The science museum is a major museum on Exhibition Road in South Kensington in London. It was founded in 1857 and today is one of the city’s main tourist attractions. In most museums, there is no shouting and no running, and you must not touch anything. However, the Science Museum is different because it is busy and noisy. People talk about what they can see and do there, and some machines（机械）also work. It’s a good way to learn about science, because you can find the answer and try the idea.
At the Science Museum, I always visit OFF Floor that is quite crowded. This is my favorite because physical experiment（实验）can be done in it. If you want to fill a bag with sand, you have to drive a kind of truck on wheels and move it into the right place. You can also find out how people travel into space and back again.
I like to visit the rooms on the second and third floors. You can learn about communications and the environment as well as math, physics, and chemistry. For example, you can find out how people dig coal from the ground and use it to create energy（能量）. And in one room they even explain how X-rays let you see inside your body.
Then when we go to the fourth floor, Glimpses of Medical History, you can learn about what medicine（药）was like in the past, with exhibits of medical instrument and practices from old days and from many countries. If you compare the medicine of past with the medicine of today, you will feel very lucky next time you visit a doctor!
The Science Museum is interesting for people of all ages. You can always find something new and have a wonderful time there. You don’t need to spend money entering it, so you can go in for a few minutes or stay all day. It is open daily from 10 am. to 6 pm. There, you can do many things, but you have to follow some rules. For example, you can not shoot exhibits. But you can buy postcards about them in the museum shop.
So if you ever go to London, make sure you visit the Science Museum. It is one of the most attractive museums around the world!
【小题1】According to Paragraph 1, how is the Science Museum different from most museum?| A．There is no shouting and no running. |
| B．You must not touch anything. |
| C．You cannot talk about what you see. |
| D．You can try the idea about science. |
| A．Because you can find out how people travel into space. |
| B．Because there are lots of physical experiments. |
| C．Because you compare medicine in the past with today. |
| D．Because people can find out how they dig coal. |
| A．the first floor | B．the second floor |
| C．the third floor | D．the fourth floor |
| A．Doctors are much better today than those in the past |
| B．The history of the museum is shorter than 160 years |
| C．You can buy something at the Science Museum |
| D．You have to pay for the tickets to the museum |
| A．how to see a doctor next time |
| B．how to create energy by using coal |
| C．how to dig coal by using energy |
| D．how to get an X-ray inside your body |
