There are many famous museums throughout the world where people can enjoy art.Washington, D．C.has the National Gallery of Art；Paris has the Louvre；London has 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(电子地) 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 the 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 disks(软盘), 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 works 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.
【解题导语】 本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了如何利用电脑欣赏艺术作品。
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, the U．S.A.
C．art exhibitions in Florida International University
D．the latest development in computer art
B 解析：写作目的题。作者首先在文章开头介绍了世界上著名的博物馆，接着引出迈阿密州的Florida International University的电子美术馆，接下来详细地介绍了该电子美术馆，因此B项为最佳答案。
2．To see the art in the FIU Museum, your special needs include ________．
A．floppy disks
B．a computer and a printer
C．pictures and drawings on paper
D．a computer connected to the museum by telephone line
D 解析：细节理解题。根据第三段的内容可知答案。
3．The museum was started because ________．
A．Robert Shostak wanted to do something for computer
scientists
B．Robert Shostak wanted to help computer artists
C．art students needed a place to show their works
D．computer scientists wanted to do something about art
B 解析：推理判断题。由第四段中He says he started the museum because computer artists had no place to show their works.可知，B项为最佳答案。C项有较大干扰性，从文章最后一段看似乎这一选项正确，然而从第三段看，这家电子美术馆是面对所有的艺术家，而并非只面对艺术学生。
4．The underlined words“an audience”in the last paragraph refer to ________．
A．art students
B．owners of computers
C．exhibits in the museum
D．those who can enjoy art
D 解析：词义猜测题。根据句中的“artists enjoy their works much more...”可推断此处的观众是指能欣赏艺术品的观众，故可推知选D项。
