2006年英语专业八级考试全真试卷(9)

2006年英语专业八级考试全真试卷

Naturhistorisches Museums took over much of the imperial treasure.Meanwhile,the decline of craftsmanship (and of public taste with it) inspired the creation of “improving”collections.The Victoria and Albert Museum in London was the most famous,as well as perhaps the largest of them.

请根据上面给出的内容，来回答下面的单项选择题（下列每小题备选答案中，只有一个符合题意的正确答案。每小题0分，共6题。）25. The sentence“Museum is a slippery word”in the first paragraph means that

A ：the meaning of the word didn’t change until after the 15th century.

B ：the meaning of the word had changed over the years.

C ：the Greeks held different concepts from the Romans.

D ：princes and merchants added paintings to their collections.

请选择答案： A:B:C:D:26. The idea that museum could mean a mountain or an object originates from

A ：the Romans.

B ：Florence.

C ：Olympia

D ：Greek.

请选择答案： A:B:C:D:27. “...the skill of the fakers grew increasingly refined” in the third paragraph means that

A ：there was a great demand for fakers.

B ：fakers grew rapidly in number.

C ：fakers became more skillful.

D ：fakers became more polite.

请选择答案： A:B:C:D:28. Paintings and sculptures on display in churches in the 15th century were

A ：collected from elsewhere

B ：made part of the buildings.

C ：donated by people.

D ：bought by churches.

请选择答案： A:B:C:D: 29. Modern museums came into existence in order to