A Zhu 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 second-hand 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 won't sell it at any price. During the 1980s, just a few factories in China produced toys, so Zhu can easily recognize them. Zhu says he didn't have much opportunity to play with toys as a child because his family could not afford them. Window-shopping for toys, he says, was a bitter but interesting experience and he believes this is one of the reasons he started his collection. He says when he looks through his collection, his memory opens and he feels very happy. The father of a 10-month-old son, Zhu works as a librarian in Shanghai's Jing'an District. The salary is not as high as his last job, a salesman at an IT-related company, but he's not unhappy about this as money 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 it's his way of preserving history. 1．Zhu collects toys produced during the 1980s because ________. A．the toys made in the 1980s are better in quality B．he thinks that the 1980s was unique with rapid development in the society and economy C．the toys are worth much more money than other periods D．he 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，故他喜欢收集二十世纪八十年代的玩具。 2．The ways Zhu collects toys don't include ________. A．getting them from the second-hand markets B．buying them from online shops C．receiving them from friends D．producing 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。 3．According to the text, Zhu Yuxiang is ________ now. A．a salesman　　　　　　 B．a librarian C．a teacher D．a 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。 4．According to the last paragraph, what is Zhu Yuxiang's dream about his toy collection? A．To enlarge his range of collection. B．To hold an exhibition in Shanghai. C．To open an online toy shop. D．To open his own museum. 解析：选D。细节理解题。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。 5．What does the underlined word “window-shopping” in Paragraph 3 probably mean? A．Going shopping to buy food and other things you need regularly. B．Buying things from the website. C．Looking at goods in shop windows without intending to buy them. D．Showing 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”。 B Nearly every morning for more than half a century, 85-year-old Ruth Ziolkowski rises around dawn and puts her feet on the ground. Since 1947, she's worked at the Crazy Horse monument to Native Americans in the Black Hills of South Dakota, where she's leading the effort to literally move a mountain. Declared as the world's largest sculpture, Crazy Horse is only a 20-mile drive from better-known Mount Rushmore, where faces of Presidents George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson and 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 U．S. Army and lost their traditional lands. Unhappy that a monument to white leaders was carved 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 World's 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 fighter who helped lead the Indians to one of the most famous Indian victories over the U．S. 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 Korczak's plan was 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 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 million 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。 7．According to the text, Korczak Ziolkowski ________. A．designed Crazy Horse B．completed Crazy Horse alone C．refused to accept any donations D．became 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。 8．What do we know about the Crazy Horse monument? A．It was finished in 1982. B．It was opposed by Ruth. C．It was named after an Indian hero. D．It 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。 9．What's the right order of the following events? a．Ruth began to work at the Crazy Horse monument to Native Americans. b．Korczak won the New York World's Fair sculpture prize. c．The giant face of Crazy Horse was finished. d．Ruth and Korczak got married. A．a, b, d, c　　　　　　 B．a, c, d，b C．b, a, d, c D．b, 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(www.ks5u.com)
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