必修④ Unit 2

　　单元检测B--阅读理解提速练

　　Ⅰ.阅读理解

　　A

　　(2018·河南开封模拟)

　　·Open Monday to Saturday 10：00 to 17：00 and Sunday 12：00 to 17：00. Last admissions at 16：30 each day.

　　·Personal Admission: Adults, ￡5; Seniors/Students, ￡4.

　　·Group Admission (Ten or more): Adults ￡4.5 per person; Seniors/Students ￡3.5 per person.

　　·Payment for groups must be made together.

　　Welcome to the James Joyce Center

　　The James Joyce Center is to promote an understanding of the life and works of James Joyce. In doing so, the Center tries to work with institutions to celebrate Ireland's rich cultural heritage (遗产). The James Joyce Center provides casual visitors with a rewarding and memorable experience.

　　The Center's home is a restored 18th century townhouse in the north of Dublin, the city of Joyce's birth and the setting for all his works. From this central place in Joyce's heartland, the Center aims to develop an appreciation of this most remarkable and significant literary figure of the 20th century.

　　No. 35 North Great George's Street was built in 1784 and decorated with fine plasterwork (灰泥) by Michael Stapleton. The house was restored in the 1980s and opened as the James Joyce Center in 1996, run by members of Joyce's sister's family.

　　The Kenmare Room is used for lectures and has a small show of reproductions of Joyce family pictures. In addition, this room provides details of Joyce's life and times, a reading table where visitors can sit and read works by and about Joyce, and a show of some of the many translations of Joyce's works.

　　Exhibitions

　　The center's permanent and temporary exhibitions show various aspects of Joyce's life and work. Through shows and three films, you may dig into the novel about its historical background and learn more about Joyce's life. The Center also hosts International Joyce, an exhibition that provides a wonderful introduction to the life and works of James Joyce.

　　Walking Tours

Our walking tours are available every Saturday at 11 a．m. and 2 p．m., and by