In California's Napa Valley, light shines from the windows of a large house built in the 1800s. Inside, visitors study old tools and taste new wine products. 1881 Napa, a wine history museum, opened last month in Oakville, California. Oakville is about 97 kilometers north of San Francisco.

The museum offers self-guided tours explaining the history of Napa Valley and the first people to call it home. Visitors can inspect a collection of rare wine-making tools, such as scalders, filters, spigots and soil injectors. A huge copy of an 1895 map of Napa County looks down on the room from above.

The Boisset Collection operates wineries in California, France and Canada. The family-owned business purchased the 145-year-old redesigned house earlier this year. It also bought the nearby Oakville Grocery, which is said to be California's oldest continuously operating grocery store. From 1881 Napa, one can see the Mayacamas Mountains and the famous To Kalon Vineyard across the street at the Robert Mondavi Winery.

The museum is open to the public, and is free to visit. The ground floor holds a tasting room, where visitors can examine soil samples and read about vineyards in different parts of Napa Valley. They also can compare tastes of wines from cooler and warmer areas, hillsides and the valley floor. One tasting, called "Embark on a Journey Throughout the Valley," gives visitors a chance to try 12 kinds of red wine, known as cabernet sauvignons. "We want to create a destination that celebrates Napa's long history ... while exploring Napa's incredibly diverse terroir," said Boisset Collection's chief, Jean-Charles Boisset. He spoke to The Associated Press.

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1.The underlined word “spigots” in Paragraph two refers to _____ .

A wine-making tools

B the name of the map

C wine products

D the name of the grocery

解析：选A。词义猜测题。由第二段划线单词前的such as 可知scalders, filters, spigots and soil injectors是对前面a collection of rare wine-making tools的举例说明，故spigots是罕见的制酒工具，故选A。

2.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A People should buy tickets before they get into the museum.

B The Boisset Collection has bought Oakville Grocery.

C Visitors can try 12 kinds of red wine every day.

D The Boisset Collection wants to buy the 145-year-old redesigned house.

解析：选B。细节理解题。由第三段第三句It also bought the nearby Oakville Grocery, which is said to be California's oldest continuously operating grocery store.可知：Boisset公司还收购了附近的奥克维尔杂货店(Oakville Grocery)，据说这是加州历史最悠久的一家仍在营业的杂货店，故选B。

3.According to the passage, people can _______ in the museum. ① examine soil samples ② compare tastes of wines ③ read about vineyards ④ make wine by themselves

A ① ③ ④

B ② ③ ④

C ① ② ③

D ① ② ④

解析：选C。细节理解题。由第四段可知，博物馆的一楼有一个品鉴室，游客可以在这里检查土壤样本，阅读纳帕谷不同区域葡萄园的介绍，还可以比较来自凉爽和温暖地区、山坡和谷底的葡萄酒的不同味道，全文没有提及游客可以在博物馆里酿酒，故选C。

4.The purpose of the passage is mainly to _______.

A to introduce the wine products

B to introduce a wine history museum

C to introduce the history of Napa Valley

D to introduce a family-owned business

解析：选B。主旨大意题。通读全文，可知本文主要介绍了1881 Napa, 本月在加利福尼亚州Oakville开幕的一座葡萄酒历史博物馆，故选B。

5.The text is probably in the "_________" part of a newspaper.

A Health

B News

C Technology

D Culture

解析：选D。文章出处题。文章介绍了1881 Napa，一座葡萄酒历史博物馆，故可在文化版块看到这篇文章，故选D。