Artificial flowers are used for scientific as well as for decorative purpose.They are made
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The collection of glass flowers in the Botanical Museum of Harvard University is the most famous in North America and is widely known throughout the scientific world.The life-size models include 847 species, with remarkably accurate anatomical sections and enlarged flower parts.They are made entirely of glass, often reinforced internally with a wire support.
The models in colored glass are the work of two artist-naturalists, Leopold Blaschka and his son Rudolph who made them from 1887 through 1936.Their lineage of jewelers and glassmakers traces as far back as the 15th century.The parts were shaped after the glass was softened by heat.Some models were blown.Colored glass was used for many, others were "cold-painted" with a thin wash of colored ground glass or metal oxides and heated until the material fused to the model.
Since the glass flowers are always in bloom, tropical and temperate species may be studied year-round.The gallery is open during regular museum hours and is included in the general admission fee.
The museum recently installed several Blaschka glass models from the ware collection which have not been seen at Harvard for decades.You can even see amazingly realistic models of apple and apricot plants illustrating some of the diseases affecting fruits of the Rosaceae family.Other newly installed models illustrate insect pollination, displaying bees enlarged to five inches in size to show pollination techniques.
The intention of the collection was to have it represent at least one member of each flower family native to the United States.Harvard Professor George Lincoln Goodale, founder of the Botanical Museum, wanted life-like representatives of the plant kingdom for teaching botany.At the time only crude
or wax models were available.Mrs.Elizabeth C.Ware and her daughter Mary Lee Ware financed the collection and presented it. Though it was never completed, it contains species representing 164 families of flowering plants, a group of fruits showing the effect of fungus diseases, and thousands of flower parts and magnified details.Every detail of these is accurately reproduced in color and structure.The models are kept in locked cases as they are too valuable and fragile for classroom use.
單選題第1題Making artificial flowers does NOT require_______.
A.dexterity
B.creativity
C.knowledge of chemistry
D.knowledge of plant structure
參考答案：C
答案解析：錯誤排除。根據第一段最后一句 "In making such models, painstaking skill and
artistry are called for, as well as thorough knowledge of plant structure" 可知'選項中,A
對應skill, B對應artistry, D基本是原文重復,只有化學沒有提到,故選C。
單選題第2題In the museum_______were NOT found on exhibition.
A.glass flowers
B.life-size plants
C.human models
D.enlarged flower parts
參考答案：C
答案解析：錯誤排除。根據第二段提供的信息可知,博物館專門展出彩色玻璃花朵模型,有
的是真實尺寸,有的為局部放大件,皆與模特無關。
單選題第3題The materials for making the artificial flowers and other plants do NOT include_______
A.glass
B.wood
C.metal
D.paint
參考答案：B
答案解析：錯誤排除。從第三段第三行開始,文章就玻璃花模型的原材料予以陳述,提到了
glass,colored,cold-painted以及metal oxides,唯獨沒有提到 wood。
單選題第4題The founder of the Botanical Museum of Harvard University was_______.
A.Elizabeth Ware
B.George Goodale
C.Leopold Blaschka
D.Rudolph Blaschka
參考答案：B
答案解析：細節(jié)識別。第六段第二行 "George Lincoln Goodale, founder of the Botanical
Museum"表述得很明確。
單選題第5題Leopold and Rudolph Blaschka were_______ .
A.artists
B.florists
C.farmers
D.brothers
參考答案：A
答案解析：細節(jié)識別。第三段第一行 "The models in colored glass are the work of two artist-
naturalists,Leopold Blaschka and his son Rudolph" 表明 Leopold 和 Rudolph Blaschka 的
身份是 artist-naturalists。
單選題第6題The purpose of the collection was to _______.
A.thoroughly study plant structure
B.create a botanical garden where only exotic flowers grow
C.show that glass flowers are more realistic than flowers
D.make a copy of one member of every US flower family
參考答案：D
答案解析：近義表述。第六段第一句 "The intention of the collection was to have it represent at
least one member of each flower family native to the United States" 說得非常清楚。
單選題第7題At the Botanical Museum of Harvard University,_______are NOT displayed.
A.diseased fruits
B.several species of native birds
C.magnified details of flower parts
D.models of 164 families of flowering plants
參考答案：B
答案解析：錯誤排除。第七段提到了 "164 families of flowering plants ... fruits showing the
effect of fungus diseases ... flower parts and magnified details",分別對應選項D、A和C,
故排除B。
單選題第8題Which of the following statements is true of the flowers in the Botanical Museum of Harvard University?
A.They are made by a mother-daughter pair.
B.They are a collection of glass models.
C.They all have a marvelous fragrance.
D.They are lent to schools for classroom use.
參考答案：B
答案解析：正誤判斷。全文一直在講述玻璃花博物館的建立,花朵模型的制作工藝和材料,
館藏目的等,尤其在第二段第四行說明了 "They are made entirely of glass",所以比較
容易選擇。
單選題第9題The word "it" underlined in the last paragraph refers to_______mentioned in the previous paragraph.
A.the museum
B.the collection
C.each flower family
D.the intention of the collection
參考答案：B
答案解析：語篇銜接。第六段最后一句"financed the collection and presented it"存在句內
回指,即it回指前面的the collection,第七段第一句重復it,屬于詞匯重復,復指the
collection。所以,這里用了兩種銜接手段。
單選題第10題An appropriate title for the passage should be_______ .
A.Flowers Native to the United States
B.Materials Used for Artificial Flowers
C.An Extensive Collection of Glass Flowers
D.The Stories of Leopold and Rudolph Blaschka
參考答案：C
答案解析：補充標題。就文章內容而言,各段依次講述了人造花朵的用途、材料、制作工
藝,哈佛大學生物博物館的玻璃花,玻璃花的制作歷史與工藝,展覽時間,館藏展品
新進展（果樹及授粉）,館藏目的與贊助人以及展品創(chuàng)新。顯然選項C可以概括文章
的核 心內容。
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