1、AZhu Yuxiang, 33, is addicted to, collecting toys that were mainly produced in China during the 1980s. He started collecting in 2003. He says that the 1980s was unique in his opinion, as the society and economy experienced such rapid development.While much of his toy collection was bought at secondh
2、and markets and online stores, many others were given by friends as gifts. The most valuable item in his collection is worth more than 100,000 yuan, though he refuses to say what it is, only adding that it is rare, historic and he wont sell it at any price.During the 1980s, just a few factories in C
3、hina produced toys, so Zhu can easily recognize them. Zhu says he didnt have much opportunity to play with toys as a child because his family could not afford them. Windowshopping for toys, he says, was a bitter but interesting experience and he believes this is one of the reasons he started his col
4、lection. He says when he looks through his collection, his memory opens and he feels very happy.The father of a 10monthold son, Zhu works as a librarian in Shanghais Jingan District. The salary is not as high as his last job, a salesman at an ITrelated company, but hes not unhappy about this as mone
5、y is not everything. Toys, however, are a source of endless happiness to him.Zhu showcased (展示) his collection at an exhibition in Shanghai a few years ago, but his dream is to open a small museum to display to the public. He says its his way of preserving history.1Zhu collects toys produced during
6、the 1980s because _.Athe toys made in the 1980s are better in qualityBhe thinks that the 1980s was unique with rapid development in the society and economyCthe toys are worth much more money than other periodsDhe made toys himself in the 1980s解析选B。细节理解题。从文章第一段最后一句可知，他认为二十世纪八十年代中国经历了很大的变化，是一个很独特的年代，故
7、他喜欢收集二十世纪八十年代的玩具。2The ways Zhu collects toys dont include _.Agetting them from the secondhand marketsBbuying them from online shopsCreceiving them from friendsDproducing them by himself解析：选D。细节理解题。从文章第二段可知，他收集玩具的方式包括从二手市场上淘、从网店购买以及朋友馈赠。3According to the text, Zhu Yuxiang is _ now.Aa salesmanBa libra
8、rianCa teacher Da computer programmer解析：选B。细节理解题。从文章第四段可知，朱玉祥现在在图书馆工作，是一名图书管理员。4According to the last paragraph, what is Zhu Yuxiangs dream about his toy collection?ATo enlarge his range of collection.BTo hold an exhibition in Shanghai.CTo open an online toy shop.DTo open his own museum.解析：选D。细节理解题。
9、从文章最后一段“but his dream is to open a small museum to display to the public”可知答案为D。5What does the underlined word “windowshopping” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?AGoing shopping to buy food and other things you need regularly.BBuying things from the website.CLooking at goods in shop windows without inten
10、ding to buy them.DShowing goods in the window of a shop.解析：选C。词义猜测题。根据该词所在句子的上句，他的家人买不起玩具给他，可推测该词意为“看商店橱窗而无购买意向”。BNearly every morning for more than half a century, 85yearold Ruth Ziolkowski rises around dawn and puts her feet on the ground. Since 1947, shes worked at the Crazy Horse monument to Nat
11、ive Americans in the Black Hills of South Dakota, where shes leading the effort to literally move a mountain.Declared as the worlds largest sculpture, Crazy Horse is only a 20mile drive from betterknown Mount Rushmore, where faces of Presidents George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson an
12、d Theodore Roosevelt are carved into granite (花岗岩). A few more miles down the road is Pine Ridge reservation, a mostly poor land.Pine Ridge is where many Sioux Indians were put after they were caught by the US. Army and lost their traditional lands. Unhappy that a monument to white leaders was carve
13、d into mountains the Sioux considered sacred (神圣的), Lakota Sioux elder Chief Henry Standing Bear invited Korczak Ziolkowski to Pine Ridge, who won the New York Worlds Fair sculpture prize in 1939. They decided to carve a rival (与之匹敌的) monument to Native Americans featuring Crazy Horse, a Sioux fight
14、er who helped lead the Indians to one of the most famous Indian victories over the US. Army in 1876.Korczak Ziolkowski began working on the granite mountain along with volunteers including young Ruth Ross from Connecticut. Ruth and Korczak were married in 1950. Many people thought Korczaks plan was
15、indeed crazy. Stubbornly independent, Korczak accepted only private donations. He designed a monument much larger than Mount Rushmore, with the fighter on horseback.Some Native Americans opposed the project. They said Henry Standing Bear had no authority to invite Korczak to carve the monument, and
16、that it was desecrating (亵渎) the Black Hills. Korczak worked on the mountain for years and died in 1982, 16 years before the giant face of Crazy Horse was completed in 1998.The project has expanded, with a visitor center including a museum, restaurant and gift shop, and many other events. About a mi
17、llion people come to Crazy Horse every year.解析：选B。细节理解题。由文章第三段中的“Unhappy that a monument to white leaders .”以及“They decided to carve a rival (与之匹敌的) monument .”可知B项正确。7According to the text, Korczak Ziolkowski _.Adesigned Crazy HorseBcompleted Crazy Horse aloneCrefused to accept any donationsDbecame
18、 famous because of Crazy Horse解析：选A。细节理解题。由第四段中的“Korczak Ziolkowski began working . He designed a monument much larger than Mount Rushmore, with the fighter on horseback”可知A项正确。8What do we know about the Crazy Horse monument?AIt was finished in 1982.BIt was opposed by Ruth.CIt was named after an Ind
19、ian hero.DIt is smaller than Mount Rushmore.解析：选C。细节理解题。由第三段的最后一句可知，疯马雕塑是以一个印第安英雄的名字命名的。9Whats the right order of the following events?aRuth began to work at the Crazy Horse monument to Native Americans.bKorczak won the New York Worlds Fair sculpture prize.cThe giant face of Crazy Horse was finished.dRuth and Korczak got married.Aa, b, d, cBa, c, d，bCb, a, d, c Db, c, a, b解析：选C。细节理解题。由文章第一段第二句可知a事件发生于1947年；由文章第三段第二句可知b事件发生于1939年；由第五段最后一句可知c事件发生于1998年；由第四段第二句可知d事件发生于1950年。故答案选C。版权所有：高考资源网()
