【文章內容簡介】 is NOT true about the description of the merchant? A． He was a mean person. B． He was lucky. C． He was very clever. D． He was kind to the old man. 答案： A 解析： 該題屬于推理判斷題。商人因用神奇的壺向人們表演賺了很多錢，所以他是聰明且幸運的。他賺錢之后并沒有忘記老人，給了他許多金幣，所以他對老人很好，不是一個吝嗇的人。 38． Why did the merchant get a lot of money since he bought the kettle? A． The kettle is made of gold. B． The kettle has some magic power. C． The kettle can produce gold. D． The merchant has some magic power. 答案： B 解析： 該題屬于事實細節(jié)題。商人用壺掙了許多錢，因為壺有神奇的力量。 39． Which description is NOT suitable to the text? A． If you are honest you will get good result. B． Good luck belongs to honest man. C． Everyone should be kind to others. D． Money can be got by anyway including some evil ways. 答案： D 解析： 該題屬于主旨大意題。本文的大意是誠實善良的人將會得到好的報答。選項 D不符合文章大意。錢不可以用不正當?shù)姆绞将@取，要通過正當?shù)姆绞健? B Art museums are places where people can learn about various cultures(文化 ). The increasingly popular“design museums”that are opening today, however, perform quite a different role. Unlike most art museums, the design museum shows objects that are easily found by the general museums sometimes even place things like fridges and washing machines in the center of the hall. People have argued that desgin museums are often made use of as advertisements for new industrial technology. But their role is not simply a matter of sales—It is the honoring of excellently invented products. The difference between the window of a department store and the showcase in a design museum is that the first tries to sell you something, while the second tells you the success of a sale. One advantage of design museums is that they are places where people feel familiar with the exhibits. Unlike the average art museum visitors, design museum visitors seldom feel frightened or puzzled(困惑 ). This is partly because design museums clearly show how and why mass produced products work and look as they do, and how design has improved the quality of our lives. Art museum exhibits, on the other hand, would most probably fill visitors with a feeling that there is something beyond their understanding. In recent years, several new design museums have opened their doors. Each of these museums has tried to satisfy the public39。s growing interest in the field with new ideas. London39。s Design Museum, for example, shows a collection of mass produced object from Zippo lighters to electric typewriters to a group of Italian fishtins. The choices open to design museum seem far less strict than those to art museums, and visitors may also sense the humorous(幽默的 )part of our society while walking around such exhibits as interesting and unusually attractive toys collected in our everyday life. 40． Showcases in design museums are different from store windows because they________. A． show more technologically advanced products B． help increase the sales of products C． show why the products have sold well D． attract more people than store windows do 答案： C 解析： 本篇將 art museum 與 design museum 進行了對比分析，向人們介紹了 design museum的一些情況。本題問及 design museum中層臺 /展柜與商店里的櫥窗有何區(qū)別。第二段最后一句說得清楚：百貨商店的櫥窗與設計博物館的展臺的區(qū)別就是前者 (櫥窗 )試圖賣給你東西，而后者 (展臺 )告訴你 (一種商品的 )銷售成功的原因。 41． The author believes that most design museum visitors________. A． do not admire mass produced products B． are puzzled with technological exhibits C． dislike exhibits in art museums D． know the exhibits very well 答案： D 解析： 從第一段的后半部分和第三段前兩句可知，本文作者相信參觀設計博物館的人對展品很熟悉，很少感到害怕或困惑。 42． The choices open to design museums________. A． are not as strict as those to art museums B． are not aimed to interest the public C． may fail to bring some pleasure to visitors D． often contain precious exhibits 答案： A 解析： 文章最后一句 (尤其是 far less strict)可知，入選 design museum的展品的選擇不像入選 art museum 那么嚴格。 43． The best title for this passage is________. A． The forms of design museums B． The exhibits of design museums C． The nature of design museums D． The choices open to design museums 答案： C 解析： 本篇文章主要介紹了 design museum的本質和特征，雖然也介紹了形式，展品及展品的選擇，但這些都是細節(jié)和手段，為介紹本質服務。 C One of the last sites of the Monarch Butterfly may soon be gone. It is happening in Pacific Grove, California. That town calls itself Butterfly USA. In this town, one woman owns some land that the butterflies(蝴蝶 )like to live on. She wants to sell her land to people who want to build homes. The city does not want this to happen because the butterflies will not have a home. The city would like to make the land a place just for butterflies. It cannot do this because it cannot afford to buy the land. Millions of butterflies have followed the same paths for thousands of years. They start their trip in Mexico and return to the same t