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Over the years, hundreds, if not thousands, of priceless cultural and historical artifacts(手工艺品) have been stolen. They usually end up in the hands of greedy collectors or museums. Though most of these stolen artifacts remain lost, many have been recovered and returned to their rightful homes.
Christopher Columbus is considered the most famous explorer in history. In 1493, he wrote an eight－page letter to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain, who supported his historic voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492. The letter, which was written in Latin, told Columbus’ first impressions of Cuba and Hispaniola.
The historic letter was stolen from a library in Florence, Italy, in 1950. There was an excellent copy where the original letter was placed, so the staff didn’t notice that the real document was stolen and none of the public knew that. The priceless artifact appeared again in 1990 when it was bought by a collector in Switzerland. In 1992, it was sold in New York for $400，000. In 2004, it landed in the U．S.Library of Congress. It was only in 2016 that the 500－year－old document was returned to Italy.
In 2012, several figurines(小雕像) were caught at the John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City. The priceless artifacts were displayed in the Nigerian National Museum, but they mysteriously disappeared later.
The 2，000－year－old figurines were created by the Nok people, an ancient culture that lived in Nigeria more than 2，000 years ago. What a surprise it is to find them again！“One feature of the recovered figurines is that each one has a distinctive(与众不同的) face.” Habib Baba Habu, who served as Nigeria’s consul general during the time of the recovery, explained that this was typical of Nok sculpture. According to him, Nok artists used the figurines to describe their riding horses or donkeys or using farming tools.
【解题导语】 本文是一篇说明文。近年来有很多珍贵的历史文物被盗，通过努力也追回了一些，本文介绍了其中两件。
1．Who have got many stolen artifacts over the years? A．Library staff. B．Greedy thieves. C．Museum directors. D．Artifacts collectors.
D 解析：细节理解题。根据第一段的They usually end up in the hands of greedy collectors or museums.可知，被盗取的文物有的落在了一些文物收藏者手中。
2．What can we learn from Paragraph 2? A．The origin of Columbus’ letter. B．The search for Columbus’ letter. C．The process of Columbus’ voyage. D．The reasons for Columbus’ being famous.
A 解析：推理判断题。根据第二段的In 1493, he wrote an eight－page letter to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain...可知，本段讲述了被盗走的那封信的由来。
3．Why did no one know the letter was stolen? A．Because it was replaced by a copy. B．Because it was put at a hidden place. C．Because the staff were busy with other things. D．Because the staff hid the facts from the public.
A 解析：细节理解题。根据第三段的There was an excellent copy where the original letter was placed, so the staff didn’t notice that the real document was stolen and none of the public knew that.可知，那封信被另一封高仿信取代了，所以没有人发现它被盗了。
4．What can we know about Nok people? A．They helped set up Nigeria. B．They stole some priceless artifacts. C．They lived in Nigeria a thousand years ago. D．They got inspiration for figurines from their life.
D 解析：推理判断题。根据末段的According to him, Nok artists used the figurines to describe their riding horses or donkeys or using farming tools.可知，诺克人从生活中获得灵感，制作小雕像。
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The world of nature is full of secrets.And they are so interesting that quite a lot of people are busy studying them.All around us are animals and plants.The facts about how they live and grow are as interesting as anything could be.
Do you know that one of the great presidents of the U．S.A. spent hours and hours studying birds？A businessman who lives near New York City became so interested in insects that he began
to collect them.He now has more than one thousand different kinds carefully kept in glass boxes.
Come then with me，and I will help you find some of nature’s secrets.Let us go quietly through the woods and fields.Here we shall find how a rabbit tells the other ones that there is danger.We shall watch bees dancing in the air to let their peers know where they can find food.I will show you many other interesting things，but the best thing that I can teach you is to keep your eyes and ears open when you go out of doors.Nature tells her secrets only to people who look and listen carefully.
5．The passage mainly talks about________． A．the secrets of nature C．the sights of the country
B．animals’ food D．the use of wild plants
A 解析：细节理解题。根据文章第一句The world of nature is full of secrets.可知，这是文章的中心句，说明全文要讲的是大自然的奥秘。
6．What did one of the presidents of the U．S.A. spend hours and hours studying? A．Time. C．Interesting people.
B．Birds. D．Glass boxes.
B 解析：细节理解题。根据文中第二段的Do you know that one of the great presidents of the U．S.A. spent hours and hours studying birds？可知，答案为B。
7．All animals have their own________． A．collection C．special “language”
B．boxes D．writing ability
C 解析：细节理解题。根据文中第三段的Here we shall find how a rabbit tells the other ones that...when you go out of doors.可知，动物有其各自的“语言”。
8．According to the author，to learn the secrets of nature，people should________． A．be busy C．search for food
B．live near New York D．look and listen carefully
D 解析：推理判断题。根据文中第三段的Nature tells her secrets only to people who look and listen carefully.“自然把她的奥秘只告诉给仔细看和听的人”可推断出答案。
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Have you ever wondered?
1．Why do airplanes take longer to fly west than east?
It can take five hours to go west－east from New York (NY) to London but seven hours to travel east－west from London to NY.The reason for the difference is an atmospheric
phenomenon known as the jet(喷射) stream.The jet stream is a very high altitude wind which always blows from the west to the east across the Atlantic.The planes moving at a constant air speed thus go faster in the west－east direction when they are moving with the wind than in the opposite direction.
2．What would happen if the gravity on Earth was suddenly turned off?
Supposing we could magically turn off gravity.Would buildings and other structures(建筑物) float away？What happened would depend on how strongly the things were attached to the Earth.The Earth is moving at quite a speed, moving at over a thousand miles per hour.If you turn something around your head on a string(细绳)，it goes around in a circle until you let go of the string.Then it flies off in a straight line.“Switching off” gravity would be like letting go of the string.Things not attached to the Earth would fly off in a straight line.People in buildings would suddenly shoot upwards at a great speed until they hit the ceiling.Most things outside would fly off into space.
9．What information can we get from the first passage? A．It is the jet stream that affects how fast airplanes fly. B．Planes go slower when they are moving with the wind.
C．It takes more time to fly from NY to London than from London to NY. D．The jet stream always blows from the east across the Atlantic.
A 解析：推理判断题。从第一段可知大西洋上空特定的气流状况是影响飞机速度的重要因素。文中“The reason for the difference is an atmospheric phenomenon known as the jet(喷射) stream.”暗示了这一段的主旨。其余三项论述与文章内容不符。
10．The word “shoot” underlined in the 2nd passage probably means “________”． A．send for C．come out
B．move quickly D．grow quickly
B 解析：词义猜测题。根据下文内容及科学常识我们知道若没有地球引力，建筑物内的人将可能快速地飞向某一方向。send for派人去请；come out发芽；出版；grow quickly快速成长/生长。A、C、D三项含义不对。
11．It can be inferred that without gravity________． A．buildings and other structures would float away B．trees and buildings would not so easily fly off C．something around your head would not float away D．everything outside buildings would fly off space
B 解析：推理判断题。由第二段中的“Things not attached to the Earth would fly off in a