For nearly 100 years, the heartbroken Little Mermaid has sat on a rock looking out over Copenhagen's port but now the sculpture ,based on the famous fairytale, is heading back out to sea, set for China.

The small bronze statue inspired by the tale of author Hans Christian Andersen and unveiled in 1913, is a major tourist attraction in Copenhagen. But her life has not always been easy. She has been beheaded twice, had her arm cut off, was blown off her rock in 2003 and was dressed in a Muslim headscarf two years ago in a protest - but she never left her native country.

This week she was lifted from the harbor, boxed, and shipped to Shanghai where she is the star guest in the Danish Pavilion at EXPO 2010 which runs until October 31. Details over her trip were not revealed due to security issues.

"The Little Mermaid," published in 1837, is a sad story about a mermaid who falls in love with a prince and gives up her life in the sea and her tail for legs.

The fairytale has been adapted many times into stage shows and into a Disney movie.

Copenhagen mayor Frank Jensen said in a statement that the loan of The Little Mermaid was part of a cultural exchange between Denmark and China. "I am convinced that she will be an excellent ambassador of Denmark, particularly since the Chinese already are very fond of Hans Christian Andersen and his fairytales," he said in a statement.

Her departure from Copenhagen will not leave the harbor empty. Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has created a video installation(設(shè)備/裝置)to be installed at her spot.

The Little Mermaid's 165 cm (65 inches) tall sculpture, which sits on a granite block, was created in 1913 by Edvard Eriksen.

1.The following statements are true EXCEPT________________.

A．the statue of The Little Mermaid will be given to China as a gift

B．the statue of The Little Mermaid is a major tourist attraction in Copenhagen

C．The Little Mermaid is a famous fairytale written by Hans Christian Andersen

D．the story of The Little Mermaid was once adapted into a Disney movie

2.The underlined word “departure” here means_______________.

A．escaping          B．retiring           C．a(chǎn)rriving           D．leaving

3.From the passage, we can infer that ________________.

A．Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has created another Little Mermaid instead

B．the Danish people don’t like the statue of The Little Mermaid

C．the statue of The Little Mermaid will return to Denmark in the future

D．Edvard Eriksen wrote the story of the Little Mermaid

 

【答案】

1.A

2.D

3.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述了哥本哈根的美人魚(yú)塑像在世博會(huì)期間運(yùn)到中國(guó)的事情。

1.A 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)This week she was lifted from the harbor, boxed, and shipped to Shanghai where she is the star guest in the Danish Pavilion at EXPO 2010說(shuō)明它只是到上海的世博會(huì)上來(lái)接受參觀，并不是說(shuō)就屬于中國(guó)了，故A項(xiàng)描述錯(cuò)誤。

2.D 推理題。根據(jù)本句Her departure from Copenhagen will not leave the harbor empty.以及This week she was lifted from the harbor, boxed, and shipped to Shanghai where she is the star guest in the Danish Pavilion at EXPO 2010可知這個(gè)塑像將會(huì)被運(yùn)到上海。那么它離開(kāi)丹麥…該該詞是指離開(kāi)。D正確。

3.C 推斷題。這個(gè)塑像只是在世博會(huì)期間被運(yùn)到中國(guó)參加世博會(huì)，結(jié)束以后還是要回到丹麥的。故C正確。

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