As we know, museums are building where many valuable and important objects are kept so that people can go and see them. For example, art museums are places where people can learn about v 1 cultures. More and more popular “design museums” that are opening today, however, perform quite a different role. U 2 most are museums, the design museum shows objects that are easily found in our daily life, such as fridges and washing machines.

The a 3 of design museums is that they are places where people feel familiar with the exhibits(展品). Being different from the art museum visitors, design museum visitors s 4 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 i 5 the quality of our lives. Art museum exhibits, on the other hand, would most probably fill visitors with a feeling that there is something b 6 their understanding.

Several new design museums have opened their doors in r 7 years. Each of these museums has tried to satisfy(满足) the public’s growing interest in the field with new i 8 . London’s Design Museum, for example, shows a collection of mass-produced objects from electric typewriters to a group of Italian fish-tins. The choices open to design museums seem f 9 less strict than those to art museum, and visitors may also sense(感觉到) the humorous part of our society while walking around such exhibits as interesting and unusually attractive toys c 10 from our everyday life. 

B) 根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。

Carrots are grown on farms and in small family gardens all over the world. It is one of the most popular sweet v  1  . When people think about the carrots, they usually think they are a kind of long, thin, orange-colored vegetable w  2  a good taste. In fact, carrots are in many different sizes and s  3 . And not all carrots are orange.
Carrots should be grown in a field that doesn’t hold w  4 for a long time. That is to say, the field should not be too wet. To prepare your carrot garden, dig up the earth and turn it over.  Weather, soil condition, and time
a  5  the way that carrots taste. Warm days and cool nights are the b  6  time to grow great tasty carrots. The quickest way to know if a carrot is ready to be harvested(收获) is to see its color. Usually, the brighter the color is, the better the taste is. Many people do not know that carrots can be grown d  7  the winter months. If the winter is not cold enough, you can grow carrots the same way as you d  8  in the summer months.
Carrots are prepared and eaten in many different ways. They are cut in thin p  9  and cooked with other vegetables or meat. Or they are washed and eaten just as they come out of the g  10 . If you don’t eat them at once, they can also be stored in the refrigerator for up to a month.

B) 根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。

Carrots are grown on farms and in small family gardens all over the world. It is one of the most popular sweet v  1   . When people think about the carrots, they usually think they are a kind of long, thin, orange-colored vegetable w  2   a good taste. In fact, carrots are in many different sizes and s  3  . And not all carrots are orange.

Carrots should be grown in a field that doesn’t hold w  4  for a long time. That is to say, the field should not be too wet. To prepare your carrot garden, dig up the earth and turn it over.  Weather, soil condition, and time

a  5   the way that carrots taste. Warm days and cool nights are the b  6   time to grow great tasty carrots. The quickest way to know if a carrot is ready to be harvested(收获) is to see its color. Usually, the brighter the color is, the better the taste is. Many people do not know that carrots can be grown d  7   the winter months. If the winter is not cold enough, you can grow carrots the same way as you d  8   in the summer months.

Carrots are prepared and eaten in many different ways. They are cut in thin p  9   and cooked with other vegetables or meat. Or they are washed and eaten just as they come out of the g  10  . If you don’t eat them at once, they can also be stored in the refrigerator for up to a month.

　　One evening Mrs Brown looked at her vegetables and said,“Tomorrow I am going to p(4) them.”

　　But early the next morning, her son ran i(5) the kitchen and shouted,“Mother! Mother! Come q(6) ! Our n(7) ducks are in the garden and they are eating our vegetables!”

　　Then a few days b(9) Christmas, the neighbour brought Mrs. Brown a parcel （包裹）. There was a beautiful, fat duck inside. And a piece of paper was on the parcel with w(10) ,”Enjoy your vegetables!`

根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。

When the Great Library of Alexandria burned，the story goes that one book was saved．But nobody thought it was a v__1__ book．A poor man，who could read a little，bought it for a few coins．

The book wasn't very interesting．but between its pages there was something very interesting i__2__．It was a thin strip of vellum（羊皮纸）on which as written the secret of the “Touchstone”!

The touchstone was a small pebble（卵石）that could t__3__ any common metal into pure gold．The writing e__4__ that it was lying among thousands of other pebbles that looked exactly like it．But the secret was that the real stone would feel w__5__，while ordinary pebbles were cold．

So the man camped on the seashore and began testing pebbles．He knew that if he picked up ordinary pebbles and threw them down again b__6__ they were cold，he might pick up the same pebble hundreds of t__7__．So，when he felt one that was cold，he threw it into the sea．He spent a whole day doing this but none of them was the touchstone．Y_8__ he went on and on this way．

One day，however，about mid-afternoon，he picked up a pebble and it was warm．He threw it into the sea b__9_ he realized what he had done．He had formed such a strong habit of throwing each pebble into the sea that when the one he wanted came along，he still threw it away．

So it is with opportunity（机会）．U__10__ we are careful，it's easy to fail to recognize an opportunity when it is in hand．