C Zoologist-turned-artist Sara Cox lives near Durham Palace,where "deep,wooded air and wide open spaces"shelter the birds she studies and sculpts.Twenty years ago,she moved to the village of Hoboken and began transforming recycled wire into hyper-realistic birds- curlews,bitterns,blue tits,and other species now under threat.Each sculpture begins outdoors:she hides in tall grass or bushes,watching birds closely.She draws how their wings bend,how light plays on their feathers ()and how their muscles tense when they fly away.Back in her 200-year-old cottage studio she bends and weaves (metal pieces, timing herself to log every step;one piece can consume weeks because "I can't waste a minute-I want to get it absolutely right." Accuracy is both scientific and emotional.With two science degrees,Cox volunteers at the Walter Trust's Low Barns reserve.She also spends time studying photographs,preserved birds in museums,and charts of bird body structure."I need to understand what's beneath the feathers,"she explains,"so the sculpture feels alive and people sense the bird's fragility."By revealing a bird's physical form,she aims to make people aware of how delicate and at risk they are.Her engineer father taught her to measure and construct;her mother,a potter,showed her how form conveys feeling.Together those influences produced a technique now celebrated nationally. Earlier this year the Royal Society of British Artists selected several of her endangered- species pieces for the annual London exhibition.One of her bird sculptures sold for f2,700. The money from this sale helps improve the habitats for wildlife at Low Barns.Schools ask her to conduct workshops.Also,people visiting the nature area stop to look at her huge wire bird sculpture.They read the sign next to it,which shows how many of these birds have disappeared and suggests easy things people can do to protect them. "All of our birds are precious,"Cox insists.By combining zoology with art,she turns cold statistics into visible,shareable emotion,hoping viewers will "look up,notice,and protect what's still there.” 28.Why does Sara Cox spend weeks on one wire bird sculpture A.To perfect every small detail. B.To use more recycled metal. C.To follow her father's plan. D.To win art competitions. 29.What does the underlined word "fragility"in paragraph 2 mean A.Beauty. B.Weakness. C.Simplicity. D.Speed. 30.What does the author think of Sara Cox's work A.It is largely profit-driven. B.It values speed more than accuracy. C.It is inspired by museum displays. D.It unites science and artistic sensitivity. 31.What is the ultimate goal of Sara Cox's work A.To train unique artist-scientists. B.To fund wildlife habitat projects. C.To inspire conservation action. D.To document endangered species precisely. 高三英语第5页（共10页） WWPS Office 快拍即存·WPS拍照扫描
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