Venice(威尼斯) is the “Queen” of the Adriatic sea. Every year   1  from all over the world  2__ Italy to visit the city. Do you know  3  they like to go there for a visit?
Venice is a very beautiful city. It is quite different   4  other cities in the world. There   _5  roads or streets in the city. So there aren’t any cars and buses.There are   6  canals(运河) in the city. There is one big canal and 177 small canals. People move   7  and down the canals   8  to go to work,   9_ or visit their friends.
But Venice is sinking. It is going down and the water is going up. In 2040 Venice
will be   10_ water. The Adriatic Sea will cover the city.
【小题1】A. thousand people        B. thousands people    C. thousands of people
【小题2】 A. travel to                      B. travel from               C. traveled to
【小题3】 A. where                                B. what                               C. why
【小题4】A. from                                   B. with                                C. of
【小题5】 A. are some                            B. aren’t any                        C. aren’t some
【小题6】 A. many                                 B. any                                 C. much
【小题7】 A. on                              B. up                                  C. off
【小题8】. A. in buses                      B. in cars                      C. in boats
【小题9】 A. go to shop                          B. go shopping                     C. go to shopping
【小题10】. A. under                               B. with                                C. on

Venice(威尼斯) is the "Queen" of the Adriatic Sea(亚得里亚海). Every year thousands of people from all over the world travel to Italy to visit the city. Do you know why they like to go there for a visit?
Venice is a very beautiful city. It is quite different from other cities in the world. There aren't any roads or streets in the city, so there aren't any cars or buses. There are many canals(运河)in the city. There is one big canal and one hundred and seventy-seven small canals. People move up and down the canals in boats to go to work, go shopping or visit their friends.
But Venice is sinking(下沉)It is going down and the water is going up. In 2040 Venice will be under water. The Adriatic Sea will cover (覆盖) the city. The Venetians(威尼斯人) love their city and want to stay there. So they want to save(拯救)Venice form the sea. They do not want to leave. How can they save Venice? They can build some strong huge walls and gates in the sea. The gates will close to keep too much water out. In this way Venice will not sink.
【小题1】People from all parts of the world go to visit Venice because________.

A.it is beautiful and quite different from other cities
B.there are a lot of kinds of boats on the canals
C.there are 177 canals in the city
D.it is the most important city in Italy
【小题2】 The Venetians usually go to work or visit their friends________.                                                 
A.by busB.in boatsC.in carsD.on foot
【小题3】 Year by year the Adriatic Sea ________ and Venice________.                                                       
A.is rising; is sinking
B.is going down; is going up
C.is going up; is going up
D.is sinking; is rising

A young man called Jack has visited many countries. He knows few foreign languages, but he can always find someone who knows enough English to understand what he says. Last summer he went to China. He enjoyed himself in China and liked Chinese food very much.

One day he went into a restaurant in a small village. He knew the Chinese word ‘rice’, so he ordered some rice. The village was famous for its mushrooms, and Jack thought they must be very fresh and delicious. He asked the waiter in English. However, the waiter couldn’t understand at all, so he could do nothing for Jack. Jack thought hard. When he saw a piece of paper on the table, he had a good idea. He took out a pencil and drew a picture of a mushroom carefully. The waiter looked at the picture for a long time, then he smiled and left. A few minutes later, he came back with a black umbrella in his hand.

1.What does ‘mushrooms’ mean? 

A.洋葱             B.花菜             C.洋伞             D.蘑菇

2.The waiter didn’t help Jack because _____________.

A.he had no mushrooms in the kitchen         B.he disliked the mushrooms

C.he didn’t know English well               D.he thought the mushrooms were poisonous

3.Jack asked the waiter for ___________.

A.a pencil           B.a picture          C.an umbrella        D.some mushrooms

4.The waiter smiled because __________.

A.the picture was beautiful                 B.he was very happy

C.Jack gave a gift to him                    D.he thought he understood Jack

5.At last the waiter came back with an umbrella, because _______.   

A.it is raining outside                      B.it is going to rain

C.the mushroom Jack drew looked like an umbrella   D.Jack was good at drawing

 

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