Open Daily 10：00 a.m.-5：00 p.m. except major holidays (see below)

　　July and August only-Thursdays until 7：00 p.m.

　　Please Note: all MIT Museum sites are wheelchair accessible.

　　Admission beginning July 1,2013

　　●Adults: $10.00; youth under 18, students, seniors: $5.00; children under age 5: free

　　Admission is free the last Sunday of each month, all day from September 2013-June 2014

　　Evening programs are free with Museum Admission

　　Visit our Partner Organizations pages for more information about discounts(折扣).

　　Closed, 2013：

　　●January 1: New Year's Day

　　●May 27: Memorial Day

　　●July 4: Independence Day

　　●September 2: Labor Day

　　●November 28: Thanksgiving Day

　　●December 24 & 25: Christmas Eve & Christmas Day

　　●December 31: Early Closing for New Year's Day

　　1. The information you read above is probably about ________.

　　A. a museum B.a cinema

　　C. a park D.a cafe

　　2. How much do they have to pay in total if a family, including grandparents, parents and a child of 8, go together on the last Sunday of November 2013?

　　A. $0. B.$25.

　　C. $30. D.$35.

　　3. You won't be refused at the door if you go there at ________.

　　A. Thanksgiving Day

　　B. Christmas Day

　　C. 6 p.m. on a Thursday of July

　　D. 6 p.m. on a Tuesday of August

　　4. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

　　A. Children under the age of 7 do not have to pay.

　　B. It is possible for the disabled to go there on wheelchairs.

　　C. Visitors have to pay some extra money for the evening programs.

　　D. There are definitely no more discounts besides those listed here.

　　高考英語閱讀專題練習答案：

　　1. A　解析：根據“Please Note：all MIT Museum sites are wheelchair accessible.”可知。

　　2. A　解析：根據“Admission is free the last Sunday of each month, all day from September 2013—June 2014”可知從2013年九月到2014年六月，每個月的最后一個星期天都免費進入，所以A正確。

　　3. C　解析：根據“November 28: Thanksgiving Day;December 24&25：Christmas Eve & Christmas Day”排除A項和B項;根據第三行“July and August only-Thursdays until 7：00 p.m.”可以排除D項;由此可知C項正確。

　　4. B　解析：根據“Adults: $10.00; youth under 18，students，seniors：$5.00; children under age 5：free”排除A項;根據“Evening programs are free with Museum Admission;Visit our Partner Organizations pages for more information about discounts(折扣).”排除C項和D項;根據“Please Note: all MIT Museum sites are wheelchair accessible.”可知B項正確。

　　高考英語閱讀專題練習B：

　　(2014·北京海淀區第二學期期末練習)

　　On a February day during an unusually mild winter, I found myself missing the snowy beauty. I enjoyed the feeling that comes from watching snow fall gently from heaven while I'm cosy inside with a good fire burning in the stove. But there were more serious concerns, like the lack of rainfall making our woods more accessible to summer forest fires. Local ski fields and hotels, all dependent on a snowy season, felt sorry for the vacant lifts, empty restaurants and unused snowmobiles.

　　Then I happened to see three little robins (知更鳥) fly into our yard. What were they doing here? West of us, in the Willamette Valley, wild flowers burst this time of year. But here in central Oregon, even if a groundhog (土撥鼠) had wanted to appear, it couldn't have broken through the frozen earth. And yet, these robins had arrived.

　　Their presence brought me a flow of happiness. It felt like a celebration as I dug into my bag of birdseed and spread a handful on the ground. Above me, the deep blue sky was cloudless, perfectly quiet but for some smoke from a neighbor's chimney. The lively cold made the air fresh and clean. My robins jumped lightly toward the seed. My soul jumped with them, feeling equally carefree.

　　Caught up in the moment of spring fever, I checked our snowless flower beds. To my delight, I spotted a green branch sticking out through the brown soil.

　　Despite the cold, I wasn't ready to go back inside. Just a short meeting with those robins had renewed my spirit. The next day I would return to my outdoor work with a cheerful heart and a hopeful eye for these signs of spring.

