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Art museums are places where people can learn about various cultures(文化). 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.

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 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 exhibits. Unlike the average art museum visitors, design museum visitors seldom feel frightened or puzzled(困惑). 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(幽默的) part of our society while walking around such exhibits as interesting and unusually attractive toys collected in our everyday life.

72. 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

73. The author believes that most design museum visitors ______.

A. do not admire mass-produced products

B. are puzzled with technological exhibits

C. dislike exhibits in art museums

D. know the exhibits very well

74. 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

75. 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

 

第二卷(共35分)

四、写作(共两节，满分35分)

第一节：短文改错(共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分)

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾(√)；如有错误(每行只有一个错误)，则按下列情况改正：

此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线( \ )划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错的不要改。

I still remember my middle school life in Tianjin yet. I was then 76. _____

in a school for students from Tibet. As we were all left home 77. _____

at early age, we met lots of problems in our daily life. We 78. _____

had to do the washing, cleaning and shopping by us. However, 79. ____

we seldom felt lonely or helplessly. We enjoyed our happy life. 80. ____

At weekends, we would play basketball, swimming in the pool 81. _____

or go for a picnic. We were living in a big family. We treat 82. _____

each other as brothers and sisters. If any one of us had any 83. _____

difficulty in our life and study, the other would help him out. 84. ____

It has been five years when we graduated, but those memories 85. _____

are as sweet as ever before.