C

Who won China’s first gold medal at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics? It was Li Jianrou. The 27-year-old finished first in the women’s 500m short track speed skating on Feb 13. The race was full of drama. Three athletes fell over because of an accident caused by Elise Christie of Britain in the second turn and Li became the surprise winner.

Three-time defending champion Wang Meng of China missed the Olympics after breaking her ankle last month. Li had little experience in the race, where getting off to a quick Start is important. But she kept her cool while everyone else was falling around her.

“I feel very lucky,” Li said through a translator.

She and one of her coaches cried tears of joy after China joined South Korea as the only countries to win the same short track event four Olympics in a row. The Koreans won the 3,000 relay in 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2006.

“I cried because I was so excited,” Li said. “My coach told me this medal is for Wang Meng as well, so I felt very moved.”

Li’s victory made up for the surprising fall of teammate Fan Kexin in the semifinals. In the semis, Fan didn’t even complete the first lap of the race, catching her left blade(冰刀)as she skated near the front. She crashed on all fours into the crew of workers who maintain the ice between races. They climbed onto the top of the pads to avoid being injured by Fan’s long, sharp blades.

Arianna Fontana of Italy took the silver and Park Seung-hi of South Korea earned the bronze.

30. Who made a mistake causing three athletes to fall over in the final?

A. Li Jianrou B. Elise Christie C. Arianna Fontana D. Fan Kexin

31. Which country won the women’s 500m short track event 4 Olympics in a row as well as China?

A. Italy B. Japan C. Britain D. South Korea

32. Which statement below is tree according to the passage?

A. Li Jianrou won China’s first gold medal at Winter Olympics.

B. Wang Meng missed the Olympics because of an injury.

C. Fan Kexin was injured by long, sharp blades.

D. South Korea ranked second in the event.

参考答案30、B 31---32、DB

D

The British Museum

Description:

The British Museum is a museum in London, which is one of the world’s greatest museums of human history and culture. Its collections, which number more than 13 million objects, are amongst the largest and most comprehensive in the world and originate from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its beginning to the present.

The British Museum was established in 1753, largely based on the collections of the physician and scientist Sir Hans Sloane. The museum first opened to the public on 15 January 1759 in Montagu House in Bloomsbury, on the site of the current museum building. Its expansion over the following two and a half centuries was largely a result of an expanding British colonial footprint and has resulted in the creation of several branch institutions. Until 1997, when the British Library (previously centered on the Round Reading Room)moved to a new site, the British Museum housed both a national museum of antiquities and a national library in the same building. The museum is a non-departmental public body sponsored(赞助)by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Since 2002 the director of the museum has been Neil MacGregor.

Admission and opening hours:

The museum is open every day from 10am to 6pm (Fridays 10am to 5:30pm)and it charges no admission fee, except for loan exhibitions.

How to get there:

By train: 7:00-18:30 every day. By Underground: 8:00-18:30 every day.

By bus: 7:30-18:30 every day. By coach: 7:00--19:30 every day.

Nearest underground stations:

Tottenham Court Road (500m)Holborn (500m)Russell Square (800m)

33. When was the British Museum opened to the public for the first time?

A. In 1753. B. In 1759. C. In 1997. D. In 2002.

34. You are at the Museum at seven in the evening and you want to go back to Oxford. Which means of transportation will you choose?

A. By coach. B. By bus. C. By train. D. By underground.

35. Which statement is NOT TRUE according to the text?

A. The British Museum has collected more than 13 million objects.

B. The British Museum is open from 10 am to 6 pm every day.

C. The British Museum is a great museum of human history and culture.

D. The British Museum’s expansion in the past was mainly because of an expanding British colonial footprint.

参考答案、33—35、BAB

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