8.Top 4New Museum Openings in 2017Museum Barberini,Potsdam,Germany
In the magnificent reconstructed palace from which it takes its name,the Museum Barberini is a significant new attraction in the city of Potsdam's already impressive historic centre.The museum will host exhibitions ranging from the old masterpieces to contemporary art.It is opening with the show Impressionism:The Art of Landscape,which will include works by Monet,Renoir and Caillebotte.
•Opening late January,museum-barberni.com
Zeitz MOCAA,Cape Town,South Africa
A landmark opening,and not just for South Africa,the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa will be the biggest museum to open on the continent for over a century.It will be an influential place,too:the US $38m institution will be filled entirely with work created since the year 2000.The museum will be inside the 57-meter-high Grain Silo,a towering reminder of Cape Town's industrial heritage----and soon to be a symbol of its creative future.
•Opens 23 September,zeitzmocaa.Museum
Institute of Contemporary Art,Los Angeles,the US
With a new logo designed by Mark Bradford,which is meant to evoke the unique urban pace of Los Angeles,the ICA LA represents the rebranding and rehousing of the Santa Monica Museum of Art.It opens in a new space aims to bring together"architecture,urban design and sustainability to create cutting-edge environments for exhibitions,education,dialogue and collaboration".
•Opening in autumn,theicala.Org
Museum of the American Revolution,Philadelphia,the US
With US politics as polarized(兩極化) as it is now,there has perhaps never been a better time to reflect on the history of a country that was once so divided and endured five years of civil war.The Museum of the American Revolution does just that,taking a non-partisan(無黨派的) view of the period through thousands of objects,artworks,manuscripts and artefacts.Exhibitions will take visitors on a chronological (按時(shí)間順序的) journey,from the roots of resistance to the legacy of its outcome.
•Opens 19April,amrevmuseum.Org
1.What can we learn about the Museum Barberini from the text?B
A.Its name comes from an ordinary palace.
B.Works from the old masterpieces to contemporary art will be shown there.
C.The show is the most interesting part of its opening ceremony.
D.It will open in early January.
2.In order to create cutting-edge environments,the Institute of Contemporary Art.D
A.designs a new logo.
B.speeds urban pace of Los Angeles.
C.opens in a new location in LA arts district.
D.a(chǎn)ims to bring together architecture,urban design and sustainability.
3.If you want to look back on the period in US history when it endures five years of civil war,you can go to.D
A.the Museum Barberini
B.the Zeitz MOCAA
C.the Institute of Contemporary Art
D.the Museum of the American Revolution.
分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀,作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了四個(gè)開放的博物館的具體信息.
解答 1.B.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第一段The museum will host exhibitions ranging from the old masterpieces to contemporary art.It is opening with the show Impressionism:The Art of Landscape,which will include works by Monet,Renoir and Caillebotte可知在文字博物館Barberini從舊杰作到當(dāng)代藝術(shù)的作品將在那里展出;故選B.
2.D.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第三段It opens in a new space aims to bring together"architecture,urban design and sustainability to create cutting-edge environments for exhibitions,education,dialogue and collaboration".可知為了創(chuàng)造前沿環(huán)境,當(dāng)代藝術(shù)協(xié)會(huì)以匯集建筑、城市設(shè)計(jì)和可持續(xù)發(fā)展為目標(biāo);故選D.
3.D.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)最后一段there has perhaps never been a better time to reflect on the history of a country that was once so divided and endured five years of civil war可知如果你想回顧一下美國歷史上經(jīng)歷五年內(nèi)戰(zhàn)的時(shí)期,你可以去美國革命博物館;故選D.
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