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The
British Museum is one of the biggest museums in the world. Inside, you feel
smaller than usual.
The story
of the British Museum goes back to three hundred years ago to one unusual man,
Sir Hans Sloane, doctor to King George II. The doctor collected books,
drawings, clothes, money, animals, flowers, things from all over the world. The
doctor wanted everything to stay together when he died, so that people could
come and have a look. King George I gave his library, and the
museum started to grow.
The
British Museum opened in 1759, six years after Sir Hans Sloane died. At first
the museum was only open three days a week and only ten people could enter in
an hour. There wasn't much time to see things.
By about
1800， things began to get better than before. Wonderful
statues, three thousand years old, arrived from Egypt. King George IV sold all
his books to the museum secretly. A hundred years ago, not only old books but
also new ones arrived at the museum, and more people came to read them. Since
then many famous men have written and studied there. There
are four kilometres of new shelves every year and there are about two million
visitors every year.
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A. And the library is growing faster and faster.
B. London is famous for the British Museum.
C. There are many things to see.
D. Have you heard of the British Museum?
E. The British Museum began.
F. Visitors had to run through the rooms.
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