. Niagara Falls is a great tourist________, drawing millions of visitors every year.
A. attention B. attraction C. avenue D. altitude
科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
An ancient Egyptian mummy thought to be that of Pharaoh Ramses I(法老一世)has returned home after more than 140 years in North American museums. The body was carried off the plane in Cairo in a box covered in Egypt’s flag.
The Michael Carlos Museum gave it back after tests showed it was probably that of the man who ruled 3,000 years ago. The US museum acquired it three years ago from a Canadian museum, which in turn is thought to have bought it from Egyptian garve robbers in 1860. The mummy was welcomed back home with songs and military band music during a ceremony at the national museum in Cairo.
Zahi Hawass, head of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities(文物最高委员会), traveled from the US with the body and said it would be moved next year to the Luxor Museum in southern Egypt. “We are not 100% sure that mummy is that of Ramses I,” said Mr. Hawass. “But we are 100% sure that it is of a king.”
Atlanta’s Michael Carlos Museum acquired the mummy in 1999, but offered to return it after hi-tech scanning equipment indicated it was likely to be that of Ramses I. The museum website said it had been acquired from the Niagara Falls Museum. It is thought a Canadian collector bought the mummy for the Niagara Falls Museum around 1860 from an Egyptian family which had came across a tomb filled with royal mummies at a site near Luxor.
Mr. Hawass praised the handover as “a great, civilized gesture”. And he appealed to other world museums to return Egypt’s antiquities, particularly the Rosetta Stone in the Britain Museum and the Bust of Nefertiti in the Berlin Museum.
Where was Ramses mummy kept in just before the handover?
A. the Luxor Museum
B. the Michael Carlos Museum
C. the Niagara Falls Museum
D. a Canadian Museum
Which is the correct order of the following events according to the passage?
a. The mummy returned home.
b. The mummy was kept in the Niagara Falls Museum.
c. Egyptian grave robber sold he mummy.
d. A Canadian collector bought the mummy.
e. The mummy was kept in the Michael Carlos Museum.
A. c-d-e-b-a
B. c-b-e-d-a
C. a-d-c-b-e
D. c-d-b-e-a
Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. All the Egypt’s antiquities have returned home after the handover.
B. Niagara Falls Museum is an American museum.
C. Buying the mummy from the Egyptian family was a civilized gesture.
D. Ramses Mummy had been kept in Canada for more than a century.
What would be the best title for the passage?
A. The history of Ramses mummy.
B. The handover ceremony of Ramses mummy from Canada.
C. The returning of Ramses mummy to its homeland Egypt.
D. The history of the royal family of Ramses.
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Manhattan Island is surrounded on the east by the East and Harlem Rivers and on the west by the North and Hudson Rivers.It links with the other four towns which make up New York City and with New Jersey are by means of subways,underground tunnels and bridges which lead into Manhanttan from the surrounding area.
The Brooklyn Bridge was the first suspension bridge to link Brooklyn to Manhanttan.It is also the second oldest bridge in New York.The architect was John Augustus Roebling,who was the chief engineer of the suspended Railroad Bridge at Niagara Falls.
Misfortune accompanied the building of the bridge,which took place from 1869 to 1883.The architect died as a result of an accident early during the construction.His son,Washington Roebling,carried on his father’s work,using the most advanced engineering techniques of the day.He also fell ill during the construction of the bridge and was obliged to direct the work on it from an apartment window overlooking the site.
Since its construction the Brooklyn Bridge has remained a busy and important passage in New York.
The Brooklyn Bridge is 6775 feet long and 1595 feet wide.The suspended part is 3450 feet long and 85 feet wide.It has a clearance of 133 feet above water level.Four huge cables extend across the bridge,supported by two towers,each 272 feet high.Each of these cables is made up of 5700 wires.
If you want to go to Princeton University in New Jersey from Manhattan,you_________.
A.must drive across a bridge B.must take a Metro train
C.have to go through a tunnel D.can use any of the above means
The Brooklyn Bridge is _________.
A.the first suspended railway bridge in the USA
B.the first oldest bridge in New York
C.the first suspension bridge between Manhattan Island and Brooklyn
D.the first suspension bridge built in the USA
In the course of the construction of the bridge_________.
A.the chief engineer was in short of money
B.misfortune fell on the chief engineer
C.John Augustus Roebling fell ill
D.Washington Roebling met with an accident
Washington Roebling was forced to_________.
A.direct the building work on the bridge
B.lead the builders of the bridge in a hospital
C.give his directions to the workers from a flat nearby
D.direct the construction of the bridge by radio
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科目：高中英语 来源：2014届四川省高二上学期入学考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：单项填空
Niagara Fall is a great tourist ________, drawing millions of visitors every year.
|
A．attention |
B．attraction |
C．appointment |
D．arrangement |
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科目：高中英语 来源：2010届高考二轮复习必备词汇及应用训练系列：介词 题型：单项填空
97. When he was in America, he made a journey of seven hundred miles _____ purpose to get a glimpse of the Niagara Falls.
|
A．on |
B．by |
C．with |
D．For |
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