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第2篇
Urban Rainforest
On the west side of the island of Manhattan in New Y0rk City，tree by tree，leaf by leaf, a 2,500 square foot sector of the Central African Republic’s Dzanga Ndoki Rainforest has been transported to，or recreated at，the American Museum of Natural History’s new hall of biodiversity．When the hall opens this May, visitors will visit one of the world’s biggest and most accurate reproduction of one of nature’s most threatened creations．
To bring the rainforest to New Y0rk．a team of nearly two dozen scientists—the largest collecting expedition the museum has ever organised for an exhibit — spent five weeks in the African rainforest collecting soil，plants，and leaves；recording and documenting species；studying trees；shooting videotape and still photos；and interviewing local people．“This area has been explored very little,” says Hoel Cracraft who estimates that the museum will eventually collect 150 to 180 mammals，more than 300 species of birds，hundreds of butterflies，and hundreds of thousands，if not 111illions，of organisms．The exhibition may even have produced a special prize - scientists suspect they have uncovered several new species．
To give the forest a sense of realness，the back wall of the exhibit is an enormous videoscreen，sounds will come out from hidden speakers．and plans even call for forest smells．Computer controls will vary the effects so that no two walkthroughs will ever be exactly the same．
After the team returned to New York．the forest was reproduced with the help of the computer Computer modelling programmes plotted distances and special relationships．Artists studied photos and brought what they saw to 1ife．Plaster trees were made．Recreated animals began to stand in the rainforest of the hall．Flying creatures will hang from the ceiling．The 1ight in the forest—one of the exhibit’s cleverest re-creations—will seem real．Long tube 1ights will have the correct colour and temperature to produce a natural effect．The plants and animals exhibited throughout the hall exist naturally in a perfect balance—remove one．and the whole is imperfect if not endangered．The exhibit is proof to the hope that the world’s rainforests will never exist solely as a carefully preserved artifact．
词汇：
biodiversity n．生物多样性
document v．纪实性地描述
mammal n．哺乳类动物
organism n．微生物
exhibit n．展品
walkthrough n．开拍前的排练，预排
plot v．为……设定
plaster n．熟石膏
artifact n．人工制品
1． What is this passage mainly about?
A) The history of the American Museum of Natural History．
B)The reproduction of the rainforest at a New York museum．
C)Visitors’ interest in the rainforest reproduction at a New York museum
D)Saving rainforests in the Central African Republic．
2．How did the museum collect the data in the Central African Republic?
A)It sent a large team of scientists there．
B)It cooperated with many African scientists．
C)It recruited local people to collect mammals，etc．．
D)It sent cameramen to shoot videotapes．
3．To give the forest a sense of realness．all the following are used EXCEPT that
A)hidden loudspeakers are used to produce forest sound．
B)a huge videoscreen is put up on the back wall．
C)special equipment is employed to produce forest smells．
D)the forest is surrounded by front and back walls．
4．What is the main theme of the last paragraph?
A)The layout of the rainforest exhibition．
B)The balance between animals and plants．
C)The clever design of lighting．
D)Preservation of the rainforest exhibition as an artifact
5．What does the last sentence of the passage most probably mean?
A)The rainforest in the Central African Republic will be preserved forever．
B)The well-designed exhibit will be preserved as an artifact．
C)The exhibit reflects the hope that natural rainforests will be well preserved
D)The exhibit of the rainforest in the museum is the sole one in the world．
参考答案:
1．B通篇文章谈的是把中非共和国的雨林重现于位于纽约的一个博物馆中。这就是本文的主旨。职称英语
2．A第二段第一句就说博物馆组织了20余位科学家到中非共和国实地考察与收集资料。选项B、C、D都与上述说法不符。
3．D 第三段提到选项A、B、C分别列出的声、像、味，但选项D没有提到。所以选项D是答案。
4．A第四段具体提到展品的距离、相互关系、动植物制作、灯光等问题，所以本段是涉及展览的设计、布局，选项A是正确的。
5．C最后一句点出了在博物馆展出雨林的目的，希望自然界的雨林不会消失。这个雨林展览也就不会成为自然界雨林惟一的存在形式。C是最接近原意的选项。
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