Question

    Connie Monroe clicks a button, flicks her wrist and watches as her neighborhood floods. The shorelines are first to go. Then, the baseball fields at Fleming Park. By the time seawater reaches the senior center, it has flooded streets and over a dozen brick homes. Monroe moves her head up and down, side to side, taking in the simulated (仿真的) view. This is what could happen to Turner Station, a historic African American community southeast of Baltimore, as sea levels rise.

Climate change presents many challenges to coastal communities and to those trying to prepare for its impacts, but one of the most basic is also one of the most vexing: How do you show people and convince them of a possible future?

Communicating the realness and immediacy of the climate threat is hugely important to climate researchers and those aiming to lessen its causes. But it's also the most important to communities faced with coming changes that are already unavoidable. These projects need public support and input. That's why Monroe and other residents (居民) are being directed to sit in metal chairs, put on virtual reality headsets and watch their homes flood.

Turner Station, a community which gets flooded easily, is trying to prepare. It has partnered with the Port of Baltimore, a few nonprofits and a local landscape architecture firm to adopt a range of tools and ways to communicate climate change to the public, because every person is different and every place is different.

The virtual reality program is only the most recent, and perhaps the most effective step. Virtual reality is an immersive experience that can trick the human brain into thinking it's real. But tricking people is not the goal of the sea level rise simulation being used at Turner Station, says Juiano Calil, one of the program's developers. ''The goal, '' he says, ''is to start a conversation and help folks visualize the impacts of climate change and the solutions, and also discuss the trade-offs between them. ''

1.Who is Monroe?

A.A coastal community citizen. B.A climate researcher.

C.An architect. D.AVR program developer.

2.What does the underlined word ''vexing'' mean in paragraph 2?

A.Bothersome. B.Dramatic.

C.Original. D.Convincing.

3.Why is VR technology employed here?

A.It can cut down the risks of climate change.

B.It can show severe results of climate change.

C.It can introduce technology to the residents.

D.It can predict the climate change accurately.

4.What is the purpose of the program?

A.To trick more people to believe.

B.To win the residents’cooperation.

C.To advocate the application of VR.

D.To inform the residents of the solutions.

Answer

1.A

2.A

3.B

4.B

【解析】

这是一记叙文。文章主要讲述了政府运用虚拟现实技术让海滨小镇Turner Station的居民认识到气候变化带来的严重后果，并希望得到他们的支持。

1.细节理解题。根据第一段的Monroe moves her head up and down, side to side, taking in the simulated (仿真的) view. This is what could happen to Turner Station, a historic African American community southeast of Baltimore, as sea levels rise.(在模拟的视图中，梦露的头上下移动，从一边到另一边。当海平面上升时，位于巴尔的摩东南，历史上最著名的非裔美国人社区Turner Station可能会发生这种状况)和第四段的That's why Monroe and other residents (居民) are being directed to sit in metal chairs(那就是为什么梦露和其它居民正在被指导坐在金属椅子上)可知，梦露是一个海滨社区的居民。A. A coastal community citizen.(一个海滨社区的居民)符合以上说法，故选A项。

2.词义猜测题。根据第二段Climate change presents many challenges to coastal communities and to those trying to prepare for its impacts, but one of the most basic is also one of the most vexing：How do you show people—and convince them—of a possible future?可知，气候变化对沿海社区和那些试图为其影响做准备的人提出了许多挑战，但是最基本的挑战之一，也是最vexing的是：你如何向人们展示并说服他们这个可能的未来。根据句意，推测划线部分的意思是“烦恼的”。A. Bothersome.(烦恼的)符合以上说法，故选A项。

3.细节理解题。根据倒数第三段的But it's also the most important to communities faced with coming changes that are already unavoidable. These projects need public support and input. That's why Monroe and other residents (居民) are being directed to sit in metal chairs , put on virtual reality headsets and watch their homes flood.(但对于那些面临已经不可避免的未来变化的社区来说，这也是最重要的。这些项目需要公众的支持和投入。这就是为什么梦露和其他居民被要求坐在金属椅子里，戴上虚拟现实的耳机看他们家园的洪水)可知，虚拟现实被运用的目的是展示气候变化带来的严重后果。B. It can show severe results of climate change.(它能够展示气候变化的严重后果)符合以上说法，故选B项。

4.推理判断题。根据倒数第三段的These projects need public support and input.(这个项目需要公众的支持和投入)以及最后一段的''The goal, '' he says, ''is to start a conversation and help folks visualize the impacts of climate change and the solutions, and also discuss the trade-offs between them. " (他说：“目标是开始一场对话，帮助人们设想气候变化的影响和解决方案，并讨论它们之间的权衡”)可知，该项目的主要目的是人们意识到气候变化带来的严重影响，从而赢得他们的合作。B. To win the residents' cooperation.(为了赢得居民的合作)符合以上说法，故选B项。