In 1901, the citizens of Colorado Springs in the USA decided to collect everyday items and to seal (封。﹖hem in a special box. The box was marked “To be opened after midnight, December 31st, AD 2000”,and was kept in the Colorado College Library.

One hundred years later, on the appointed (約定)day, 300 people gathered to watch the opening of the box. Many in the crowd were the descendants (后代)of people who had placed things inside the box.

When the box was opened after midnight, the things inside the box were in very good condition. There were newspapers, photos, diaries, name cards, family trees, books and lots of letters, including one written by Theodore Roosevelt, who became the President of the USA later that year. One of Roosevelt’s friends lived in Colorado Springs at that time.

Many of the letters were written to their descendants. They describe the hopes that the people of 1901 had for the people of the next century. At that time, Colorado Springs had just a few thousand people. Now nearly half a million people live there.

Colorado College Library has scanned the materials and put them on a website. Cecil Muller, whose grandfather had placed a collection of postcards in the box, said that the time capsule was a great treasure. “This is a wonderful educational resource(資源).  We can learn so much about our history,”he said. “I never knew my grandfather, but now I feel very close to him. ”

1.According to the passage, “time capsule” means ______.

A.a(chǎn) collection of clocks and watches

B.a(chǎn) machine for travelling through time

C.a(chǎn) collection of items for people to look at in the future

D.a(chǎn) collection of unwanted items

2.Many of the letters in the time capsule talked about   .

A.the history of the town

B.the people who lived in the town

C.the politics of the USA

D.people’s hopes for the future

3.Cecil Muller says that the time capsule ______.

A.helps him to get to know his grandfather

B.is worth a lot of money

C.brings back his memories of his grandfather

D.helps him to remember his younger day

 

【答案】

1.C

2.D

3.A

【解析】

1.本題難度適中,考查詞語意義,一定要根據(jù)上下文作答,閱讀文章時(shí),尤其注意首尾段,個(gè)各段的首尾句,結(jié)合文章,可知記錄每天的事情給他們將來看,注意紅色字體,可知答案是C,同時(shí)可以從最后一段入手。

2.本題難度適中,屬于細(xì)節(jié)題。由文章倒數(shù)第二段第一句可知,Many of the letters were written to their descendants 。其中descendants為后代的意思,因此,答案選C。

3.本題考查細(xì)節(jié)題,難度低,由文章最后一段可找到答案,做這類題,要找好題目限定詞。Cecil Muller這個(gè)人就是限定詞,通過對(duì)比原文,I never knew my grandfather, but now I feel very close to him 答案就選A。

 

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