第四部分：阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分，满分40分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(ABC和D)中，选出最佳选项。

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There are stock markets in large cities in many countries. Stock markets in Paris, London, Tokyo, Shanghai and New York are among the largest and most well-known. The stock market, also called stock exchange, is a place where people can buy or sell shares of a factory or a company. And each share means certain ownership of a factory or a company.

Different people go to stock markets. Some are rich, who want to get more money than they have. Others are not very rich, who buy stocks and try to become rich. Still others buy stocks as part of their plan to save money.

Of course, investing money in the stock markets is not the safest way to make money. No one can tell exactly whether the shares will be doing well. The factory or company may do badly. Then the stocks will go down and investors will lose money. The stock may go up or down for a number of untold reasons. Everyone wants the stock to go up, but sometimes even if a factory or company does a good job, the stock may still go down.

No wonder going to the stock market is often compared to gambling. All are eager to make money by “gambling” in the stock market. Factories and companies that need money are pleased that so many people are willing to gamble”. Indeed, the stock market is an attractive part of the business world.

56. If you are an investor, ____ in the stock market.

A. you can always make money B. you can tell exactly when the stock goes up or down

C. you might always lose money in a period D. your gambling is always safe

57. When a factory or company does a good job, ____.

A. investors are sure to get money B. the stock will sometimes go down

C. going to the market is the safest way D. you should never put your money in it

58. Factories and companies are pleased that so many people “gamble” because ____.

A. they can make more money B. they need more people to work for them

C. the need their money to do business D. some people win and some lose

59. The article mainly wants to tell us ____.

A. how to buy or sell shares B. the stock market is like a gambling house

C. the ABC of stock market D. investing money in the stock market is not the safest way

B

After nearly a decade of planning, the Egyptian Government has announced an ambitious plan to build the world’s biggest museum devoted entirely to exhibiting the ancient relics(文物).

Called the New Egyptian Museum, it will eventually house the largest collection of Pharaonic(法老的)monuments, including the solid gold death mask of Tutankhamun.

King Nebkheperura Tutankhamun remains the most famous of all the Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt. He lived over 3,300 years ago during the period known as the New Kingdom.

The museum also will house more than120,000 antiquities(ancient arts)from the 4th millennium(1,000 years)BC to the fall of the Roman Empire.

For the first time, the entire 3,500 items from Tutankhamun’s tomb will be displayed. Permanent exhibitions will include the royal mummies of Ramses II and III and other pharaohs and a large quantity of collection of Pharaonic jewellery.

Antiquities will be organized by theme rather than chronologically(编年地). The four main themes will be: the land of Egypt; royalty and the state; arts of life and death; and scribes(文牍)and wisdom.

With building costs estimated near US$311 million, funding for the new museum will come from corporate sponsorship and charitable(慈善的)donations. The Egyptian Government is expected to pay one third of the final bill.

60. ____ will build the world’s biggest museum devoted entirely to exhibiting the ancient relics.

A. The Egypt government B. A corporate body

C. The charitable body D. The Egypt government and a corporate body

61. When you go into one exhibiting hall of the would-be museum, you’ll see ____.

A. all the exhibits are arranged by the year

B. all the exhibits are arranged by theme

C. more than 120,000 Egyptian antiquities are on show

D. Pharaonic monuments of Tutankhamun and the royal relics

62. According to the passage, ____.

A. the most valuable relics that are to be displayed are 120,000 antiquities from the 4th millennium

B. 3,500 items of relics have been discovered from Tutankhamun’s tomb

C. the Pharaonic monuments of Tutankhamun are the oldest relics

D. the royal mummies of Ramses II and III and other pharaohs will be displayed for the second time

63. The best title of the passage should be ____.

A. Egypt’s Ambitious Plan B. The World’s Biggest Museum for the Ancient relics

C. Egypt to Construct New Museum D. Ancient Egyptian relics are to be Displayed