The British Museum is the biggest museum in the world. Inside, you feel smaller than usual. There are about a hundred things to see.

　　The story of the British Museum goes back three hundred years to one unusual man, Sir Hans Sloane, doctor to King George 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 come and have a look. The British Museum began. King George 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 through the rooms.

　　By about 1800, things began to get better. Wonderful statues, three thousand years old, arrived from Egypt.

　　George 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 then many famous men have written and studied there. And the library is growing faster and faster. There are four kilometers of new shelves every year and there are about two million visitors every year.

　　1.Sir Hans Sloane was interested in ________.

　　A. collecting all kinds of books　　　 B. collecting all kinds of drawings

　　C collecting all kinds of money　　　 D. collecting all kinds of things

　　2.When you go inside the British Museum, you feel smaller than usual because ________.

　　A. the museum is empty　　　　　　B. the museum is very big

　　C. there are too many things in it　　 D. you are too small

　　3.Sir Hans Sloane died ________.

　　A. in 1753　　　 B. in 1759　　　C. in 1765　　　 D. in 1800

　　4.At first, the visitors had to run through the museum because ________.

　　A. there are only several things to see

　　B. the museum was the biggest one in the world

　　C. they were not interested in the things in it

　　D. they had only one hour to see all the things in it

　　5.The passage is mainly about ________.

　　A. Sir Hans Sloane　　　　　　　　B. George II

　　C. the history of British Museum　　 D. the books of the museum

 

答案：D;B;A;D;C
解析：

1.       見文章第二段Sir Hans Sloane, doctor to King George II. The doctor collected books, drawings, clothes, money, animals, flowers, things from all over the world；

2.       根據(jù)文章第一句話，The British Museum is the biggest museum in the world；

3.       見第三段第一句話；

4.       見第三段only ten people could enter in an hour；

5.       根據(jù)全文大意可知是說博物館的歷史。

 


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