七件圆明园兽首,齐聚安徽博物院
七件圆明园兽首,齐聚安徽博物院

Seven bronze Chinese zodiac (生肖) animal heads are in Anhui Museum now! 
There were twelve animal heads. They were in the Old Summer Palace in Beijing long ago. In 1860, they were all lost to other countries. Now, seven of them came back to China! They are together like a big family. It’s good to see them again.
Now people can see the heads of tiger, pig, monkey, horse, rat, rabbit, and ox. Come to Anhui and see them! 

1.1. The animal heads were in ______ before 1860.

A Anhui

B Beijing

C Shanghai

D

解析:选B。B 细节理解题。根据第二段中的“They were in the Old Summer Palace in Beijing long ago.In 1860, they were all lost to other countries. ”可知,在1860年以前,这些兽首在北京圆明园里。故选B。

2.2. ______ animal heads are still lost.

A 12

B 7

C 5

D

解析:选C。C 数字计算题。根据第二段中的“There were twelve animal heads.”和“In 1860, they were all lost to other counties. Now, seven of them came back to China!”可知,总共有12个兽首,全部失散了,现在找回7个,因此还有5个未找回。故选C。

3.3. People can’t see the head of ______ now.

A dog

B pig

C rat

D

解析:选A。A 细节理解题。依据最后一段中的“Now people can see the heads of tiger, pig, monkey, horse, rat, rabbit, and ox.”可知,人们可以在安徽看到这些兽首:虎、猪、猴、马、鼠、兔和牛。并未提及狗。故选A。