Question

What is a museum? A museum is a good place to keep old and beautiful things. A museum may be a place to learn about science and a place to find out about art or people or animals.

What is inside a museum? Some museums have old cars and airplanes. Many museums have pictures and statues(雕塑). Others have rocks and old bones (骨头). One museum even has a real old street inside. It has shops and people’s statues doing business. It looks so real that one might feel that he was back to the old time.

Many cities have museums. Some very small towns have museums, too. Indianapolis has a children’s museum. Children do not have to pay (付款) to get in. Children often go to the museum. They like to look at the dinosaur (恐龙)bones. They see a white bear ten feet tall.

On Saturdays, Indianapolis children can hear talks about animals and trees. They see movies. They take hikes. They even learn to make things there.

1.What is Not true about a museum?

A. It’s a good place to do some shopping.

B. People can learn about the history of a place there.

C. People can learn about science there.

D. It’s a good place to learn about art.

2.In Indianapolis _______________.

A. there is only one museum for children

B. it’s free for children to visit the children’s museum

C. people do not have to pay to visit the children’s museum

D. museums are all the same

3. In the children’s museum in Indianapolis, children like to see ___________.

A. the dinosaur bones       B. all old bones

C. old streets             D. airplanes

4. The main idea of the passage is that____________.

A. old cars and airplanes are in museums

B. There are many animals and trees in museums

C. there are all kinds of museums

D. children like museums

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.A

4.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了博物馆的定义和以及博物馆里可以看到的东西。博物馆是保存古老的和漂亮的东西的好地方，是了解科学的地方，是了解艺术或者人或者动物的地方。孩子们在博物馆可以看到一些图片，听到关于动物和树木的谈论，可以看到电影，也可以学会做东西。

1.A细节理解题。museum is a good place to keep old and beautiful things. A museum may be a place to learn about science and a place to find out about art or people or animals.可知博物馆是保存古老的和漂亮的东西的好地方，是了解科学的地方，是了解艺术或者人或者动物的地方。因此文中并没有提到博物馆是购物的好地方，故选A。

2.B细节理解题。Indianapolis has a children’s museum. Children do not have to pay to get in.可知在印第安纳波利斯，孩子们可以免费参观儿童博物馆，故选B。

3.A细节理解题。 They like to look at the dinosaur(恐龙) bones. 可知在印第安纳波利斯的儿童博物馆，孩子们喜欢看恐龙骨骼，故选A。

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考点：考查政治经济文化类短文阅读。