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语鹅市安置阳光实验学校专题限时训练(二十五) [文化教育型阅读理解]

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(一)

There are many famous museums throughout the world where people can

enjoy art. Washington D .C.has the National Gallery of Art (美术馆);

Paris has the Louvre; London, the British Museum. Florida International

University (FIU) in Miami also shows art for people to see. And it does

so without a building, or even a wall for its drawings and paintings.

FIU has opened what it says is the first computer art museum in

the United States. You don’t have to visit the University to see the

art. You just need a computer linked to a telephone.

You can call the telephone number of a University computer and

connect your own computer to it. All of the art is stored in the school

computer. It is computer art, produced electronically (采用电子手段) by

artists in their own computers. In only a few minutes, your computer can

receive and copy all the pictures and drawings.

Robert Shostak is director of the new computer museum. He says he started the museum because computer artists had no place to show their

work.

A computer artist could only record his pictures electronically

and send the records, or floppy discs (软盘), to others to see on their

computers. He could also put his pictures on paper. But to print good

pictures in paper, the computer artist needed an expensive laser (激光) printer.

Robert Shostak says the electronic museum is mostly for art or

computer students at schools and universities. Many of the pictures in

the museum are made by students. Mr Shostak says the FIU museum will make

computer art more fun for computer artists because more people can see

it. He says artists will enjoy their work much more if they have

an_audience. And the great number of home computers in America could mean

a huge audience for the electronic museum.

( )1.The main purpose of this text is to give information

about________.

A．famous museums through the world

B．a computer art museum in Miami, U．S.A.

C．art exhibitions in Florida International University D．latest development in computer art

( )2.To see the art in FIU museum, your special needs

include________.

A．floppy discs

B．a computer and a printer

C．pictures and drawings on paper

D．a computer connected to the museum by telephone line

( )3.What are stored in this museum?

A．Paintings drawn by means of computer.

B．Different styles of paintings.

C．Old paintings.

D．Drawings done by art students of FIU.

( )4.The museum was started when________.

A．Robert Shostak wanted to do something for computer scientists

B．Robert Shostak wanted to help computer artists

C．art students needed a place to show their works

D．computer scientists wanted to do something about art

( )5.The words “an audience” in the last paragraph here refer

to ________. A．art students

B．owners of computers

C．exhibits in the museum

D．those who can enjoy art

(二)

Most young people enjoy some forms of physical activities. It may

be walking, cycling or swimming, or in winter, skating or skiing. It may

be a game of some kind, football, hockey, golf, tennis, or it may be

mountaineering.

Those who have a passion (热情，激情) for climbing high and

difficult mountains are often looked upon with astonishment. Why are men

and women willing to suffer cold and hardship, and to take risks on high

mountains? This astonishment is caused probably by the difference

between mountaineering and other forms of activities to which men give

their leisure.

Mountaineering is a sport and not a game. There are no man­made

rules, as there are for such games as golf and football. There are, of

course, rules of a different kind, which would be dangerous to ignore,

but it is this freedom from man­made rules that makes mountaineering attractive to many people. Those who climb mountains are free to use their

own methods.

If we compare mountaineering with other more familiar sports, we

might think that one big difference is that mountaineering is not a

“game”. We would be mistaken in this assumption. There are, it is true,

no “matches” between “teams” of climbers, but when climbers are on

a rock face linked by a rope on which their lives may depend, there is

obviously teamwork.

The mountain climber knows that he may have to fight forces that

are stronger and more powerful than man. He has to fight the forces of

nature. This sport requires high mental and physical capacities.

C．it requires mental and physical qualities

D．mountaineers depend on each other while climbing

( )9.Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Mountaineers compete against each other.

B．Mountaineers compete against other teams.