A
Paris is a museum city.There are hundreds of museums, big and small.But, most importantly, they are excellent, some of the best on the planet.From the Louvre to the Musée d'Orsay to the Centre Pompidou, you could spend a lifetime wandering the halls of the city's great museums.Here are some of the best museums in Paris.
The Louvre
The world's ultimate museum is also the biggest one and the most visited.The 35,000 art objects on display are all overshadowed by one single painting—Mona Lisa, in the Renaissance era.
Jeu de Paume
Set in the Tuileries Gardens next to the Louvre, Jeu de Paume's past lives were of a tennis court and then a museum which housed Impressionist art.Today it is Paris's main photography and video museum.It also occasionally shows arthouse films.
Musée d'Orsay
Housed in a former railway station on the Left Bank of the Seine, the museum opened in 1986 and today houses the planet's largest collection of Impressionist and PostImpressionist artworks.If you like 19thcentury natural landscapes with rural lives and tastes, this is the place to take it all in.
Musée du Quai Branly
As Paris's main home to nonEuropean art, objects, and culture, this Jean Nouveldesigned museum exhibits a collection of 3,500 pieces, many of which were taken from various countries during the vast period of French Colonialism.There are objects from Quebec and Louisiana from the time when the regions were under French control.There are also Indian sculptures, masks from West Africa and other aesthetic delights.
[语篇解读] 本文是一篇应用文。巴黎是个博物馆之都，大大小小的博物馆有上百家，但最重要的是，它们都很出色，是这个星球上最好的一些博物馆。文章主要介绍了四个巴黎最好的博物馆。
1．Which is the best and most admired exhibit in the Louvre?
A．Mona Lisa. B．Renaissance.
C．Indian sculptures. D．Unknown.
解析：细节理解题。根据第二段中“The 35,000 art objects on display are all overshadowed by one single painting—Mona Lisa, in the Renaissance era.(展出的35 000件艺术品的光芒都被一幅文艺复兴时期的画作——《蒙娜丽莎》所掩盖)”可知，卢浮宫里最好、最受赞赏的展览是《蒙娜丽莎》。故选A。
答案：A
2．Which museum houses Impressionist art nowadays?
A．Jeu de Paume.
B．The Louvre.
C．Musée d'Orsay.
D．Musée du Quai Branly.
解析：细节理解题。根据第四段中“Housed in a former railway station on the Left Bank of the Seine, the museum opened in 1986 and today houses the planet's largest collection of Impressionist and PostImpressionist artworks.(该博物馆位于塞纳河左岸的一个前火车站，于1986年开放，如今收藏着世界上最大的印象派和后印象派艺术作品)”可知，如今，Musée d'Orsay博物馆收藏印象派作品。故选C。
答案：C
3．Musée du Quai Branly is different from the other three in that ________.
A．it houses nonEuropean objects
B．it used to be a tennis court
C．it shows the 19thcentury rural scenery
D．it is Paris's largest museum
解析：细节理解题。根据最后一段“As Paris's main home to nonEuropean art, objects, and culture, this Jean Nouveldesigned museum exhibits a collection of 3,500 pieces, many of which were taken from various countries during the vast period of French Colonialism.There are objects from Quebec and Louisiana from the time when the regions were under French control.There are also Indian sculptures, masks from West Africa and other aesthetic delights.(作为巴黎主要的非欧洲艺术、物品和文化的发源地，这个由Jean Nouvel设计的博物馆展出了3 500件藏品，其中很多是在法国殖民时期从不同国家掠走的。还有一些来自魁北克和路易斯安那的物品，它们是在法国控制下的。还有印度雕塑、西非的面具和其他的审美乐趣)”可知，Musée du Quai Branly不同于其他三个博物馆之处在于它陈列着非欧洲物品。故选A。
答案：A
