Nowadays the movies are full of ________ (暴力), which is very harmful to the kids.
8.It seems as if people talking into their micro phones are _________ (包围) by an invisible wall.
9.We should use information technology as a tool to make our daily ________ (交流)more fruitful.
10.Damaged but not __________(击败), he was still ahead of me.
The university I attend has about 3500 students. One early afternoon, I 1. (walk) around the campus when I found a female student sitting on the walkway with tears on her face. Everyone just walked by her, so I decided to stop 2. (give) her a hand. I dropped my books and sat down beside her. 3. turned out that she injured her ankle (脚踝) and was 4. (able) to walk. So I told her that I would sit with her 5. she was ready to get up. It only took a few minutes for her to calm down. Then I took her 6.the hand and got her to the nearest hospital.
She thanked me so much for just stopping! Since then, when we run into each other 7. (occasional) on campus, she would smile and thank me again. And we have become good friends now. I am amazed that just my sitting there, 8. (offer) support and comfort to a total 9.(strange) would affect her so greatly. She said she was grateful for what I had done, 10. made her feel that she was not alone in the world.
Maybe you are an average student.1.This is not necessarily so,however.Anyone can become a better student if he or she wants to.Here's how.
Plan your time carefully.When planning your work,you should make a list of things that you have to do.After making this list,you should make a schedule of your time.First your time for eating,sleeping,dressing,etc.Then decide a good,regular time for studying.2.A weekly schedule may not solve all your problems,but it will force you to realize what is happening to your time.
Find a good place to study.Look around the house for a good study area.Keep this space,which may be a desk or simply a corner of your room,free of everything but study materials.No games,radios,or television.When you sit down to study,concentrate on the subject.
Make good use of your time in class.3.Listening carefully in class means less work later.Taking notes will help you remember what the teacher says.
Study regularly.When you get home from school,go over your notes,review the important points that your teacher is going to discuss the next day and read that material.4.If you do these things regularly,the material will become more meaningful,and you'll remember it longer.
Develop a good attitude towards tests.The purpose of a test is to show what you have learned about a subject. They help you remember your new knowledge.The world won't end if you don't pass a test,so don't be over worried.
5.You will probably discover them after you have tried these.
A.There are other methods that might help you with your studying.
B.Don't forget to arrange enough time for entertainment.
C.Make full use of class time to listen to everything the teacher says.
D.No one can become a top student unless he or she works hard.
E.You probably think you will never be a top student.
F.Make full use of class time to take notes of what the teacher says in class.
G.This will help you understand the next class.
Mandara seemed to know something big was about to happen. So she let out a yell, caught hold of her 2-year-old daughter Kibibi and climbed up into a tree. She lives at the National Zoo in Washington D.C..
And on Tuesday, August 23rd, witnesses said she seemed to sense the big earthquake that shook much of the East Coast before any humans knew what was going on. And she’s not the only one. In the moments before the quake, an orangutan (猩猩) let out a loud call and then climbed to the top of her shelter.
“It’s very different from their normal call,” said Brandie Smith, the zookeeper. “The lemurs (monkey like animals of Madagascar) will sound an alarm if they see or hear something highly unusual.”
But you can’t see or hear an earthquake 15 minutes before it happens, can you? Maybe you can——if you’re an animal.
“Animals can hear above and below our range of hearing,” said Brandie Smith. “That’s part of their special abilities. They’re more sensitive to the environment, which is how they survive.”
Primates weren’t the only animals that seemed to sense the quake before it happened. One of the elephants made a warning sound and a huge lizard (蜥蜴) ran quickly for cover. The flamingoes (a kind of birds) gathered before the quake and stayed together until the shaking stopped.
So what kind of vibrations (震动) were the animals picking up in the moments before the quake? Scientist Susan Hough said earthquakes produce two types of waves——a weak “P” wave and then a much stronger “S” wave. The “P” stands for “primary”. And the “S” stands for “secondary”. She thinks the “P” wave might be what sets the animals off.
Not all the animals behaved unusually before the quake. For example, Smith said the zoo’s giant pandas didn’t jump up until the shaking actually began. But many of the other animals seemed to know something was coming before it happened. “I’m not surprised at all,” Smith said.
1.Why did Mandara act strangely one day?
A. Because it sensed something unusual would happen.
B. Because its daughter Kibibi was injured.
C. Because it heard an orangutan let out a loud call
D. Because an earthquake had happened.
2.According to Brandie Smith,_____________.
A. many animals hearing is sharp
B. earthquakes produce two types of waves
C. primates usually gather together before a quake
D. humans can also develop the ability to sense a quake
3.Which animal seems unable to sense quake?
A. A giant panda. B. A flamingo.
C. A lemur. D. A lizard.
4.What is the best title for the passage?
A. How animals survive a quake
B. How animals differ from humans
C. How animals behave before a quake
D. How animals protect their young in a quake
