题目内容
A city without cars would be very strange, right? But Venice is such a city. Venice is in the northeast of Italy. It wasn’t built on land, like Beijing or Shanghai, but no more than 1l0 islands. Seawater is everywhere around the city. Even so, travel isn’t difficult. The waterways have always been the best ways to get around. There are 117 waterways and more than 400 bridges that can lead you where you want to go. People in Venice from one place to place by boat. They like to enjoy the scenery and cool summer nights while taking boat trips. They can talk to other people as they go along. Venice grew out of small island in saltwater lakes when some Italians escaped from a war more than 1,500 years ago, and built homes there.
Water makes the city special, but it is also a big problem. Once, people used too much underground water. This made the city get lower, little by little. Now the city has gone down by 23 centimeters. Another problem is rising seawater, The temperature has risen over the years. This has made Arctic be melt
（融化）. Every year, high waters hit the city in autumn and winter. When a lot of water comes, more than half of the city is under water. Scientists are trying different ways to stop the city from getting even lower.(1) The underlined word
“Arctic”means“________”.[ ]
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A ．太平洋 |
B ．大西洋 |
C ．北冰洋 |
(2) The best way to travel in Venice is by water, because ________.
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A
．117 waterways can make your trip easyB
．You can talk to other people while you go alongC
．It is not only easy but also you can enjoy yourself better(3) Which of the following statement is true?
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A
．The first people coming to the island were Italians.B
．They came to Venice, because they liked the place very much.C
．They came here at the year 1500.(4) This article is mainly about ________.
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A
．the position of VeniceB
．the history of VeniceC
．the problem of Venice
