Going on a road trip？The Statue of Liberty，Golden Gate Bridge and the Hearst Castle are common great tourist sites.But if you prefer offbeat places，check out the following roadside attractions.
World's Largest Ball of Paint
Alexandria，Ind.
In 1977，Michael Carmichael set out to create the biggest ball of paint anywhere.Starting with a baseball as the centre，he painted coat after coat of paint day after day，year after year.The ball weighs more than 1 ，300 pounds，with more than 20，000 coats of paint，which is recognised by Guinness World Records.Visitors can paint the ball themselves and become part of history.
The Museum of Dirt
Boston，Mass.
The museum is the idea of Glenn Johnson.In the glass bottles are such treasures as dirt from the Great Wall of China，as well as sand from a desert in Saudi Arabia and Omaha Beach in France.Best of all，the cost of seeing this museum is dirt cheap：It's free.
Mount Horeb Mustard Museum
Mount Horeb，Wis.
It's heaven for hot dog lovers!This museum says that it has to have the world's largest collection of prepared mustard （芥末）.It's more than 4，100 bottles of spices （香料） come from 60 nations，including Turkey and China.Visitors learn the history of mustard，from how it's made to how it's advertised and sold.The museum's creator，Barry Levenson，loves mustard so much that he even puts it on ice cream!
Paper House
Rock port，Mass，
Elis Stenman was much ahead of his time in 1922，when he started to build a two-room house almost completely out of newspaper.At the time，people didn't give much - if any - thought to recycling （回收利用） paper.In fact， "recycling" wasn't even a word jye.ain.The house is framed （以......做框架） with wood，but the walls are made of newspaper only.In all，he used about 100，000 newspapers.
（1）What can the underlined word "offbeat" in the first paragraph best be replaced by？ DD
A．perfect.
B．quiet.
C．public.
D．unusual.
（2）Which of the following can provide hands-on experience？ AA
A．World's Largest Ball of Paint.
B．The Museum of Dirt.
C．Mount Horeb Mustard Museum.
D．Paper House.
（3）What can we learn from the text？ CC
A．Michael is a famous artist.
B．Paper House is completely made of paper.
C．Visitors needn't pay for the Museum of Dirt.
D．Glenn is attracted by ancient Chinese civilisation.
【答案】D；A；C
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Where：Australia，from Adelaide to Darwin via Alice Springs.
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（3）Which route goes through different countries？
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