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  Visitorstomuseumshavetopay“voluntary”admissionfeesBorisJohnsonthemayor(市长)ofLondonurgedyesterday.Hesaidthatencouragingvisitorstosetavalueonmuseumsandartgallerieswhichhavebeenfreesince2001w

  Visitorstomuseumshavetopay“voluntary”admissionfeesBorisJohnsonthemayor(市长)ofLondonurgedyesterday.Hesaidthatencouragingvisitorstosetavalueonmuseumsandartgallerieswhichhavebeenfreesince2001wouldworkextremelywell.Mr.JohnsonheldupNewYork’sMetropolitanMuseumofArtasamodel.AlthoughNewYork’smuseumsareofficiallyfreevisitorsarestronglyencouragedtopayarecommendedentryfeeof$20.AttheMetentryisimpossiblewithoutfirstgoingtotheticketdesk.

  Mr.Johnson’sspokesmanlateradmittedthatfreeadmissionwasa“hugedraw”forLondonbuthesaid“HavingvisitedtheMetlastweekthemayorisimpressedbyhowtheymaximizevoluntarycontributionsandbelievestherearelessonstobelearnt.”MarkJonesdirectoroftheVictoriaandAlbertMuseumtoldTheTimesthatthemuseumalreadyrequesteda?3donationbutwasnotasforcefulasNewYork’sinstitutions.Hesaid“I’mnotinfavorofanythingthatmakespeoplefeeltheywon’twanttogobecausetheyfeelliketheywillhavetopay.”

  Whenentrancefeestonationalmuseumsweredecidednottobechargedherein2001therewasa70percentincreaseinvisitornumbersinthefirstyear.Politicalpartieshavesincebeenunwillingtosuggestchangedespiteconcernsaboutcost.HugoSwiretheformerShadowCultureSecretarywasdismissedin2007forsuggestingthat“museumsandgalleriesshouldhavetherighttochargeiftheywish”.

  Someintheartcommunityarguehoweverthatfreeentrancehasdonelittletoincreasethebreadth(广泛)ofvisitorsandhascausedshortfallsinthebudgetforthemuseums.InresponsetoitColinTweedychiefexecutiveofArts&BusinesssaidthatBritainwas“leadingtheworld”inallowingitstreasurestobefreelyavailable.Hesaid“Toreturntomuseumchargingwouldbeareturntothedarkages.”

  BenBradshawtheCultureSecretarysaid“Themayorrevealedhistrueintentionwhenhesuggestedthosewhocouldafforditshouldbeencouragedtocontributetothearts.Ibelieveitisadisasterforthecultureartsandsport.”HethinksthatfreemuseumsandgallerieshaveoncebeenoneofthisGovernment’sgreatsuccesses.

  67.Itcanbeinferredfromthefirsttwoparagraphsthat______.

  A.museumsinLondonarefreebynow

  B.mostmuseumsinLo

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