《2025年作业本浙江教育出版社九年级英语上册外研版》

Ⅰ. Read the passage and choose the best answers.
Is it possible to put millions of years of the world's history into one building? The British Museum seems to think so.
"A History of the World in 100 Objects", an exhibition about rare and ancient objects from the world, has made it a success.
The British Museum says it owns at least 8 million historical objects. But why choose these 100 objects to tell stories of our world's history?
It all started with a challenge(挑战).
Neil MacGregor, who was once a director of the British Museum, was asked by BBC to choose 100 objects from the museum's huge collection.
MacGregor accepted, and took four years to choose each object himself.
In 2010, MacGregor appeared on BBC radio, giving a detailed(详细的) explanation of each object. The show was a big hit and all these 100 objects were shown in the British Museum. A book with photos of each object soon followed.
"The objects had to cover the whole world, from a cooking pot to a golden galleon, from a Stone Age tool to a credit card," MacGregor wrote.
The collection includes many important objects from China. There is a banknote from the Ming Dynasty, showing China as the first country to use paper money.
But it's not just ancient things that are shown. Among them are some modern things like a solar-powered lamp and even a throne made of weapons created by an African artist.
"Of course, the collection could only be ‘a’ history of the world. But it is still a history that people in the present world need to know," MacGregor wrote.
(D)1. What is "A History of the World in 100 Objects"?
A. A TV programme about Africa.
B. A challenge of scientific research.
C. A book about modern development.
D. An exhibition of the world's history.
(A)2. What is the best word to describe the BBC programme by Neil MacGregor?
A. Successful. B. Expensive. C. Boring. D. Traditional.
(C)3. What can be learned from the passage?
A. The objects shown cover half of the world.
B. Neil MacGregor used to be a director of BBC.
C. China was the first country to use paper money.
D. The British Museum owns 2 million historical objects.
(D)4. What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph mean?
A. There will be another collection of this kind soon.
B. The history of the world is too long for us to show.
C. The British history is one part of the world's history.
D. The collection only shows part of the world's long history.
(B)5. Which is the best title for this passage?
A. The British Museum
B. World's History in One Place
C. 100 Objects to Be Shown
D. A Successful Exhibition

答案：
1. D 2. A 3. C 4. D 5. B