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The Time Capsule (箱子) of Colorado Springs      In 1901, the citizens of Colorado Springs in the USA decided to collect every day items (物品) and to seal (密封) them in a steel box. The box was marked "To be opened after midnight, December 31st, AD 2000", and was stored in the Colorado College library.      One hundred years later, on the appointed (约定的) day, 300 people gathered to watch the opening of the box. Many in the crowd were the descendants (后代) of people who had placed things inside the box.      When the box was opened after midnight, the contents (所容纳的东西) were in very good condition. There were newspapers, photographs, diaries, name cards, family trees, books and dozens of letters, including one written by Theodore Roosevelt, who became the president of the USA later that year. One of Roosevelt's friends lived in Colorado Springs at that time.      Many of the letters were addressed to their descendants. They describe (描述) the hopes that the people of 1901 had for the people of the next century. At that time, Colorado Springs had just a few thousand residents (居民). Now nearly half a million people live there.      Colorado College Library has scanned (扫描) the materials and put them on a website. Cecil Muller, whose grandfather had placed a collection of post-cards in the box, said that the time capsule was a great treasure. "This is a wonderful educational resource. We can learn so much about our history," he said. "I never knew my grandfather, but not now I feel very close to him."      In April 2001, a committee filled the time capsule with items from modern Colorado Springs and resealed it for another hundred years.

1. A "time capsule" is            .

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A．a collection of clocks and watches. B．a machine for traveling through time. C．a collection of items for people to look at in the future. D．a collection of unwanted items.

2. The time capsule was opened on            .

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A．December 31st, 2000. B．December 31st, 2001. C．January lst, 2000. D．January lst, 2001

3. According to the passage, the crowd who watched the opening of the time capsule included            .

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A．some people whose ancestors had put items in the box. B．some people who had put items in the box. C．the President of the USA. D．Cecil Muller's grandfather.

4. Many of the letters in the time capsule talked about            .

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A．the history of the town B．the people who lived in the town. C．the politics of the USA. D．people's hopes for the future.

5. Cecil Muller says that the time capsule             .

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A．brings back his memories of his grandfather. B．is worth a lot of money. C．helps him to get to know his grandfather. D．helps him to remember his younger days.

题型：阅读理解  难度：偏难

答案

1-5: C B A D C

据专家权威分析，试题“阅读理解。 The Time Capsule (箱子) of Colorado SpringsIn 190..”主要考查你对  故事类阅读  等考点的理解。关于这些考点的“档案”如下：

故事类阅读

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• 故事类阅读：
  文章一般描述的是某一件具体事情的发生发展或结局，有人物、时间、地点和事件。
  命题往往从故事的情节、人物或事件的之间的关系、作者的态度及意图、故事前因和后果的推测等方面着手，考查学生对细节的辨认能力以及推理判断能力。
  阅读这类材料时，同学们一定要根据主要情节掌握文章主旨大意，同时抓住每一个细节，设身处地根据文章内容揣摩作者的态度和意图，根据情节展开想象，即使是碰到深层理解题也可迎刃而解。

• 故事类阅读注意：
  初中生接触到的阅读材料大都是故事类。
  阅读故事类的材料，应该抓住人物线索、地点线索、时间线索和情节发展线索。
  
  特别注意的是，以上线索往往是并存的。因为情节的发展总是涉及到人物的变化、时间的推移、场景的变换等。
  而阅读材料后的阅读理解往往会围绕这些内容设计一些事实类的理解题。
  
  凡事实类的理解题都可以从阅读材料的表层文字中找到答案。
  
  在阅读故事类短文时，应理解文章的深层含义，也就是它的主题。在此需要注意的是，现在的阅读理解题在测试事实类的理解题的同时，往往有一道推理类理解测试题．