In 1901, the citizens of Colorado Springs in the USA decided to collect everyday items and to seal (封住）them in a special box. The box was marked “To be opened after midnight, December 31st, AD 2000”，and was kept in the Colorado College Library.
One hundred years later, on the appointed (约定）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 things inside the box were in very good condition. There were newspapers, photos, diaries, name cards, family trees, books and lots 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 written to their descendants. They describe 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 people. Now nearly half a million people live there.
Colorado College Library has scanned the materials and put them on a website. Cecil Muller, whose grandfather had placed a collection of postcards in the box, said that the time capsule was a great treasure. “This is a wonderful educational resource(资源）. We can learn so much about our history,”he said. “I never knew my grandfather, but now I feel very close to him. ”
【小题1】According to the passage, “time capsule” means .A．a collection of clocks and watchesB．a machine for travelling through timeC．a collection of items for people to look at in the futureD．a collection of unwanted items【小题2】Many of the letters in the time capsule talked about .A．the history of the townB．the people who lived in the town C．the politics of the USAD．people’s hopes for the future【小题3】Cecil Muller says that the time capsule .A．helps him to get to know his grandfatherB．is worth a lot of moneyC．brings back his memories of his grandfatherD．helps him to remember his younger dayC
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(答案→)C
解析：
【小题1】本题难度适中，考查词语意义，一定要根据上下文作答，阅读文章时，尤其注意首尾段，个各段的首尾句，结合文章，可知记录每天的事情给他们将来看，注意红色字体，可知答案是C，同时可以从最后一段入手。
【小题2】本题难度适中，属于细节题。由文章倒数第二段第一句可知，Many of the letters were written to their descendants 。其中descendants为后代的意思，因此，答案选C。
【小题3】本题考查细节题，难度低，由文章最后一段可找到答案，做这类题，要找好题目限定词。Cecil Muller这个人就是限定词，通过对比原文，I never knew my grandfather, but now I feel very close to him 答案就选A。