Ⅱ.Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer.

1．The Frick Collection is .

A．a house left by a rich New Yorker

B．an attractive small art gallery in New York

C．a gallery where you can enjoy both paintings and Frick's beautiful house

D．all of the above

答案　D

2．The exhibition is always changing in .

A．Museum of Modern Art

B．The Frick Collection

C．Guggenheim Museum

D．Metropolitan Museum of Art

答案　C

3．Why does the writer say the Metropolitan Museum of Art has the greatest collection of art in the United States?

A．Because its art collection covers over five thousand years of civilization from many parts of the world.

B．The museum displays only art.

C．It provides us information about ancient ways of living and many other special exhibitions.

D．Both A and C.

答案　D

4．The sentence "A few words of warning：the admission price is not cheap and the museum is often very crowded." in Paragraph 4 suggests that .

A．it is not dear to enter the museum and it is always very crowded in it

B．although the admission is expensive，there are always lots of visitors there

C．people should pay special attention to the price before going in

D．there are many famous paintings by artists such as Monet，Van Gogh，Picasso and Matisse

答案　B

5．What can you see if you go to Whitney Museum of American Art?

A．Videos and films by contemporary video artists.

B．Paintings by some famous artists such as Monet，Van Gogh.

C．Ancient ways of living.

D．Pre­twentieth century Western paintings.

答案　A

重点词汇

the art of making figures，objects，etc out of stone，wood，clay，etc

用石头、木头、泥土等制成人物、物体等的艺术

(figure n．雕像；身材，体形；数字；人物；几何图形；v.认为；估计

keep one's figure保持体形

figure out弄明白；计算出

figure that...认为......；认定......

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(1)They figured that it was better to stay where they were.他们断定还是待在原地好。

(2)It is hard for her to keep her figure in that situation.在那种情况下，她很难保持体形。

(3)If you don't understand something，you may research，study and talk to other people until you figure it out.(2017·北京)

如果你不明白某件事情，你可以调查、研究并与别人讨论，直到弄明白为止。

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(4)I really can't figure out of why he left the company without saying one word.

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(5)After the public figure's explanation，we thought we had figured it out，but when he asked us how to keep our figures，all of us didn't figure out its answer.

经过这位公众人物的讲解，我们认为自己已经理解了他所说的，但是当他问我们如何保持体形的时候，没有一个人能想出答案。