请选用所给的单词填空,注意有一个是多余的。每个单词只能用一次。
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A.dislike B.satisfy C.center D.familiar E.understanding F.role G.honoring H.frightened I.improved J.strict |
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 1 .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 _2 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 3 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 4 with the exhibits.Unlike the average art museum visitors, design museum visitors seldom feel 5 or puzzled.This is partly because design museums clearly show how and why mass-produced products work, and how design has 6 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 __7__.
In recent years, several new design museums have opened their doors.Each of these museums has tried to 8 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 _9 than those to art museums.
--- How often do you work out?
--- _________, but usually once a week.
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A.Have no idea. |
B.It depends. |
C.As usual. |
D.Generally speaking. |
--- Where did you find Lily?
--- It is in the bookstore _________ she is working _________ I found her.
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A.in which; where |
B.which; that |
C.where; that |
D.that; where |
I _________ here earlier, but I couldn’t catch the first bus.
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A.should come |
B.have come |
C.should be |
D.should have come |
The English teacher suggested Lily that she _________ more English books.
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A.reads |
B.must read |
C.read |
D.can read |
______, he always makes time for his family.
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A.No matter he is busy |
B.No matter how busy he is |
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C.However he is busy |
D.However busy is he |
Washington, a state in the United States, was named _______ one of the greatest American presidents.
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A.in honor of |
B.in spite of |
C.in favor of |
D.in face of |