Art museums are places where people can learn about various cultures. The increasingly popular “design museums” that are opening today, however, perform quite a(an) 1 role. Unlike most art museums, the 2 museums show objects that are easily found by the general public. These museums sometimes 3 place things like fridges and washing machines in the center of the hall.

People have 4 that design museums are often made use of as 5 for new industrial technology. But their 6 is not simple a matter of sales — It is the 7 of excellently invented products. The difference 8 the window of a department store and the showcase in a design museum is that the first 9 to sell you something, while the second tells you the success of a sale.

One 10 of design museums is that they are places where people feel familiar with the 11 . Unlike the average art museum visitor, design museum visitors seldom feel frightened or 12 . This is partly 13 design museums clearly show how and why mass-produced products work and look as they do, and how design has 14 the quality of our life. Art museum exhibits, on the other hand, would most probably fill visitors with a 15 that there is something beyond their understanding.

In recent years, several 16 design museums have opened their doors. Each of these museums has tried to satisfy the public’s 17 interest in the field with new ideas. London’s Design Museum, 18 , shows a collection of mass-produced objects from Zippo lighters to electric typewriters to a group of Italian fish-tins. The 19 open to design museums seem far less strict than that to art museums, and visitors may also 20 the humorous part of our society while walking around such exhibits as interesting and unusually attractive toys collected in our everyday life.

1. A. various B. important C. different D. special

2. A. design B. history C. science D. art

3. A. still B. even C. yet D. instead

4. A. demanded B. praised C. agreed D. argued

5. A. directions B. experiments C. goals D. advertisements

6. A. role B. way C. interest D. result

7. A. honoring B. examining C. correcting D. helping

8. A. among B. between C. correcting D. through

9. A. promises B. bears C. tries D. manages

10. A. comfort B. advantage C. technique D. shortcoming

11. A. guides B. methods C. exhibits D. functions

12. A. attracted B. moved C. tired D. puzzled

13. A. because B. why C. that D. whether

14. A. reduced B. valued C. ruined D. improved

15. A. surprise B. feeling C. regret D. hope

16. A. new B. traditional C. generous D. successful

17. A. lowering B. growing C. varying D. dying

18. A. after all B. however C. in the end D. for example

19. A. choice B. conclusion C. root D. produce

20. A. test B. end C. sense D. intend

解讀：本文是一篇說明文，主要介紹設(shè)計博物館的特色以及人們的看法等。通觀全文給人一種耳目一新的感覺。

答案及解析

1. C 考查語境理解。結(jié)合上下文可知，當(dāng)前開放的設(shè)計博物館扮演著與藝術(shù)博物館不同的角色。

2. A 考查語境理解。本篇主要講設(shè)計博物館的特色，再結(jié)合上句可知答案為A。

3. B 考查行文邏輯。用even表示本句話與上一句話之間存在遞進關(guān)系。

4. D 考查行文邏輯。從下句可知“有些人曾經(jīng)爭論說設(shè)計博物館經(jīng)常被一些新的工業(yè)技術(shù)當(dāng)作廣告使用”。故選argue“爭論，爭辯，爭吵”。

5. D 考查語境理解。下句說“它們的角色不僅僅是促銷”，因此可以判斷此處與廣告有關(guān)。答案是D。

6. A 考查邏輯推理。根據(jù)破折號后面的內(nèi)容“它是對好的發(fā)明產(chǎn)品的贊譽”可以判斷“其角色不僅僅是簡單的促銷”。

7. A 考查生活常識。能夠在博物館展出，說明該產(chǎn)品已經(jīng)得到了認(rèn)可，對于該產(chǎn)品而言是一種榮譽。四個選項中只有A合適。

8. B 考查語法知識。表示二者之間的差異時，通常用the difference between A and B。

9. C 考查生活常識，根據(jù)常識可知百貨公司櫥窗里所展示的產(chǎn)品是向顧客推銷的，是商家試圖賣給顧客的。

10. B 考查語境理解。后面句子的意思是“與藝術(shù)博物館的游客不同的是，設(shè)計博物館的游客很少感到害怕或迷惑”，由此可判斷“這是設(shè)計博物館的優(yōu)點之一”。答案為B。

11. C 考查邏輯推理。在設(shè)計博物館里，讓游客感到familiar的只能是“展品”。

12. D 考查語境理解。從后句“design museums clearly show how and why mass-produced products work and look as they do…”可知，設(shè)計博物館展出的東西淺顯易懂，所以游客很少會感到“迷惑”。答案為D。

13. A 考查行文邏輯。用because說明游客很少會感到害怕或迷惑的原因。

14. D 考查語句理解。句意為：它“改善”了我們的生活質(zhì)量。故選D。其他選項不合題意。

15. B 考查語境理解。根據(jù)后面的修飾語“that there is something beyond their understanding”可知這是對feeling的解釋說明，是參觀的感受，故選B。

16. A 考查語境理解。從后半句可知在最近幾年，幾家新的設(shè)計博物館開放了。

17. B 考查語境理解。上文提到The increasingly popular “design museums” that are opening today…可知公眾的興趣在“增加”。答案為B。

18. D 考查行文邏輯。這是拿London’s Design Museum作為例子，故選for example。

19. A 考查語境理解。從London’s Design Museum的展品可知“設(shè)計博物館對展品的選擇看起來不是很嚴(yán)格”。

20. C 考查語境理解。從后文“as interesting and unusually attractive toys collected in our everyday life”可知“游客會感到我們社會生活中的幽默部分”。

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