There are many famous museums throughout the world where people can enjoy art. Washington D. C. has the National Gallery of Art(美术馆); 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 which can connect your own to it. All of the art is stored in the school computer. It is computer art, produced electronically 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 computer museum. He says he started the museum because computer artists had no place to show their work.
A computer artist could only record his pictures electronically and send the records, or floppy discs(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 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.
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Choose the best answer:
1. To see the art in FIU museum, your special needs include __________ .
A. floppy discs
B. a computer and a printer
C. pictures and drawings on paper
D. a computer connected to the museum by a telephone line
2. What is stored in this museum?
A. Paintings drawn by means of computer
B. Different styles of paintings
C. Old paintings
D. Drawing done by art students of FIU
3. The museum was started when __________.
A. Robert Shostak wanted to do something for computer students
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
4. The main purpose of the text is to give information about __________.
A. famous museums throughout the world
B. an electronic art museum in Miami, U.S.A.
C. art exhibitions in Florida International University
D. latest development of computer art
参考答案：1.D 2.A 3.B 4.B