　　5. The author missed a snowy winter because snow could ________.

　　A. prevent forest fires

　　B. boom his business

　　C. promise an early spring

　　D. bring him a good feeling

　　6. The author felt happy when finding ________.

　　A. the sky was deep blue with clouds

　　B. three little robins flew into his yard

　　C. wild flowers burst in the Willamette Valley

　　D. a groundhog appeared through the frozen earth

　　7. We can infer from the passage that the author ________.

　　A. would enjoy wild flowers the next day

　　B. thought winter was already over

　　C. longed for the coming of spring

　　D. loved robins the most

　　高考英語閱讀專題練習答案：

　　5. D　解析：根據第一段的第二句可知，作者思念一個下雪的冬天，因為雪可以給他帶來好的感覺。

　　6. B　解析：由第三段第一句可知，三只知更鳥的到來使作者感到高興。

　　7. C　解析：由文章最后一句可知，作者渴望著春天的到來。

　　高考英語閱讀專題練習C：

　　(2014-2015學年普通高中高三教學質量監測)

　　You think texting while walking is dangerous, just wait until everyone starts wearing Google's futuristic, Internet­connected glasses.

　　While wearing a pair, you can see directions to your destination appear before your eyes. You can talk to friends over video chat, take a photo or even buy a few things online as you walk around.

　　These glasses can do anything you now need a smart phone or tablet computer to do.

　　The model glasses displayed have a fashionable wrap­around look and appear nothing like clumsy 3D glasses.

　　In development for a couple of years, the project is the brainchild of Google X, the online search­leader's secret facility(實驗室) that developed the self­driving car and could one day send elevators into space.

　　“My son is 4 years old and this is going to be his generation's reality，” said Guy Bailey, who works as a social media supervisor for a university outside Atlanta, GA. He expects it might even be followed by body implants(移植), so that in 10 years or so you'll be able to get such a “heads­up display” inside your head.

　　In Google's video, a guy wearing the glasses is shown getting subway information, arranging to meet a friend for coffee and navigating the inside of a bookstore, all with the help of the glasses. It ends with him playing the ukulele for a woman and showing her the sunset through a video chat. Google posted the video and short blog post about Project Glass on Wednesday, asking people to offer feedback through its Google Plus social network.

　　By Thursday, about 500 people did, voicing a mix of amazement and concern about the new technology. What if people used it in cars and got distracted? What about the effect on your vision of having a screen so close to your eye?

　　8.Which of the following is NOT true about the Google's glasses?

　　A.It can serve as a smart phone or tablet computer.

　　B.You can do some shopping online while walking.

　　C.It just looks like 3D glasses.

　　D.It can be used to show the directions.

　　9.Google X is a facility that ________.

　　A.has already sent elevators into space

　　B.develops the Internet­connected glasses and new products

　　C.has made body implants possible

　　D.is an online search leader

　　10.What can be concluded from the last paragraph?

　　A.About 500 people filled in the questionnaire on line.

　　B.Google will still need some changes to improve their project.

　　C.People are all surprised about the new glasses and look forward to them.

　　D.People can arrange a date with the help of the glasses.

　　11.Where is the passage probably taken from?

　　A.A newspaper. B.A guidebook.

　　C.A science fiction. D.A textbook.

　　高考英語閱讀專題練習答案：

　　【語篇導讀】'本文是一篇科普文，介紹前沿科技——谷歌公司研發的一款智能眼鏡，講述了這款眼鏡的特殊用途、實用性及發展前景。

　　8.C 解析：細節理解題。根據第四段“The model glasses displayed have a fashionable wrap­around look and appear nothing like clumsy 3D glasses.”可知Google glasses不像3D眼鏡那樣笨拙。故答案為C項。

　　9.B 解析：細節理解題。根據第五段“...the project is the brainchild of Google X, the online search­leader's secret facility(實驗室) that developed the self­driving car and could one day send elevators into space.”可知Google X的功能是研發眼鏡和新產品。

　　10.B 解析：推理判斷題。根據最后一段“By Thursday，about 500 people did，voicing a mix of amazement and concern about the new technology”以及后面提出的問題，可知人們對這項技術還有一些質疑，Google還會根據市場調查做出改善。

　　11.A 解析：文章出處題。根據文章的內容可知Google glasses是最新的技術，判斷應該出自報紙，而不是指導手冊、科幻小說或課本。