D
China Daily's digital employee(员工)Yuanxi and Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes' official virtual cartoon character(敦煌莫高窟官方虚拟卡通人物)Jiayao together introduced an interactive digital platform(数字化互动平台)that hosts a digital copy of the Mogao Grottoes' Library Cave to the world. The Library Cave in Mogao Grottoes was discovered in 1900,with more than 60 000 cultural relics(文物)from the 4th century to the 11th century unearthed(出土). It was one of the most important discoveries in the 20th century.
The platform was developed together by the Dunhuang Academy(研究院)and a Chinese tech company. It uses gaming technologies to show the historical scenes of the Library Cave in the digital world. On the platform,visitors can role-play and “time travel” to ancient dynasties and talk with eight historical people. The public can enter the platform through the Digital Dunhuang website and its WeChat program.
In the digital age,the model of “culture ＋ technology” is used to push for the development of Chinese culture. The digitalization rate(数字化率)of China's valuable cultural relics has been more than 70 per cent,according to the 2024 China Digital Collection Industry Research Report reported by iResearch.
Institutions such as the Palace Museum have also set up online digital services of their own. Artificial intelligence(AI)technology allows the public to see the inside of the buildings through the Palace Museum's WeChat program.
The Ministry of Culture and Tourism has also encouraged the development and transformation(转型)of cultural relics by digital ways. China Central Television has created a series of digital collections with different Dunhuang themes,such as the Dunhuang divine deer(神鹿)Youyou. It was created according to the image of the nine-coloured deer from Dunhuang murals(壁画). The public can see the divine deer on CCTV's own digital platform.
Through these ways,digital collections succeed in catering to the tastes of young people. They make young people get more interested. They not only protect the cultural relics but also bring the public closer to China's “excellent traditional culture”,reported Dunhuang Art Institute.
Su Bomin,director of the Dunhuang Academy,told Xinhua that more efforts will be made to discover new forms for showing cultural relics and offer the public cultural experiences to know Dunhuang culture.
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C
)11. On the interactive digital platform for the Mogao Grottoes' Library Cave,visitors can ______.
A. talk to the designer of the digital Library Cave
B. design digital caves showing historical culture
C. play role-playing games set in ancient times
D. play video games named after historical characters
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D
)12. What is the purpose of developing digital platforms for cultural institutions?
A. To show the latest gaming technologies.
B. To help cultural institutions make money.
C. To encourage people to explore new forms of digital collections.
D. To help people learn about the development of Chinese culture.
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B
)13. What may the underlined phrase “catering to” mean?
A. Making someone feel confident.
B. Providing something someone needs.
C. Causing doubts about something.
D. Stopping someone getting interested.
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A
)14. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. Experiencing History Online.
B. Showing Digital Collections.
C. Creating Mini Programs.
D. Introducing Gaming Technologies.
