Even the Ethiopian public has only seen Lucy twice.The Lucy on exhibition at the Ethiopian National Museum in the capital，Addis Ababa，is a replica while the real remains are usually locked in a secret storeroom.A team from the Museum of National Science in Houston，Texas，spent four years discussing with the Ethiopians for the U．S.tour，which will start in Houston next September.

　　“Ethiopia's rich culture of both the past and today，is one of the best kept secrets in the world，”said Joel Bartsch，director of the Houston museum.

　　The sixyear tour will also go to Washington，New York，Denver and Chicago.Officials said six other U．S. cities may be on the tour.But they said plans had not yet been worked out.

　　Traveling with Lucy will be 190 other fossils.

　　Lucy，her name taken from a Beatles song that played in a camp the night of her discovery, is part of the skeleton of what was once a 31/2foottall apeman(猿人)．

　　53．The author writes this text mainly to______.

　　A．introduce a few U．S.museums

　　B．describe some research work

　　C．discuss the value of an apeman

　　D．report a coming event

　　剖析：D　主旨大意题。本文是一篇资讯报道，所有资讯报道的主旨通常体现在报道的开头。由报道的开头“世界上最著名的化石之一将在美国进行首次国外展览”可知作者的写作目的是为了报道一件即将发生的事情。故选D项。

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