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A mixture of deep sorrow and anger has swept Brazilians across the country — particularly in the cit...
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A mixture of deep sorrow and anger has swept Brazilians across the country — particularly in the city of Rio de Janeiro — with the burning of their beloved Museu Nacional, or National Museum.
By Monday morning, when I visited the site, the firemen were busy trying to enter the huge, early 19th-century neoclassical building. For all we know, everything may have been burned to ashes. Fortunately, no one, not even the four security guards who witnessed the beginning of the fire, has been injured.
Nobody yet knows the cause of the fire, but it is the officials' irresponsibility and the funding shortages in particular, which are being blamed for this tragedy.
Some of the museum's researchers told the press that they had been able to save some things from the exhibition rooms before the fire moved in. However, we Brazilians have lost much of the material memory of our short past. A good part of our 518 years of history, or that which had been transformed into storable objects, disappeared in just a few hours.
The people of Rio de Janeiro were fond of taking their children, or grandchildren to the museum to show off their knowledge of the odd-looking mummies brought in from Egypt by the Emperor Dom Pedro II, a huge skeleton of a humpback whale, or the brightly coloured feathers of a headdress of the Kayapo tribe.
When I think that I can no longer take my youngest daughter to the Museu Nacional — that is what gets me emotional. It is this feeling that has penetrated (穿透) our souls and may leave Brazilians feeling empty for a long time to come.
1.What can we learn about the National Museum of Brazil?
A. It has a history of 518 years.
B. All of its collections have been lost.
C. It was built in the early 19th century.
D. It is not very popular in the country.
2.According to the text, _______ caused the big fire of the museum.
A. the inefficient firemen B. the irresponsible officials
C. the careless security guards D. something unknown
3.The text is written in a mood of_______.
A. delight B. sorrow
C. defeat D. humour
4.Which can be a suitable title for the text?
A. Fire Put out in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
B. Our Fond Memories of the Past
C. Who Is to Blame for the Accident?
D. A Museum Is Lost and Might Never Return
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