| WELCOME TO THE READING COMPREHENSION TASK |
| VISITING MUSEUMS |
| You will be invited to give a talk on a museum.Before you give the persentation, you may find it interesting and useful to search in the Iternet for the information about museums. When you do so, try to keep the following questions in your mind: 1. Have you had the previous experience of visiting a museum? If so, what's your recent visit? Can you recall any details of the museum? What are they? 2. How can you find an interesting muaseum in the Internet, which you would like to recommend your friends to pay a visit? 3. How is a typical museum arranged? What kind of services does it provide? 4. How can you describe a specific exhibit in a museum? 5. What are the exhibits that interest you most? Why? 6. How does a web page of a museum present itself? Are ther any differances between your web surfing and your visiting on foot? What are they? When you do the searching,the following web sites are strongly recommended to you: National Museum of Australia Canadian Heritage Information Network Alexandria Museum of Art Bell Museum of Natural History |
| You may also use the following search engine to try visiting other museums on your own, if you find the above museums can't satisfy you. www.google.com www.singseek.com |