【阅读理解。Artmuseumsareplaceswherepeoplecanlearnaboutvariouscultures(文化).Theincreasinglypopular"designmuseums"thatareopeningtodayhoweverperformquiteadifferentrole.Unlikemostartmuseumsthedesig】

　　阅读理解。

　　Artmuseumsareplaceswherepeoplecanlearnaboutvariouscultures(文化).Theincreasinglypopular

　　"designmuseums"thatareopeningtodayhoweverperformquiteadifferentrole.Unlikemostart

　　museumsthedesignmuseumshowsobjectsthatareeasilyfoundbythegeneralpublic.Thesemuseums

　　sometimesevenplacethingslikefridgesandwashingmachinesinthecenterofthehall.

　　Peoplehavearguedthatdesignmuseumsareoftenmadeuseofasadvertisementsfornewindustrial

　　technology.Buttheirroleisnotsimplyamatterofsales-itisthehonoringofexcellentlyinventedproducts.

　　Thedifferencebetweenthewindowofadepartmentstoreandtheshowcaseinadesignmuseumisthatthe

　　firsttriestosellyousomethingwhilethesecondtellsyouthesuccessofasale.

　　Oneadvantageofdesignmuseumsisthattheyareplaceswherepeoplefeelfamiliarwiththeexhibits.

　　Unliketheaverageartmuseumvisitorsdesignmuseumvisitorsseldomfeelfrightenedorpuzzled(困惑).

　　Thisispartlybecausedesignmuseumsclearlyshowhowandwhymass-producedproductsworkandlook

　　astheydoandhowdesignhasimprovedthequalityofourlives.Artmuseumexhibitsontheotherhand

　　wouldmostprobablyfillvisitorswithafeelingthatthereissomethingbeyondtheirunderstanding.

　　Inrecentyearsseveralnewdesignmuseumshaveopenedtheirdoors.Eachofthesemuseumshastried

　　tosatisfythepublic'sgrowinginterestinthefieldwithnewideas.London'sDesignMuseumforexample

　　showsacollectionofmass-producedobjectsfromZippolighterstoelectrictypewriterstoagroupofItalian

　　fish-tins.Thechoicesopentodesignmuseumsseemfarlessstrictthanthosetoartmuseumsandvisitors

　　mayalsosensethehumorous(幽默的)partofoursocietywhilewalkingaroundsuchexhibitsasinteresting

　　andunusuallyattractivetoyscollectedinoureverydaylife.

　　1.Showcasesindesignmuseumsaredifferentfromstorewindowsbecausethey_____.

　　A.showmoretechnologicallyadvancedproducts

　　B.helpincreasethesalesofproducts

　　C.showwhytheproductshavesoldwell

　　D.att