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British artist Amy Sharrocks collects nearly all kinds ofwater. In 2013, she set up the Museum of Water, a live piece of artwork thattravels all over the world and invited people to donate water--from spit tomelted snow--in a bottle and discuss what it means to them.
   The program aims to understand why people treasure water and helpprepare them for a drier future and climate, Ms. Sharrocks told an audience ofclimate experts, activists and museum curators (馆长). "For example,we show them how to have three-minute showers to better deal with watershortages ," she said.
    Amy is notalone as a matter of fact. As world leaders increasingly face up to the seriousresults of climate change, curators are planning a new wave of museums, whichare devoted to what many consider a vital issue of the times. In 2015, a formerlawyer Miranda Massie created the first United States museum which was entirelydevoted to climate change in New York City. "Climate change is affectingvirtually every aspect of our lives, " Ms. Massie said. "But we can'tfight the problem with top-down policies alone. We need the public toparticipate and museums are a way to open people's mind to what matters.
BridgetMcKenzie, director of Flow Associates, wanted to raise awareness of the dilemmaof the Pacific island nations, which are particularly vulnerable (易受伤害的)to rising sea level. So with her team she set up a "ghostboat" made of old fish nets at the University of Cambridge's Museum ofArchaeology and Anthropology, and asked visitors what they would take with themif they were suddenly forced to leave their homes.
   While museums can be a powerful way of communicating the effects ofclimate change, they should also practice what they spread and control theirown emissions ( 排放物 ). "Roughly half of cities'emissionscome from energy use in buildings, " said Elliot Goodger, amuseums'association representative of the West Midlands in Britain,"museums have a duty to be energy-efficient, for example by using laserlighting for displays or improving their building materials. "
Why did Amy Sharrocks set up the Museum of Water?

A．To help people get rid of water shortages.
B．To collect some special water worldwide.
C．To remind people to attach importance to water.
D．To warn people of the danger of a drier future.

参考答案C

解析:推理判断题。根据第一段中的“invited people to donate water...discuss what it means to them"及第二段中的"Theprogram aims to under-stand why people treasure water and help prepare them fora drier future and climate" 可知 , Amy Sharrocks创建水博物馆，邀请人们捐赠水并探讨此举对他们的意义，该项目旨在了解人们为什么珍惜水并帮助他们为更加干燥的未来和气候做好准备。由此可推知，Amy Sharrocks创建水博物馆的目的是让人们认识到水的珍贵，提醒人们珍惜水。故选C。根据第二段中的“show them how to have three．minute showersto better deal with water shortages”可知，人们在该博物馆中可学到如何快速地淋浴以更好地应对水资源短缺问题，而不是摆脱水资源短缺问题，故可排除A项。根据第一段中的“invited people to donate waterfrom spit to melted snow”可知，水博物馆搜集包括从唾沫到融化的雪水在内的各类水，并不是指搜集世界上特别的水，故可排除B项。根据第二段中的“help prepare them fora drier future and climate”可知，Amy Sharrocks创建水博物馆是要帮助人们为更加干燥的未来和气候做好准备，而不是提醒人们注意更干燥的未来带给他们的危险，故可排除D项。

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A．Fighting climate change demands joint efforts.
B．More climate museums should be built in future.
C．Climate change is a matter of concern to the public.
D．Policy responses to climate change need improving.

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单选题What can visitors learn when visiting the"ghostboat"?

A．What is valuable to people.
B．What causes sea level to rise.
C．Rising sea level puts people's homes at risk.
D．The Earth's climate change endangers fishing.

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单选题What may Goodger advise climate museums to do?

A．Take the initiative.
B．Lead by example.
C．Change their traditional functions.
D．Add climate topics to their programs.

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