Question

As we know, museums are buildings with many precious and important objects(物品) from different places. They are kept so that people can go and see them. For example, art museums are places where people can learn about d1. cultures. More and more popular "design museums" are opening today, h2., play quite a different role. Unlike most art museums, the design museum shows objects that are e3. found in our daily life, such as fridges and washing machines. The a4. of design museums is that they are places where people feel familiar with the exhibits. Being different from the art museum visitors, design museum visitors s5. feel frightened or puzzled. This is partly because design museums clearly show how and why mass-products(批量产品) work and look as they do, and how design has i6.our lives. People can see the better changes of the products. Art museum exhibits, on the o7. hand, would most probably fill visitors with a feeling that there is something they don't understand.

Several new design museums have opened their doors in recent years. Each of these museums has tried to satisfy the public's growing interest in the field with new i8.. London's Design Museum, for e9., shows a collection of mass-produced objects from electric typewriters to a group of Italian fish-tins. The choices open to design museums seem far less s10.than those to art museum. Visitors may also sense the humorous part of our society while walking around such exhibits as interesting and unusually attractive toys collected from our everyday life.

Answer

1.different

2.however

3.easily

4.advantage

5.seldom

6.improved

7.other

8.ideas

9.museums

10.strict/serious

【解析】短文大意：博物馆通常是存放珍贵和重要物品的地方，但是设计博物馆不同于一般博物馆。设计博物馆有其独特的地方。

1.句意：例如，艺术博物馆是人们了解不同文化的地方。different形容词，不同的；different culture不同的文化。故填：different。

2.句意：如今，越来越多的“设计博物馆”开始对外开放，但扮演着不同的角色。 however然而，表示转折。故填：however。

3.句意：与大多数艺术博物馆不同的是，设计博物馆展示了在我们日常生活中很容易找到的物品，比如冰箱和洗衣机。easy形容词，容易的；easily副词，容易地，修饰动词found。 故填：easily。

4.句意：设计博物馆的优势在于它们是人们熟悉展品的地方。advantage名词，优点；The advantage of，...的优点。故填：advantage。

5.句意：不同于美术馆的参观者，设计博物馆的参观者很少感到害怕或困惑。seldom副词，难得; 很少。故填：seldom。

6.句意：部分原因是因为设计博物馆清楚地表明如何以及为何批量产品是这样, 以及如何改善了我们的生活。improved动词，提高、改善。has+动词的过去分词，是现在完成时态的结构,表示过去的动作对现在造成的影响和结果。故填：improved。

7.句意：另一方面，艺术博物馆的展品很可能会让参观者感到有些东西是他们不理解的。固定搭配on the other hand另一方面。故填：other。

8.句意：这些博物馆中的每一个都试图用新的思想满足公众对该领域日益增长的兴趣。idea名词，想法、观点。with new ideas用新想法。故填：ideas。

9.句意：例如，伦敦的设计博物馆展示了一批从电动打字机到一批意大利鱼罐头的成批生产的物品。 example名词，例子；for example例如, 后跟事例。 故填：example,

10.句意：设计博物馆的开放似乎远没有艺术博物馆那么严格。 strict形容词，严格的、严谨的；serious形容词，严肃的、认真的。整篇理解，作者想表达的设计博物馆的开放资格不严。故填：strict/serious。

点睛：本题是短文填空题，注意上下文的语境，确定所缺单词词义，然后在句中确定词形；

日常学习时，注意固定搭配的学习，掌握近义词的使用。加强整体意识，把握文章的主要内容。