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【題目】Art museums are places where people can learn about various cultures. The increasingly popular “design museums” that are opening today, however, perform quite a different role. Unlike most art museums, the design museums show objects that are easily found by the general public. These museums sometimes even place things like fridges and washing machines in the centre of the hall.

People have argued that design museums are often made use of as advertisements for new industrial technology. But their role is not simply a matter of sales — it's the honouring of excellently invented products. The difference between the window of a department store and the showcase(玻璃陳列柜) in a design museum is that the first tries to sell you something, while the second tells you the success of a sale.

One advantage of design museums is that they are places where people feel familiar with the exhibits. Unlike the average art museum visitors, design museum visitors seldom feel frightened or puzzled. This is partly because design museums clearly show how and why mass-produced products work and look as they do, and how design has improved the quality of our lives.Art museum exhibits, on the other hand, would most probably fill visitors with a feeling that there is something beyond their understanding.

In recent years, several new design museums have opened their doors. Each of these museums has tried to satisfy the public’s growing interest in the field with new ideas. London's Design Museum, for example, shows a collection of mass-produced objects from Zippo lighters to electric typewriters to a group of Italian fish-tins.The choices open to design museums seem far less strict than those to art museums, and visitors may also sense the humorous part of our society while walking around the exhibits.

【1】Showcases in design museums are different from store windows because they____.

A. show more technologically advanced products

B. help increase the sales of products

C. show why the products have sold well

D. attract more people than store windows do

【2】The author believes that most design museum visitors ____.

A. do not like mass-produced products B. are puzzled with technological exhibits

C. dislike exhibits in art museums D. know the exhibits very well

【3】The choices open to design museums ____.

A. are not as strict as those to art museums B. are not aimed at interesting the public

C. may fail to bring some pleasure to visitors D. may fail to attract more visitors

【4】What is the best title for this passage？

A. The forms of design museums. B. The exhibits of design museums.

C. The nature of design museums. D. The choices open to design museums.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 C

【2】 D

【3】 A

【4】 C

【解析】

這是一篇說明文。介紹了設(shè)計博物館的本質(zhì)和特征。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第二段最后一句“The difference between the window of a department store and the showcase in a design museum is...the second tells you the success of a sale” 可知，商店和設(shè)計博物館的區(qū)別在于前者是在出售商品，而后者告訴我們的是為什么這個商品賣得好。故C選項正確。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第三段第一句“One advantage of design museums is that they are places where people feel familiar with the exhibits.” 可知，作者認(rèn)為設(shè)計博物館的參觀者對展品很熟悉。故D選項正確。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由最后一段最后一句中的“The choices open to design museums seem far less strict than those to art museums” 可知，設(shè)計博物館對展品的選擇不像藝術(shù)博物館那么嚴(yán)格。故A選項正確。

【4】主旨大意題。整篇短文向我們介紹了設(shè)計博物館的本質(zhì)和特征，雖然也介紹了形式、展品和展品的選擇，但這些都是細(xì)節(jié)和手段，都是為介紹本質(zhì)和特征服務(wù)的。故C選項正確。

細(xì)節(jié)題的正確選項特征之一是對原文句子中的關(guān)鍵詞或短語進(jìn)行替換。把原文中的一些詞換成意義相近的詞或短語，成為正確選項。第3小題的A選項“are not as strict as those to art museums中的are not as strict as 與最后一段The choices open to design museums seem far less strict than those to art museums中的far less strict 就是典型的相近詞，所以答案很容易被選出。同學(xué)們需要對相近詞進(jìn)行歸納總結(jié)。