单选题 Metropolitan Museum of Art is located in New York City. It is one of the largest and most (1) art museums in the world.
In 1866 a group of Americans in Paris, France, gathered at a restaurant to (2) the American Independence Day. After dinner, John Jay, a (3) lawyer gave a speech proposing to create a "national institution and gallery of art. " During the next four years, he (4) American civic leaders, art collectors, and others to support the project, and in 1870 the Metropolitan Museum of Art was founded, but it was (5) in two different locations in New York City. In 1880 the museum moved to its present location in Central Park on Fifth Avenue. Many additions have (6) been built around this building. The north and south (7) were completed in 1911 and 1913, (8) Six additional wings have been built since 1975 to house the museum's (9) collections, to expand gallery space and educational (10) .
The museum has collected more than three million objects in every known artistic (11) , representing cultures from every part of the world, from ancient times to the present.
Popularly known as the Met, the museum is a private (12) . The museum is one of the most popular tourist (13) in the city and about five million people visit it each year. It is also a major educational institution, offering various programs for children and adults. (14) , scholars of archeology and art history (15) advanced research projects at the museum.

单选题 A. comprehensive B. elaborate C. appropriate D. elegant
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】该句意为：大都会艺术馆是世界上最大的、收藏内容最全面的艺术馆之一。comprehensive：全面的，广泛的；elaborate：精心制作的，详细阐述的；appropriate：适当的；elegant：文雅的。
单选题 A. congratulate B. celebrate C. remark D. parade
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】该句意为：1866年时，一群在法国巴黎的美国人聚在一个饭店里庆祝美国的独立日。congratulate：祝贺；celebrate：庆祝；remark：谈论；parade：游行庆祝。
单选题 A. privileged B. primitive C. proximate D. prominent
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】该句意为：饭后一位著名的律师发表演讲，提议建立一个国家的艺术馆。privileged：有特权的；primitive：原始的，粗糙的；proximate：大约的；prominent：卓越的，显著的。
单选题 A. persisted B. guaranteed C. convinced D. trusted
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】该句意为：后来的几年中他说服了美国的民权领袖、艺术品收藏家和其他的人来支持这一项目。persist：坚持；guarantee：保证，担保；convince：说服，使相信；trust：信任。
单选题 A. homed B. settled C. housed D. set
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】该处意为：1870年纽约大都会艺术馆成立了，但是它位于纽约市的两个不同的地方。home：(作为动词)回家；settle：定居；house：(作动词)住在，位于；set：放，树立。
单选题 A. ever B. never C. as D. since
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】该句意为：自那以后在其周围又增加了许多建筑物。
单选题 A. wings B. winds C. sections D. periods
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】该句意为：北侧楼和南侧楼分别于1911年和1913年建成。wing指楼房的一侧。
单选题 A. repeatedly B. relatively C. respectively D. respectfully
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】意思见上题。repeatedly：反复地；relatively：相关地；respectively：分别地；respectfully：尊敬地，谦恭地。
单选题 A. enlarging B. widening C. growing D. deepening
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】该句意为：自1975年以来又增建了六个侧楼来收藏不断增加的藏品，扩大艺术馆的空间和教育设施。enlarging：扩大的；widening：加宽的；growing：增加的，增多的；deepening：加深的。
单选题 A. facilities B. apparatus C. devices D. equipment
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】意思见上题。这是四个意思相近的词。facilities：设施；apparatus：机械，设备；devices：装置；设备；equipment：装备，设备，装置。
单选题 A. formation B. medium C. ideas D. sects
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】该句意为：大都会艺术馆收藏了三百多万件所有已知介质的艺术品。formation：形成，构成；medium：媒体，媒介，介质；sect：派别，宗派。
单选题 A. institution B. mechanism C. unit D. office
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】该句意为：人们俗称大都会艺术馆为Met，它是一个私人机构。institution：机构；mechanism：机制；unit：单位；office：办事处(一般指政府)。
单选题 A. resorts B. sites C. locations D. attractions
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】该句意为：艺术馆是纽约市最受欢迎的旅游点之一。tourist attractions是固定搭配，指旅游景点。resorts：度假地；sites：一般与historical相搭配，指历史古迹。
单选题 A. To sum up B. In a word C. In addition D. To be frank
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】该题测试对上下文的关系的理解。此处应是递进的关系，因此只能用in addition。
单选题 A. condemn B. conduct C. confine D. confront
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】该句意为：此外，考古学和艺术史的学者们还在艺术馆里进行高深的研究。condemn：谴责；conduct：进行(研究)；confine：限制；confront：面对，对抗。