月月考英语试题
Interesting Exhibitions Held in Four Different Museums
Name: The British Museum
Phone: 020-7323-8000
Website:
Opening hours: daily —5.
Price: Free
This exhibition aims to show the mysteries of mummification(干尸化). From a
king`s daughter to a temple doorkeeper, the displays explore the identities of eight people, using their bo
dies to discover clues about how they lived. By using new methods, such as CT scanning and 3D visualization, the British Museum has been able to build up a picture of life in the Nile valley over 4000 years, from prehistoric Egypt to Christian Sudan. Name: The Fashion and Textile Museum
Phone: 020-7407-8664
Website:
Opening hours: daily 11 a. m. —5.30 p. m.
Price:￡8.80 adults, ￡5.50 students
This Fashion and Textile Museum is housing the first-ever exhibition on classic Mexican shawl(披肩), which became famous in the 20th century. Mexican artists, photographers and fashion and textile designers will be exhibiting their colorful works there.
Name: The Victoria and Albert Museum
Phone: 020-7907-7073
Website: www.vam.ac.uk
Opening hours: Mon., Thur., Sat., Sun., 10 a. m.—5. 30 p. m.; Fri.10 a. m.—10 p. m. Price: Free
The Victoria and Albert Museum has dug out some of their most charming wedding dresses to record their history during the past two centuries. White wedding dresses were
made popular by Queen Victoria in the nineteenth century. See beautiful wedding dresses made by famous designers.
Name: The Science Museum
Phone: 0870-870-4868
Website: uk
Opening hours: daily 10 a. m.—6 p. m.
Price: Free
This four-day festival displays the latest exciting gadgets(小装置)and introduces their inventors. Visitors can explore electronics, build robots, get hands-on with new technologies and have a go at 3D
printing. There will be displays taking place throughout the festival, which is suitable for anyone aged ten and over.
1. Which number would you call if you’re interested in exploring history using modern technology?
A．020-7323-8000. B．020-7407-8664.
C．020-7907-7073. D．0870-870-4868.
2. Which museum can you visit if you are free at 8 p. m. on Friday?
A．The British Museum. B．The Fashion and textile Museum. C．The Victoria and Albert Museum. D．The Science Museum.
3. What can we learn about the Science Museum?
A．The exhibition will last a week.
B．It displays CT scanning technology.
C．Visitors themselves can try new technologies.
D．More information can be found at www.vam.ac.uk.
My PhD adviser informed me I had failed my qualifying exam at my third attempt, which meant the dismissal (开除)from the program. How was it possible that one exam — one hour of my life — could define me as unfit to be a scientist?
I wasn’t sure what to expect when I started my PhD program. I struggled with my classes during my first year, spending countless hours studying in the library. I ended that year with increased confidence. But soon my confidence went away when I made my first attempt at the qualifying exam. I had switched research projects 5 months earlier, after my first adviser left the university, so I wasn’t so confident of going into the exam. Besides, I had never taken an oral exam before, so the experience was terrifying.
O nce it was over, my committee told me I’d conditionally passed, which meant I had to take more time to study and prepare to talk about the topic further. I was shaken but
still hopeful. But when I retook the exam, I failed again. That’s when I was told I’d have one more chance.
石家庄招聘2022For the next 5 months, I asked my committee chairs for guidance and practiced answering oral questions. I even stopped doing lab work to focus on my exam preparations. I was all in.
When the exam was over, I left the room feeling a mix of fear and relief. But those feelings changed to disappointment the next day after I learned I’d failed. I speak Spanish at home, but I have difficulty translating even the simplest scientific concepts into Spanish. This held back my ability to comfort ably speak the expected “language of science”.
My adviser requested to reinstate(使重返岗位)me to the PhD program, and I’m now back to working on my doctorate. I still have a little voice in the back of my head that I’m not good enough. But I try to stop it by surrounding myself with professors who support me and by staying focused on developing into the great scientist I know I can be. I am much more than that one-hour exam.
4. How did the author feel by the end of the first year?
A．Confident. B．Terrified. C．Worn out D．At a loss.
5. Why did the author switch her research project?
A．She found it too hard for her.
B．Her adviser dismissed her from it.
C．She failed the qualifying exam.
D．Her adviser no longer worked there.
6. What affected the author’s performance in the third exam?
A．Not enough preparation. B．Decreased confidence.
