There are many famous museums throughout the world where people can enjoy art, Washington, D.C. has the National Gallery of Art(美術(shù)館); 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 (采用電子手段) by artists on 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 works.
A computer artist could only record his pictures electronically and send the records, or floppy discs(軟盤), to others to see on their computers. He could also put his pictures on paper. But to print good pictures on 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 said the FIU museum will make computer art more fun for computer artists because more people can see it. He says artists 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.
小題1:The main purpose of this text is to give information about ______.
A. famous museums throughout the world.
B. a computer art museum in Miami, U.S.A.
C. art exhibitions in Florida Intentional University
D. latest development in computer art
小題2:To see the art in FIU museum, your special needs include ______.
A．floppy discs
B．a(chǎn) computer and a printer
C．pictures and drawings on paper
D．a(chǎn) computer connected to the museum by telephone line
小題3:What are stored in this museum?
A．Paintings drawn by means of computer.
B．Different styles of paintings.
C．Drawings done by art students of FIU.
D．Old paintings.
小題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．a(chǎn)rt students needed a place to show their works
D．computer scientists wanted to do something about art
小題5:The words "an audience" in the last paragraph here refer to ______.
A．a(chǎn)rt students
B．owners of computers
C．exhibits in the museum
D．those who can enjoy art

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:A
小題4:C
小題5:D

試題分析：本文介紹了世界上第一個(gè)網(wǎng)藝術(shù)館Florida International University(FIU)的具體情況。
小題1:A 主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章第一段前4行There are many famous museums throughout the world where people can enjoy art, Washington, D.C. has the National Gallery of Art(美術(shù)館); Paris has the Louvre; London, the British Museum. Florida International University(FIU) in Miami also shows art for people to see說(shuō)明本文主要講述的是世界上的很多著名的博物館，故A正確。
小題2:B 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章2,4段You just need a computer linked to a telephone.
But to print good pictures on paper, the computer artist needed an expensive laser(激小題3:A 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第四段前3行A computer artist could only record his pictures electronically and send the records, or floppy discs(軟盤), to others to see on their computers. He could also put his pictures on paper.說(shuō)明這些作品都是通過(guò)計(jì)算機(jī)輸入的，故A正確。
小題4:C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第三段最后一句He says he started the museum because computer artists had no place to show their works.說(shuō)明C正確。
小題5:D 推理題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二句He says artists enjoy their work much more if they have an audience.句意：如果他們的作品有觀眾，他們會(huì)很喜歡。這里的an audience是指觀眾。故D正確。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文介紹了世界上第一個(gè)網(wǎng)上博物館Florida International University(FIU)的具體情況。本文考查細(xì)節(jié)題為主，細(xì)節(jié)題可以在文章中直接找到與答案有關(guān)的信息?或是其變體。搜查信息在閱讀中非常重要它包括理解作者在敘述某事時(shí)使用的具體事實(shí)、數(shù)據(jù)、圖表等細(xì)節(jié)信息。在一篇短文里大部分篇幅都屬于這類圍繞主體展開的細(xì)節(jié)。做這類題一般采用尋讀法?即先讀題，然后帶著問題快速閱讀短文，找出與問題有關(guān)的詞語(yǔ)或句子，再對(duì)相關(guān)部分進(jìn)行分析對(duì)比，找出答案。
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