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阅读理解 Urban Rainforest 　　On the west side of the island of Manhattan in New York 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 reproductions of one of nature's most threatened creations． 　　To bring the rainforest to New York, 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 millions, 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 video screen, 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 modeling programmes plotted distances and special relationships．Artists studied photos and brought what they saw to life．Plaster trees were made．Recreated animals began to stand in the rainforest of the hall．Flying creatures will hang from the ceiling．The light in the forest one of the exhibit's cleverest recreations will seem real．Long tube lights 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． (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 video screen 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．

Answer 1

答案：1．B;2．A;3．D;4．A;
解析：

(1)	从第一段最后一句，还有整篇文章都在谈论the repreduction of the rainforest at the hall。
(2)	见第二段第一句讲到博物馆派出了有史以来最庞大的科学家采集队伍(24人)去搜集数据信息。
(3)	见最后三段可知A、B和C三项都谈到了，没有到front wall的事。
(4)	最后一段主要讲的就是在哪儿按显示屏、哪儿按喇叭等等所谓“城市热带雨林”的布局。