C．Lack of language competence. D．Too much time on lab work.
7. Which word best describes the author?
A．Intelligent. B．Sensitive.
C．Energetic. D．Determined.
Ice-coated vines (葡萄藤) stretched across hillsides around Chablis, France, as the region had a temperature of -5°C on Monday. Fruit growers are worried that the frost will kill off large numbers of early buds (花蕾) and disturb the whole growing season.
The frost is particularly disturbing after a similar phenomenon hit French vineyards last year, leading to some 2 billion euros in losses. Scientists later found that the damaging 2021 frost was more likely made by climate change.
Some growers tried to warm the vines with electrical lines, or set up special watering systems, or spray (喷洒) the buds with water to protect them from frost. The water creates a thin layer of ice that ensures the buds’ temperature remains around freezing point but does not drop much lower.
Daniel-Etienne Defaix, whose vineyard has been producing wine for 400 years and lived through many climate disasters, calls what’s happening now “a very, very serious frost”. He placed candles on the soil to protect about five hectares (亩) of his most valuable grapes, but had to leave the remaining 25 hectares to face the force of nature. At a cost of 10 euros per candle, and 600 candles per hectare, it was too costly to save the rest of the grapes.
The 2021 April frost led to what French government officials described as “probably the greatest agricultural disaster of the beginning of the 21st century”. The pattern was similar: an intense April 6-8 frost after a lengthy warm period in March.
The researchers concluded that the warming caused by humans had coaxed the plants so that they ex
posed their young leaves earlier than usual, before a burst of Arctic cold reached Europe in April.
8. What did Daniel-Etienne Defaix do to protect his vines?
A．Heat the vines with electrical lines.
B．Spray the buds with water.
C．Set up special watering systems.
D．Warm the vines with candles.
9. What can we infer from the text?
A．Growers can save most of their crops.
B．The 2022 frost is the worst in history.
C．Humans are to blame for the damage.
D．The weather was normal last March.
10. What does the underlined word “coaxed” in the last paragraph mean? A．Protected. B．Dried. C．Tricked. D．Delayed.
11. Which is the best title of the text?
A．Causes for Early Budding
B．Late Frost Threatens Vine Crops
C．Creative Ways to Save Vines
D．Global Warming Brings Extreme Weather
Cristina, a teen who grew up in a poor neighborhood in Madrid, never imagined herself playing the violin. But today she is first violinist in an inventive orchestra (乐团),
bringing together two dozen other disadvantaged youths, using instruments made from recycled materials. “I am really happy, because the project has changed my life a lot,” said Cristina, her eyes gleaming.
Luis, 18, credits the project with keeping him on a right track in a neighbourhood
l ike Vallecas, which has a high school dropout rate. “Instead of meeting up with friends, I preferred to listen to music, play it, and little by little it became a way of life,” he said.
The project, called “Music of Recycling”, aims to breathe new life int o junk while also benefiting youths from disadvantaged backgrounds and it is run by Spanish environmental group Ecoembes and is inspired by Paraguay’s Cateura orchestra, made up of musicians from a poor neighborhood who play instruments made from materials found in waste.
After Ecoembes invited the Cateura orchestra to perform in Madrid in 2014, the group decided to found its own similar ensemble (小乐团) that same year, said Gil, the director of Music of Recycling. The ensemble put on its first concert just four months later and “the kids could not play more than four notes,” said Gil.
Now after having performed in cities across Spain, “We already have four boys studying in scholarships at music schools,” he added. More than 100 children are taking music classes from members of the orchestra as part of the project.
The instruments are created by Soler, a third-generation instrument maker, from cans, wooden boxes and parts of abandoned instruments. He tried to make the instruments as close to their “normal” shape
as possible so the children won’t have difficulty playing regular equipment in the future.
12. What does the author intend to do by referring to Cristina and Luis?
A．Praise the teens for their efforts. B．Introduce the startup of the project. C．Show the effects of the project. D．Present ways to mix music and recycling. 13. Where does the project’s inspiration come from?
A．A group of musicians. B．A children’s orchestra. C．Disadvantaged youths. D．An environmental group.
14. What can we learn about the project?
A．It was started in 2014. B．It was funded by the government.
C．It spread across the world. D．It made a large amount of money.
15. What’s Soler’s attitude towards the project?
A．Doubtful. B．Supportive. C．Tolerant. D．Uncaring.
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