【正文】 e Children’s Museum in New York, you can play an African drum. There are no “Do Not Touch” signs in some 36 museums in the USA. More and more museum directors 37 that people learn best when they can bee part of what they are 38 . In many science museums, the visitors are encouraged to touch, listen, operate and experiment so as to discover scientific rules for themselves.The purpose is 39 to provide fun, but also to help people feel at home in the world of science. If people don’t understand science, they 40 afraid of it, and if they are afraid of science, they will not make the best use of it.One cause of all these changes is the increase in wealth and spare time. The other cause is the growing number of young people in the population. Many of them are collage students or college graduates. They see things in a new and 41 way. They want art that they can take part in. The same is true of science and history.The old museums have been changing and the government is encouraging the building of new, modern museums. In the United States and Canada, there are more than 6,000 museums, almost twice as 42 as there were 25 year ago.33. A. long B. longer C. longest D. the longest34. A. enjoy B. enjoying C. to enjoy D. pass35. A. passes B. pass C. passed D. to pass36. A. the other B. others C. the others D. other37. A. has realized B. have realized C. realize D. realized38. A. seeing B. see C. saw D. to see39. A. just B. not just C. not only D. only40. A. are B. were C. would be D. will be41. A. special B. strange C. different D. traditional42. A. many B. much C. more D. most三、語法填空Live SmallIn Europe and North America, families are getting smaller, but homes are not. In many 43. (country) they are getting bigger. Bigger homes are more expensive and heating 44. (they) in cold weather is worse for the environment. Many people believe it39。s time to think about 45. size of our homes.Sixteenyearold Austin Hay is building a home on his parents39。 drive. Although it39。s only meters wide and meters long, it39。s 46. (get) everything important, including a shower room, a kitchen and a bedroom with a low ceiling (房頂，天花板).W47. I was a kid, I wanted to build a treehouse or a boathouse. Austin explains, But this house on wheels is the 48. (cool) of all.Austin doesn39。t do any building during the week because he39。s busy with schoolwork and 49. (play) basketball. But at the weekend he usually works hard on his house. At the moment I39。m working on the doors. I can do it 50. (easy), so my dad isn39。t helping me. He only 51. (help) with the difficult things.Austin is sleeping in his little house this summer. And in the future? University is very expensive in the USA, but for me, it39。ll be cheaper. I have my little house, I will take it w52. me wherever I go.8