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The Time Capsule (箱子) of Colorado Springs
In 1901, the citizens of Colorado Springs in the USA decided to collect every day items (物品) and to
seal (密封) them in a steel box. The box was marked "To be opened after midnight, December 31st, AD
2000", and was stored in the Colorado College library.
One hundred years later, on the appointed (约定的) day, 300 people gathered to watch the opening of
the box. Many in the crowd were the descendants (后代) of people who had placed things inside the box.
When the box was opened after midnight, the contents (所容纳的东西) were in very good condition.
There were newspapers, photographs, diaries, name cards, family trees, books and dozens of letters,
including one written by Theodore Roosevelt, who became the president of the USA later that year. One
of Roosevelt's friends lived in Colorado Springs at that time.
Many of the letters were addressed to their descendants. They describe (描述) the hopes that the people
of 1901 had for the people of the next century. At that time, Colorado Springs had just a few thousand
residents (居民). Now nearly half a million people live there.
Colorado College Library has scanned (扫描) the materials and put them on a website. Cecil Muller,
whose grandfather had placed a collection of post-cards in the box, said that the time capsule was a great
treasure. "This is a wonderful educational resource. We can learn so much about our history," he said. "I
never knew my grandfather, but not now I feel very close to him."
In April 2001, a committee filled the time capsule with items from modern Colorado Springs and resealed
it for another hundred years.
1. A "time capsule" is .[ ]
A．a collection of clocks and watches.
B．a machine for traveling through time.
C．a collection of items for people to look at in the future.
D．a collection of unwanted items.
2. The time capsule was opened on .[ ]
A．December 31st, 2000.
B．December 31st, 2001.
C．January lst, 2000.
D．January lst, 2001
3. According to the passage, the crowd who watched the opening of the time capsule included .[ ]
A．some people whose ancestors had put items in the box.
B．some people who had put items in the box.
C．the President of the USA.
D．Cecil Muller's grandfather.
4. Many of the letters in the time capsule talked about .[ ]
A．the history of the town
B．the people who lived in the town.
C．the politics of the USA.
D．people's hopes for the future.
5. Cecil Muller says that the time capsule .[ ]
A．brings back his memories of his grandfather.
B．is worth a lot of money.
C．helps him to get to know his grandfather.
D．helps him to remember his younger days.
