The following are the sculptures in the Underwater Museum, which are accessible in person by glass boat, or scuba diving.  

The Archive of Lost Dreams

The Visual: It describes an underwater archive of messages in bottles.

The Meaning: The bottles contain messages of dreams for future generations.

The Hope: The statue is placed with the purpose of helping draw visitors away from the healthy parts of the reef.

The Location: The Archive of Lost Dreams was placed 8 meters deep at Manchones Reef, close to Isla Mujeres.

Behind the Scenes: The collection of bottled messages were provided by various communities who wrote about today’s values and their dreams for the future generations.

The Gardener of Hope

The Visual: Here a young Mexican girl lies in a garden surrounded by pots which will be grown with live coral.

The Meaning: The young girl in the sculpture represents a model for hopeful future generations.

The Hope: The base of the Gardener of Hope was built to attract various marine creatures. The coral in the pots is also expected to grow.

The Location: The Gardener of Hope was placed 4 meters deep at Punta Nizuc near the coast of Cancun.

Behind the Scenes: The pots here are filled with live coral cuttings that were saved from areas of the local reef system.

Man on Fire 

The Visual: Man on Fire describes a lone male figure covered in live fire coral to resemble fire.

The Meaning: The sculpture symbolizes the unawareness of the “fire” our generation has started with the over use of limited natural resources.

The Hope: Man on Fire has 75 holes planted with small live cuttings of fire coral which are expected to grow like fire.

The Location: Man on Fire was installed 8 meters deep at the Manchones Reef nearby to Isla Mujeres.

Behind the Scenes: The sculpture was cast from a local Mexican fisherman and it weighs over 1 ton.

The Silent Evolution

The Visual: Here more than 400 sculptures depict the timeline of human nature.

The Meaning: It is a documentation of how society and people have changed over time. It is also to remind us of how we are connected to nature.

The Hope: The installation is designed for forming a complex reef structure that marine life will claim as its own and inhabit.

The Location: The Silent Evolution will be installed 8 meters deep behind the Manchones Reef.

Behind the Scenes: The total installation will expand over 150 square meters and will weigh over 120 tons.

Attention:  Guided tours are a must. You can catch a tour from Aquaworld, which leaves every hour from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily. 

1.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. You can tour individually without a tourist guide by glass boat.

B. The Gardener of Hope will remind us of the relationship with nature.

C. Bottled messages are filled with live coral cuttings for future generations.

D. Man on Fire can educate us to protect the limited natural resources.

2.Which sculptures are installed in the same area?

A. Man on Fire & The Silent Evolution

B. The Archive of Lost Dreams & Man on Fire

C. The Gardener of Hope & The Silent Evolution

D. The Archive of Lost Dreams & The Gardener of Hope

3.The writer introduces the sculptures to _______.

A. defend Mexican Tourism Industry

B. call on us to go on a tour to Aquaworld

C. appeal to readers to protect Marine Life

D. attract tourists to the Underwater Museum

 

1.D

2.B

3.D

【解析】

試題分析:文章介紹了四個水下博物館里面的雕像,和它們的一些信息,旨在吸引游客。

1.

2.

3.accessible in person by glass boat, or scuba diving.  可知作者介紹了四個水下博物館的雕像,為了吸引游客到這里來,選D

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