2020年職稱英語考試試題《衛(wèi)生類》概括大意課堂練習(xí)46

1、2020年職稱英語考試試題衛(wèi)生類概括大意課堂練習(xí) 46Museums in the Modern WorldMuseums have changed. They are no longer places for the privileged few or for bored vacationers to visit on rainydays. Action and democracy are words used in descriptions ofmuseums now.At a science museum in Ontario， Canada， you can feel your hai

2、r stand on end as harmless electricity passes throughyour body. At the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City，you can look at 17th century instruments while listening totheir music. At the Modern Museum in Sweden， you can put on costumes provided by the Stockholm Opera. As these examples show，

3、museums are reaching out to new audiences， particularly the young， the poor， and the less educatedmembers of the population. As a result， attendance isincreasing.More and more ， museums directors are realizing that people learn best when they can somehow become part of whatthey are seeing. In many s

4、cience museums， for example，there are no guided tours. The visitor is encouraged to touch，listen， operate ， and experiment so as to discover scientific principles for himself. He can have the experience of operating a spaceship or a computer. He can experiment with glass blowing and paper making. Th

5、e purpose is not only to provide fun but also to help people feel at home in the world of science. The theory is that people who do notunderstand science will probably fear it， and those who fear science will not use it to best advantage. Many museums nowprovide educational services and children s d

6、epartments. In addition to the usual displays， they also offer film showings and dance programs. Instead of being places that one “should ” visit， they are places to enjoy.One cause of all these changes is the increase in wealth and leisure time. Another cause is the rising percentage of young peopl

7、e in the population. Many of these young people are college students or college graduates. They are better educated than their parents. They see things in a new and different way. They are not content to stand and look at works of are; they want art they can participate in. The sameis true of scienc

8、e and history. In the US， certain groupswho formerly were too poor to care about anything beyond the basic needs of daily life are now becoming curious about theworld around them. The young people in these groups， like young people in general， have benefited from a bettereducation than their parents

9、 received. All these groups， and the rest of the population as well， have been influenced by television， which has taught them about other places andother times.The effect of all this has been to change existingmuseums and to encourage the building of new ones. In the USand Canada alone ， there are

10、now more than 6，000 museums， almost twice as many as there were 25 years ago. About halfof them are devoted to history， and the rest are evenlydivided between the arts and sciences. The number of visitors，according to the American Association of museums， has risen to more than 700 million a year.In

11、fact， the crowds of visitors at some museums are creating a major problem. Admission to museums has alwaysbeen either free or very inexpensive， but now some museums are charging entrance fees for the first time or raisingtheir prices. Even when raised， however ， entrance fees are generally too low t

12、o support a museum， with its usuallylarge building and its highly trained staff.1. Paragraph 2.2. Paragraph 3.3. Paragraph 4.4. Paragraph 5.A Causes of changesB Increasing number of museums and visitors C Museums getting closer to more spectators D Movies shown in museumsE New notions about the management of museumsF Places tovisit5. Now museums are no longer restricted to the privileged few， but.6. Wi