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ttish poem. It tells about the need to remember old friends. The words ―auld lang syne‖ mean ―old long since’. No one knows who wrote the poem first. However, a version by Scottish poet Robert Bums was published in 1796. The words and music we know today first appeared in a song book three years later. The song is played in the United States mainly on New Year’s Eve. The version you are hearing today is by the Washington Saxophone Quartet. As we end our program with Auld Lang Syne. I would like to wish all our radio friends a very Happy New Year! This is Buddy Thomas. 31. This passage is from ___________. A. a newspaper B. a magazine C. a radio program D. a book 32. ____________ is introducing Auld Lang Syne to us. A. Robert Bums B. the Washington Saxophone Quartet. C. Buddy Thomas D. Scottish poet 33. From the passage, we know that the song Auld Lang Syne is mainly played in the USA ___________. A. on New Year’s Eve B. on Christmas Eve C. on weekends D. on Thanksgiving Eve 34. The words and music of Auld Lang Syne we know today first appeared ____________. A. in 1796 B. in 1793 C. in 1799 D. in 1790 35. The song Auld Lang Syne is about ___________. A. the history of Scotland B. an old Scottish poet C. the need to remember old friends D. Buddy Thomas C The British Museum is the biggest museum in the world. Inside, you feel smaller than usual. There are many things to see. The story of the British Museum goes back three hundred years to one unusual man, Sir Hans Sloane, doctor to King Gee II. The doctor collected books, drawings, clothes, money, animals, flowers, things from all over the world. The doctor wanted everything to stay together when he died, so that people could e and have a look. The British Museum began. King Gee II gave his library, and the museum started to grow. The British Museum opened in 1759, six years after Sir Hans Sloane died. At first the museum was only open three days a week and only ten people could enter in an hour. There wasn’t much time to see things. Visitors had to run though the rooms. By about 1800, things began to get better. Wonderful statues, three thousand years old, arrived from Egypt. King Gee IV sold all his books to the museum secretly. A hundred years ago not only old books but also new ones arrived at the museum, and more people came to read them. Since them many famous men have written and studied there. And the library is growing faster and faster. There are four kilome