Question

You are the collector in the gallery of your life. You collect. You might not mean to but you do. One out of three people collects tangible（有形的）things such as cats, photos and noisy toys.

These are among some 40 collections that are being shown at “The Museum Of”—the first of several new museums which, over the next two years, will exhibit the objects accumulated （積累） by unknown collectors. In doing so, they will promote（推動） a popular culture of museums, not what museums normally represent （代表）.

Some of the collections are fairly common—records, model houses. Others are strangely beautiful—branches that have fallen from tree, for example. But they all reveal （顯露）a lot of things: ask someone what they collect and their answers will tell you who they are.

Others on the way include “The museum of Collectors” and “The Museum of Me.” These new ones, it is hoped, will build on the success of “The Museum Of.” The thinkers behind the project want to explore why people collect, and what it means to do so. They hope that visitors who may not have considered themselves collectors will begin to see they, too, collect.

Some collectors say they started or stopped making collections at important points: the beginning or end of adolescence ( 青春期 )—“it’s a growing-up thing; you stop when you grow up,” says one. Other painful times are mentioned, such as the end of a relationship.

1.How will the new museums promote a popular culture of museums?

A. By collecting more tangible things.

B. By showing what ordinary people have collected.

C. By correcting what museums normally represent.

D. By accumulating 40 collections two years from now.

2.What can be learned about collectors from their collections?

A. Who they are.

B. How old they are.

C. Where they were born.

D. Why they might not mean to collect.

3.Which of the following is an aim of the new museums?

A. To help people sell their collections.

B. To encourage more people to collect.

C. To study the importance of collecting.

D. To find out why people visit museums.

4.According to the last paragraph, people may stop collecting when they _______.

A. become adults

B. feel happy with life

C. are ready for a relationship

D. are in their childhood

Answer 1

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.A

【解析】

試題分析：文章介紹一些新博物館，收藏的是普通人的收藏品，他們這么做的目的是想通過展示普通人收集的東西來促進(jìn)博物館文化的，研究收藏的重要性。

1.小題1】細(xì)節(jié)題：根據(jù)文章第二段的第二、三行的句子：the first of several new museums which, over the next two years, will exhibit the objects accumulated by unknown collectors. In doing so, they will promote a popular culture of museums, not what museums normally represent.可知新的博物館是通過展示普通人收集的東西來促進(jìn)博物館文化的，所以選B。

2.小題2】細(xì)節(jié)題：根據(jù)文章第三段的最后一個句子：But they all reveal （顯露）a lot of things: ask someone what they collect and their answers will tell you who they are.可知從人們的收藏中可以看出他們是什么樣的人，選A

3.小題3】細(xì)節(jié)題：根據(jù)文章第四段第四行的句子：The thinkers behind the project want to explore why people collect, and what it means to do so. They hope that visitors who may not have considered themselves collectors will begin to see they, too, collect.可知新的博物館是想探索人們?yōu)槭裁词詹�，收藏的意義是什么，所以它們的目的是研究收藏的重要性，所以選C

4.小題4】細(xì)節(jié)題：根據(jù)文章最后一段第二行的句子：“it’s a growing-up thing; you stop when you grow up,”says one.可知人們在成年后會停止收集東西，所以選A。

考點(diǎn)：考查說明文閱讀。