单选题 Britain's government raises millions of pounds each year from the National Lottery (抽奖) and some of this money is used as an additional allowance for the arts. But this money can only be spent on "capital projects", and not on an institution's day-to-day expenses.
Lottery money has been made available for many exciting new building projects to improve theatres, galleries and museums. But the project which has received the most publicity is the ￡ 78 million renewal on the Royal Opera House in London's Covent Garden. The House is the home of Britain's greatest opera company, as well as the Royal Ballet(芭蕾舞团). It's also considered to be the best arts institutions -- tickets to the opera can cost up to 200 -- and not everyone is happy that so much lottery money is being used for the benefit of a rich minority.
But since builders moved into the Royal Opera House last July, that controversy has been overshadowed by a more serious crisis: the opera company is facing financial collapse.
According to a special investigation, the crisis is the result of serious mismanagement by Opera House staff, and there have been calls for its allowance to be withdrawn completely. Now, the Opera House has to wait to hear from a government working party about its future survival.

单选题 Which Of the following's renewal has received the public's attention most?

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】这是一篇议论文。英国政府每年都要通过抽奖活动筹集资金用于建造“首都工程”。文章评论在资金使用过程中所出现的一些问题，并提出问题的症结所在。这是一道细节推理题，要求我们回答“哪种建筑的重修引起了广大民众的关注?”文中第二段第二句明确告诉我们答案，即“皇家大剧院”。

单选题 Some people don't think it good to spend so much lottery money renewing the Royal Opera House because ______.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】这是一道逻辑推理题。题目问到“为什么有人认为不应该把大量资金投入此项建设?”第二段最后一句告诉我们“皇家芭蕾舞团作为最好的艺术团经常在此演出，入场券达200英镑，所以并不是所有人都同意应将资金用于为少数有钱人服务的项目上”。故选择D项。

单选题 The statement "that controversy ... financial collapse" (Par

A、 3, sentence 1) can be best paraphrased as ______.A. that controversy has become less important because of the opera company's financial crisisB. that controversy has become more serious because of the opera company's financial crisisC. that controversy has become more important than the opera company's financial crisisD. that controversy has been caused by the opera company's financial crisis.