D. All of the above

3. The Department of Asia represents .

A. the geographic features of Asia

B. the life styles and cultural traditions of some peoples

C. the relationships between Asian countries

D. the cultural fights between some native groups

【答案】1. D 2. C 3. B

【解析】

这是一篇应用文。介绍了大英博物馆里所展示的内容以及门票信息和开放时间。

【1题详解】

细节理解题。由 It includes most of Africa, the Pacific and Australia, as well as the Americas 可知，英国不包括在这几个大洲之内。故D选项正确。

【2题详解】

细节理解题。由第二段 All of the collections were got during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and date from this time第三段The collection dates from about 4000 BC 最后段hese mostly range in date from the beginning of the Greek Bronze Age (about 3200BC) 可知，亚洲展品最早。故C 选项正确。

【3题详解】

细节理解题。由第三段It represents the cultures and ways of life of local people and other minority groups它代表了当地人民和其他少数群体的文化和生活方式。可知，B选项正确。

　　Tu Youyou has become the first Chinese woman to win a Nobel Prize, for her work in helping to create an anti-malaria(疟疾) medicine. The 84-year-old's route to the honour has been anything but traditional. In China, she is being called the "three nos" winner: no medical degree, no doctorate, and she's never worked overseas.

　　In 1967, malaria, a then deadly disease, spread by mosquitoes was decimating Chinese soldiers fighting Americans in the jungles of northern Vietnam. A secret research unit "Mission 523 "was formed to find a cure for the illness. Two years later, Tu Youyou was instructed to become the new head of "Mission 523".

"Mission523" read ancient books carefully for a long time to find historical methods of