阅读理解

　　The yellow River is the second longest river in China． It rises in the mountains on Qinghai and flows right across China to the Yellow Sea． Both the river and the sea are called Yellow because of the yellow mud which the river carries down from the desert into the sea, making the water a yellow color, When the river reaches the flat plain and flows less fast, it drops much of its mud, filling up the riverbed and forcing the water to overflow its banks and flood the countryside for miles. These terrible floods wash away crops and destroy whole villages. They have brought death and famine(饥饿)to so many people that the river is sometimes called “China’s sorrow”. In order to prevent the floods, they have built banks of earth, called dykes(河堤)along both sides. As the river brought down more mud and broke through the dykes, people mended them and built them higher, until now in some parts the river flows as much as twenty feet above, in spite of the danger of floods, farming had been carried on for centuries.

1．The Yellow River is ________

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A．the longest river that flows to the Yellow sea

B．the longest river in China

C．The longest river that flows to the East China Sea．

D．The second longest river that flows to the East China Sea．

2．Where does the yellow mud come from?

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A．From the desert

B．From the riverbed

C．From the sea

D．From the riverbanks

3．The flood comes when ________

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A．the river flows fast

B．the river overflows its banks

C．the river reaches

D．the river drops its yellow mud

4．Which of the following is NOT true?

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A．The terrible floods used to destroy many villages.

B．Many Chinese people suffered a lot from the river in history.

C．Farming cannot be carried on till now.

D．Floods often brought famine and death to the people.

5．To prevent the floods, people today ________

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A．have built higher banks all along the river

B．have moved away the mud on the river-red

C．have built dams and waterworks

D．have built new buildings along the river banks

阅读下列短文，从所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案

　The Yellow River is the second longest river in China．It rises in the mountains of Qinghai and flows right across China to the Yellow Sea．Both the river and the sea are called yellow because of the yellow mud which carries down form the desert into the sea, making the water a dirty, yellow colour．When the river reaches the flat plain and flows less fast, it drops much of its mud, filling up the river-bed and forcing the water to overflow（溢出）its banks and flood the countryside for miles．These terrible floods wash away crops and destroy whole villages．They have brought death and hunger to so many people that the river is sometimes called "China's sorrow"．In order to prevent the floods, they have built banks of earth, called dykes（堤）along both sides．As the river brought down more mud and broke through the dykes, people repaired them and built them higher, until now in some parts the river flows as much as twenty feet above the field on each side．Today dams（坝）and waterworks have been built to prevent these floods, and farming has been carried on for centuries．

(1) The Yellow River is ______．

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A．the longest river but one in China

B．the longest river in China　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

C．the second longest river that flows to the Yellow Sea

D．the second longest river that flows to the East China Sea

(2) Where does the yellow mud come from in the first place?　　　

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A．From the desert.　　　B．From the river-bed.

C．From the sea.　　　　D．From the river banks.

(3) The flood comes when ______．　　　

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A．the river flows fast

B．the river overflows its banks

C．the river reaches the plain

D．the river drops its yellow mud

(4) Which of the following is not true?　　　

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A．The terrible floods used to destroy many villages

B．Many Chinese people suffered a lot from the river in history

C．Farming can't be carried on till now

D．Floods often brought hunger and death to the people

(5) To prevent the floods, people today ______．　　　

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A．have built higher banks all along the river

B．have moved away the mud on the river-bed

C．have built dams and waterworks

D．have moved to other parts of the country

短文改错

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　　注意：原行没有错的不要改.

短文改错

　　The Yellow River, China's second larger river was the most

(1)_____

polluted one among the nation's seven major rivers during the first

(2)_____

half of the year. The latest monthly report shown the water quality

(3)_____

in the Yellow River improved in July and the branch water quality

(4)_____

was still poor.

　　One of the major reasons for the seriously pollution in the river

(5)_____

is the reduction of water flow and it is in the lowest level in fifty

(6)_____

years. The 5 464-kilometre Yellow River run from Qinghai and Tibet

(7)_____

winds through many places before reaching to the Bohai Sea. The river

(8)_____

provides water twelve per cent of the population of our country and

(9)_____

irrigate twelve per cent of our farmland. So we should take good care

(10)_____

of our “mother river”.