C

Every year the European Commission awards the STARTS Prize to projects that combine artistic expression，technology and scientific research.This year’s shortlisted projrct touched on topics ranging form simple technology to DNA data storage, but the final two Grand Prize winner both focused on environment and sustainability.

The Grand Prize in Innovative Collaboration went to”Remix El ?Barrio”,a cooperation between Anastasia ?Pistofidou, Marion Real, Fab Lab Barcelona and the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia.

The project identified food waste streams in the Barcelona neighbourhood of Poblenot and worked with local restaurants and Fab Lab Barcelona to turn this waste into different materials. In this circulareconomy project, waste becomes a resource again. Twelve designers used these materials to create a variety of products, such as a jacket made from a material sourced from orange peels, or soap made with used cooking oils.?

The other winner was“Oceans in Transformation”,which was awarded the Grand Prize for Artistic Exploration. In this project, Territorial Agency's John Palmesino and Ann-Sofi Ronnskog wanted to find a way to visualise the many different types of knowledge we have about the ocean.

Their work shows that scientific research is fragmented. Each research activity looks at one aspect of the ocean-sea level, for example, or biodiversity--and usually in just one location. That makes it difficult to get a broad overview of what exactly is happening with the oceans as a whole. To tackle this,“ Oceans in Transformation” combined different research data to create a project that shows the wide variely of information that's out there.

Both Crand Prize winners are reminders that issues related to environment and sustainability are often complex and affect many different communities. The solutions aren't always just scientific. For example, scientists can find ways to turn food wasle into new materials, but in practice restaurants and designers and consumers are all part of the solution as well. And while scientists are continuously collecting valuable data about the changing oceans,“ Oceans in Transformation showed that such data is meaningless unless people see it in contex!( 背景).

28. What can be inferred from paragraph 1?

A. The STARTS Prize is given to a specific field.

B. The STARTS Prize covers a very broad range.

C.The European Commission chooses one for the prize.

D Only environment and sustainability are fit for the prize.

29.Why does“Remix El Barrio” was awarded the prize?

A. It turns waste food into useful daily materials.

B. It collects data about the waste food in Poblenou.

C. It tells the importance of food to the Commission.

D. It invents a machine to collect waste food efficiently.

30.What does the underlined word “fragmented”in paragraph 4 mean?

A. Wonderful.

B. Useless.

C. Broken.

D.Incorrect.

31.What can we know from the last paragraph?

A. Datas about oceans are useful to all people.

B. Problems related to environment are simple.

C.Solutions to environment need more than techs.

D.It's no good to turn food waste into new materials.