期末专项测评卷(三) 阅读理解 2023-2024学年牛津译林版九年级英语上册

专项测评卷(三) 阅读理解 满分:70分 时间：90分钟 姓名: 得分: A When Reginald Johnston, a British scholar(学者), first walked into the Forbidden City in 1919, most palaces weren't allowed to visit. But a century later, when the People's Republic of China is to celebrate its 70th founding anniversary(周年纪念) in October, the 599-year-old palace complex(宫殿群) becomes the world's busiest museum. Open to the public In the old days, ordinary people could only imagine what it looked like inside. When the Palace Museum was founded in 1925, the public could go into the palaces. Now 80% of the total area of the museum is open to the public and it will increase to 85% in 2025. Embracing(拥抱) the world “It felt like you were hit by hundreds of years of history,”Christopher Allen from Britain said. “I begin to love its history and culture.” The Forbidden City is becoming more open and friendly to visitors. It attracted about3.5 million visitors from abroad and 9 overseas(海外的) exhibitions were held in 2018.The Palace Museum exhibition becomes a cultural phenomenon(文化现象) everywhere it goes. Attracting the youth On the Palace Museum's online store on Taobao, you can find more than 10,000 cultural products. The ones with cute and humorous pictures of emperors are very popular. Some favourite products also go offline. For example, the “Kangxi Emperor's Favourite Chocolate”, the most popular drink, always has people lining up(排队) to get a taste. As a child, Xu Jing often rode a bike in front of the Meridian Gate(午门). “I had little memory of the museum then, but now I am more willing to visit it after watching several popular TV shows about the museum,”she said. ( )1. The current situation(现状) of the Forbidden City is that . A. it has become the world's busiest museum B. most palaces are still not allowed to visit C. it is closed to all the world except local people D. it is not open because there are too many exhibits(展品) ( )2. The Palace Museum ha