A
Leila's Hair Museum
Before the invention of photography, people kept memories of loved ones by creating mementos (纪念物) using human hair. In 1986, Leila Cohoon opened a museum in Independence, Missouri, to show her collection of more than 2,000 pieces of hairbased art collected over 30 years. Billed as the only hair museum in the world, it includes more than 600 braided hair wreaths (花环) and 2,000 pieces of jewellery dating back to the mid1600s. “My museum is filled with other people's families，” Leila says. “It tells a story.”
International UFO Museum and Research Center
On July 7, 1947, a farmer discovered mysterious metallic debris (金属碎片) in his farm outside Roswell, New Mexico. Roswell Army Air Field (RAAF) originally said it recovered a flying disc. The next day, RAAF changed its words: The object was a weather balloon. Stories of a UFO and a government coverup spread. Each year, 180,000 people check out the dirt from the UFO crash site, photos, and reports about the Roswell incident.
Museum of Bad Art
Not all art is created equal. After finding an oil painting in the rubbish in 1993—the now classic Lucy in the Field with Flowers—Scott Wilson started collecting bad art. Before long, he showed his finds at the Somerville movie theater. The Museum of Bad Art (MOBA) gives the public a firsthand look at some of the world's worst “disasterpieces”. Popular paintings include Mona Lisa, Hollywood Lips, and Drilling for Eggs. “MOBA is always on the lookout for the best of the worst，” said cofounder Marie Jackson. “But what an artist considers to be bad doesn't always meet our low standards.”
Mutter Museum
Welcome to the Mutter Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania—home to more than 5,000 brains, bones, and dead bodies! In 1858, Dr Thomas Dent Mütter gave his collection of preserved body parts, and bones to The College of Physicians to improve medical education, which led to the museum's creation in 1863. Today, Mütter Museum is the most famous medical museum in America, housing a wall of bones, and pieces of Albert Einstein's brain.
文章介绍了美国四个最奇怪的博物馆——莱拉头发博物馆、UFO博物馆、糟糕艺术博物馆和马特博物馆。
1．What is special about Leila's Hair Museum?
A．It is full of family stories.
B．It houses the world's greatest photos.
C．It holds collections from around the globe.
D．It was opened to remember Leila's loved ones.
答案：A
解析：细节理解题。根据题干中的关键词Leila's Hair Museum定位到文章的第一部分。根据该部分中的“‘My museum is filled with other people's families，’ Leila says. ‘It tells a story.’”可知，莱拉头发博物馆里满是家庭的故事，故答案是A。
2．What can you find in the Mutter Museum?
A．Photos about the Roswell incident.
B．Some of Albert Einstein's brain.
C．2,000 pieces of jewellery.
D．Mona Lisa.
答案：B
解析：细节理解题。根据题干中的关键词Mutter Museum定位到文章的最后一部分。根据该部分最后一句中的“housing a wall of bones, and pieces of Albert Einstein's brain”可知，马特博物馆里收藏有爱因斯坦的大脑碎片，故答案是B。
3．What do the four museums have in common?
A．They are newlyfounded museums.
B．They are unpopular among visitors.
C．They are quite unusual.
D．They are artcentered.
答案：C
解析：推理判断题。通读全文可知，四个博物馆向人们展示的分别是头发、不明飞行物、糟糕的艺术作品以及人的大脑、骨头和尸体，由此可推知，这四个博物馆的共同之处为他们都是不同寻常的，故答案是C。
