英语四级考试完形填空的模拟练习题（54）

　　From Boston to Los Angeles, from NewYork City to Chicago to Dallas, museums are either planning, building, or wrapping up wholesale __1__ programs. These programs already have 2 altered facades and floor plans or 3 to do so in the not too distant future. In New York City alone, six major institutions have __4_ up and out into the air space and neighborhoods around them or are preparing to do so.

　　The reasons 5 this confluence of activity are complex, but one factor is a 6__ everywherespace. With collections 7 each year, with the needs and functions of museums changing, empty space has become a very precious 8 for all the people. Probably 9 in the country is this more true than at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, which has needed 10 space for decades and which received its last 11 facelift ten years ago.

　　Because of the space crunch, the Art Museum has become increasingly __12 in considering acquisitions and donations 13 art, in some cases passing up opportunities to 14 its collections. Decreasing or selling off works of art __15 new importance because of the museums space problems. And 16 , curators have been forced to rearrange the gallery space, rotating one masterpiece into public _ 17__ while another is sent to _18 in the warehouse . _19 the clear need for additional gallery and storage space, however, the museum has no plan, no plan to break out of its__20 in the next fifteen years, according to Philadelphia Museum of Arts president.

　　1. A. expanding B. expanded C. expansion D. expand

　　2. A. radically B. unnoticeably C. unassumingly D. modestly

　　3. A. are expecting B. is expecting C. are expected D. is expected

　　4. A. scattered B. spread C. established D. increased

　　5. A. among B. from C. for D. why

　　6. A. consideration B. thinking C. measurement D. calculation

　　7. A. increased B. increasing C. having increased D.having been increased

　　8. A. phenomenon B. value C. treasure D. commodity

　　9. A. somewhere B. nowhere C. anywhere D. wherever

　　10. A. excessive B. extreme C. additional D. unnecessary

　　11. A. significant B. noticeable C. evident D. visible

　　12. A. careful B. wary C. distrustful D. cautious

　　13. A. of B. for C. in D. from

　　14. A. purchase B. order C. strengthen D. select

　　15. A. has attached B. has invested C. has demonstrated D. has taken

　　16. A. gradually B. increasingly C. slowly D. regularly

　　17. A. view B. performance C. appreciation D. access

　　18. A. store B. storing C. storage D. storeroom

　　19. A. For B. Through C. Despite D. Though

　　20. A. enclosure B. envelope C. sphere D. territory