ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – One of the world’s most famous fossils (化石) – the 3.2 million-year

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – One of the world’s most famous fossils (化石) – the 3.2 million-year-old Lucy skeleton (骨骼) unearthed in Ethiopia in 1974 – will go on an exhibition tour abroad for the first time in the United States, officials said Tuesday.
Even the Ethiopian public has only seen Lucy twice. The Lucy on exhibition at the Ethiopian National Museum in the capital, Addis Ababa, is a replica while the real remains are usually locked in a secret storeroom. A team from the Museum of National Science in Houston, Texas, spent four years discussing with the Ethiopians for the U.S. tour, which will start in Houston next September.
“Ethiopia’s rich culture of both the past and today, is one of the best kept secrets in the world,” said Joel Bartsch, director of the Houston museum.
The six-year tour will also go to Washington, New York, Denver and Chicago. Officials said six other U.S. cities may be on the tour. But they said plans had not been worked out.
Travelling with Lucy will be 190 other fossils.
Lucy, her name taken from a Beatles song that played in a camp the night of her discovery, is part of the skeleton of what was once a 3-foot-tall ape-man (猿人).
【小题1】The author writes this text mainly to .A．introduce a few U.S. museumsB．describe some research workC．discuss the value of an ape-manD．report a coming event【小题2】What does the words “a replica” in Paragraph 2 refer to?A．A painting of the skeleton.B．A photograph of LucyC．A copy of the skeleton.D．A written record of Lucy.【小题3】How many cities has Lucy’s U.S. tour plan already included?A．Four.B．Five.C．Six.D．Eleven.【小题4】What was the skeleton named after?A．An ape-man.B．A song.C．A singer.D．A camp.D

(答案→)D 解析：【文章大意】本文是一篇新闻报道。文章讲述了埃塞尔比亚的古老化石去美国展出的事件安排。【小题1】这是一篇新闻报道，作者写这篇报道的目的就是：报道埃塞尔比亚的古老化石去美国展出的事件。故选D。【考点定位】考查作者的写作意图。【小题2】根据文章内容可知：the Lucy is a replica，而the Lucy又是skeleton，所以a replica的意思是：A copy of the skeleton。【考点定位】考查猜测词义。【小题3】根据文章中的“the tour will start in Houston next September.和The six-year tour will also go to Washington, New York, Denver and Chicago.”可知是5个城市。【考点定位】考查细节理解。【小题4】根据文章中的“Lucy, her name taken from a Beatles song that played in a camp the night of her discovery,”可知B正确。【考点定位】考查细节理解。

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