C．Inspire scientific research. D．Take science to the classroom.

　　解析：细节理解题。根据最后一段第二句话"Today Pacific Science Center serves more than 1.3 million people a year and brings inquiry­based science education to classrooms and community events all over Washington State."可知，该中心每年向130多万人提供服务，并且把科学教育带到华盛顿州的课堂和社区。

　　3．What is the purpose of the last part of the text？ __A__

　　A．To encourage donations. B．To advertise coming events.

　　C．To introduce special exhibits. D．To tell about the Center's history.

　　解析：推理判断题。根据最后一段的黑标题Support Pacific Science Center，特别是最后一段最后一句话可知，作者呼吁读者们支持该中心，也就是鼓励人们为之提供帮助，进行捐赠。

　　Ⅴ．完形填空

　　阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

　　Travellers to new cities are often told to start their trip with a bus tour. The thinking is that they can then return to the places that __1. C__ them. Nonsense! What you see from the __2. A__ of a moving bus is __3. C__ and completely removed(脱离) from the real sights, sounds, and __4. D__ outside.

　　Be adventurous (冒险的)! The best __5. B__ to experience any place is on foot and with completely no travel plan. __6. A__ go wherever your feet and your interests __7. A__ you. You finally will get to the __8. D__ sites(地点)that are on the bus tour-the museums，city hall-but you will have seen much more. You will have __9. B__ the present life of the city.

"But what if I get lost？"people might ask. No one ever gets __10. C__ lost in a major city. At last，you can find your way back to a(n) __11. B__ place. If it __12. A__ you to be "lost"， just find a taxi and go back to where you started. However，the __13. C__ things can happen if you are