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 museum shows objects that are easily found by the general public These museums sometimes even place things like fridges and washing machines in the center of the hall
Pele 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 is the honoring of excellently invented products. The difference between the window of a department store and the showcase 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 exhihits. 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 between their understanding.
In recent years, several new design museums have opened their door. 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 such exhibits as interesting and unusually attractive toys collected in our everyday life.
小題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．a(chǎn)ttract more people than store windows do
小題2:The author believes that most design museum visitors＿．
A．do not admire mass-produced products
B．a(chǎn)re puzzled with technological exhibits
C．dislike exhibits in art museums
D．know the exhibits very well
小題3:The choices open to design museums＿
A. are not as strict as those to art museums
B, are not aimed to interest the public
C. may fail to bring some pleasure to visitors
D. often contain precious exhibits
小題4:The best title for this passage is“＿”
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

小題1:C
小題2:D
小題3:A
小題4:C

試題分析：這篇文章講的是設(shè)計(jì)博物館的本質(zhì)，以及它們和普通的藝術(shù)博物館的區(qū)別。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題：從第二段的句子：The difference between the window of a department store and the
showcase in a design museum is that the first tries to sell you something, while the second tellsyou the success of a sale.可知設(shè)計(jì)博物館的玻璃柜臺(tái)和商店的櫥窗的不同是它們展示的是為什么這個(gè)商品賣(mài)得好。選C
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)題：從文章第三段的句子：One advantage of design museums is that they are places where people feel familiar with the exhihits.可知作者相信大多數(shù)設(shè)計(jì)博物館的游客都非常了解展覽，選D
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)題：從文章第四段的句子：The choices open to design museums seem far less strict than those to art museums, 可知設(shè)計(jì)博物館的開(kāi)放的選擇沒(méi)有藝術(shù)博物館的選擇嚴(yán)格，選A
小題4:標(biāo)題確定題：從文章的內(nèi)容和第一段的句子: 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.可知這篇文章講的是設(shè)計(jì)博物館的本質(zhì)，選C
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