London will host a major exhibition（展览）of 15th-century Chinese artwork, including paintings, sculptures（雕刻）and porcelain, which are all from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).

And the exhibition will be open from Sept 18 to Jan 5. And there will be 108 cultural relics from 10 museums in China, as well as from the British Museum and museums in Japan, the United States and Europe. The exhibition will be in five parts - court, arts of war, arts of peace, religious belief and diplomacy. The event will be a highlight of this year's about 20 overseas cultural relic exhibitions of China.

Ming Dynasty is described by some as "one of the greatest eras of orderly government and social stability in human history”. During this time, Beijing became the capital of China. And also in this time, Zheng He (1371-1433) set sail and reached the shores of eastern Africa.

Jessica in the British Museum, said "reading" an artwork may differ in various cultures. "When a Chinese audience sees a painting you see figures and stories. But we see beautiful landscapes."

She said the British people had a basic knowledge of the dynasty.They know about porcelain and many British people probably knew more about the later period of the Ming Dynasty after the Portuguese and Spanish came to China to trade. Their houses and dining tables have Chinese blue and white vases but they don't know much about the earlier period, which in China was a more culturally important period.

This exhibition provides good chances for more people to get to know China, especially the Ming Dynasty.

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1.What can you see in the exhibition according to the passage?

A paintings.

B sculptures.

C porcelain.

D All of the above.

解析：选D。D 细节理解题。从第一段including paintings, sculptures and porcelain, which are all from the Ming Dynasty可知，故选D。

2.The exhibition will last for ____.

A about 3 months

B about 4 months

C about 5 months

D about 6 months.

解析：选B。B 推理判断题。从第二段And the exhibition will be open from Sept 18 to Jan 5可推算出本次展览将持续大约4个月。

3.What does the underlined word mean in Paragraph 4?

A Read aloud.

B Read words by heart.

C Look at something by eyes.

D Write down something.

解析：选C。C 词义猜测题。从划线单词后面一句话When a Chinese audience sees a painting you see figures and stories. But we see beautiful landscapes可知，read在句中表示“看”，故选C。

4.Which of the following is NOT true about the Ming Dynasty?

A Some people think it "one of the greatest eras of orderly government and social stability in human history”

B Beijing became the capital of China during this time.

C Zheng He sail to the shores of eastern Africa.

D Ming dynasty started from 1368 and came to an end in 1743.

解析：选D。D 细节理解题。从第一段which are all from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)可知，明朝于1644年结束，故D选项时间不正确，故选D。

5.What can we know from Jessica?

A British people know much of the Ming Dynasty.

B British people know more about the later period of the Ming Dynasty than the earlier period.

C British and Spanish came to China to trade in the Ming Dynasty.

D The later period of the Ming Dynasty is a more culturally important period in China.

解析：选B。B 细节理解题。从最后一段可知，英国人比较了解明朝晚期历史，对早期的历史不太了解，故选B。