题目内容：

    Connie Monroe clicks a button, turns her wrist and watches as her neighborhood floods. The reed-covered shorelines are first to go. Then, the baseball fields at Fleming Park. By the time seawater reaches the senior center, it has covered streets, flooding more than a dozen complexes that she can see.

Monroe moves her head up and down, side to side, taking in the simulated (模拟的) view. This is what could happen to Turner Station, a historic African American community, as sea levels rise.

“Everything’s underwater. The school is underwater. Our house is underwater,” Monroe says. A frown (皱眉) forms below the virtual reality headset. “Is the water really supposed to get that high?”

Climate change presents many challenges to coastal communities, but one of the most worrisome problems is: how do you show people — and convince them — of a possible future?

“It’s one thing to hear or read the news that sea levels could rise as high as 7 feet in Maryland by the end of the century under worst-case situations, but it’s another to imagine what that will look like in your own backyard,” says Jackie Specht, the coastal science program manager. “And if it’s hard to imagine, it’s hard to face and prioritize.”

Communicating the realness and immediacy of the climate threat is important to climate researchers and those aiming to prevent its causes. But it’s also paramount to communities faced with coming changes that are already unavoidable.

Climate projects need public support and input. That’s why Monroe and other residents at this recent community meeting are being directed to sit in metal chairs, put on virtual reality headsets and watch their homes flood.

Virtual reality is an immersive (沉浸式的) 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 Juliano Calil, one of the program’s developers.

The goal, he says, “is to help folks visualize the impacts of climate change and the solutions, and also discuss the trade-off between them.”

1.What would you see in Turner Station as sea levels rise?

A.Shorelines covered by reeds. B.Baseball fields used as parks.

C.Streets blocked with bricks. D.Buildings drowned in water.

2.What does Jackie Specht suggest in Paragraph 5?

A.People are relatively safer in their backyards.

B.People don’t feel on the scene through the news.

C.The severity of disaster is beyond imagination.

D.The sea level is bound to rise 7 feet in Maryland.

3.Why is the virtual reality experience provided in the community meeting?

A.To prove climate threat. B.To seek public backing.

C.To help scientific research. D.To introduce VR technology.

4.Which of the following best explains the underlined words “the trade-off” in the last paragraph?

A.The balance. B.The conflict.

C.The business. D.The similarity.