ADDISABABA,Ethiopia–Oneoftheworld’smostfamousfossils(化石)–the3.2million-year-oldLucyskeleton(骨骼)unearthedinEthiopiain1974–willgoonanexhibitiontourabroadforthefirsttimeintheUnitedStates,officialssaidTuesday. EventheEthiopianpublichasonlyseenLucytwice.TheLucyonexhibitionattheEthiopianNationalMuseuminthecapital,AddisAbaba,isareplicawhiletherealremainsareusuallylockedinasecretstoreroom.AteamfromtheMuseumofNationalScienceinHouston,Texas,spentfouryearsdiscussingwiththeEthiopiansfortheU.S.tour,whichwillstartinHoustonnextSeptember. “Ethiopia’srichcultureofboththepastandtoday,isoneofthebestkeptsecretsintheworld,”saidJoelBartsch,directoroftheHoustonmuseum. Thesix-yeartourwillalsogotoWashington,NewYork,DenverandChicago.OfficialssaidsixotherU.S.citiesmaybeonthetour.Buttheysaidplanshadnotbeenworkedout. TravellingwithLucywillbe190otherfossils. Lucy,hernametakenfromaBeatlessongthatplayedinacampthenightofherdiscovery,ispartoftheskeletonofwhatwasoncea3-foot-tallape-man(猿人). 小题1:Theauthorwritesthistextmainlyto___. |
A.introduceafewU.S.museums |
B.describesomeresearchwork |
C.discussthevalueofanape-man |
D.reportacomingevent |
小题2:Whatdoesthewords“areplica”inParagraph2referto?
A.Apaintingoftheskeleton. |
B.AphotographofLucy |
C.Acopyoftheskeleton. |
D.AwrittenrecordofLucy. |
小题3:HowmanycitieshasLucy’sU.S.tourplanalreadyincluded?
A.Four. | B.Five. | C.Six. | D.Eleven. |
小题4:Whatwastheskeletonnamedafter?
A.Anape-man. | B.Asong. | C.Asinger. | D.Acamp. |