题目内容
Passage 12(2011黑龙江哈尔滨,A)
Venice is an attractive city in Italy.Tourists throughoul ihe world love traveling to Venice. But sometimes you’ll have such strange expe- riences.One moment you walk across tlie Rialto Bridge ,and there ’s nothing speoial.Unfortunately,when you come back to the bridge an hour later,it’s underwater and everyone's wearing rain hoots.
That?s just the way it has always been,which may be considered seriously by Italian government. Before the sea comes to Venice,the government has decided to build the MOSE gates. Actually (实际上) , there were many kinds of gates that were built to stop the floods,hut all the gates were just built on the ground. Besides,the flooding was becoming worse. Industrial (工业的) factories buill nearby on the mainland also made the condition get worse,causing the city to sink about 0. 75 feet in the 20th century.
So the Italian government asked some of Italy's biggest construction and engineering companies to build the MOSE project,which was planned to be built under the sea water to stop floods. Now the government are using 3 000 people and expect to spend nearly five billion euros (欧元) on it.The MOSE gates are being built at the inlets (海湾) .Each MOSE gate is 197 feet long,28. 5 to 37 feet tall,and weighs up to 22 tons. It's nearly the size of a 20-story building. Before the gates are in use,they are under the sea and full of water. When the flood comes,the water in the gates will be poured out,and then the gates will be filled with air. So the gates can go up with the sea water. Once they’re in the right place,they will stop the sea water pouring into Venice.These gates will be able to deal with floods up to 10 feet,and as long as the sea level (平面) rises no more than two feet in the next 100 years,the MOSE will work as expected.
The MOSE project is now two-thirds done.The head engineer,Giovanni Cecconi,said, uThis is a war.During the war,it's not impor?tant that you win. Ifs important that youVe alive. We're alive. 'Anyway,this project is saving Venice from falling.
1. The underlined word4' construction' in the passage means “ ”in Chinese.
A. 建筑 B. 农业 C. 交通
2. Before building the MOSE gates,the Italian government stop the floods.
A. never built gates on the ground
B. built many kinds of gates on the ground
C. built some gates which were under the ground
3. When the flood comes, can describe the working steps of the MOSE gates.
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A. a—?b—>c B. b——>^c C. b—>c—?a
4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The Italian government are using 3 000 people and expect to spend nearly five billion dollars on the MOSE.
B. The MOSE project is half done now.
C. Each MOSE gate is 197 feet long,28. 5 to 37 feet tall,and weighs up to 22 tons.
5. The best title for this passage should be.
A. The Journey to Venice
B. The MOSE Project in Venice
C. Several Kinds of Floods in Venice
Passage 12
[语篇解读]这是一篇说明文。威尼斯是意大利的一个对游人有着 吸引力的城市,全世界的旅游者都喜欢到这个美丽的城市去旅游。然 而由于种种原因,这个城市正遭受洪水的威胁。意大利政府为解决这 个城市的水患,正耗费巨资在海上建造MOSE gates。本文对这一工程 的紧迫性、工作原理和进程一一做了介绍。
1. A词义猜测题。MOSE gates是意大利政府为解决Venice的水患而 建造的海下工程,由此可以猜测Italy's biggest construction and engineering companies 是指意大利最大的建筑工程公司。
2. B细节理解题。根据第二段的第三句话:Actually,there were many kinds of gates that were built to stop the floods,but all the gates were just built on the ground.可知,在政府建造MOSE gates之前,已经在地上建 造了各种各样的gates治理洪水。
3. B细节理解题。根据第三段的介绍,MOSE gates的工作原理是这 样的:①闸门投人使用之前,它们位于海底,并且充满了水;②当洪 水来的时候,闸门里的水被倒掉,并且闸门内将充满空气;③闸门随 着海水开始上升,一旦它到达合适的高度,它将阻止海水倒向威尼 斯。所以选项B的图示顺序正确。
4. C 推理判断题。根据 Now the government are using 3 000 people and expect to spend nearly five billion euros on it.这句话可以判断选项 A 错误,因为短文中提到的是50亿欧元而不是选项A中提到的50亿美 兀。根据最后一段的第一句话:The MOSE project is now two-thirds done.可以知道这项工程已经完成了三分之二,而不是选项B中所提 到的二分之一。选项C这句话在原文中能够找到。
5. B主旨大意题。阅读全文可知,作者主要在跟人们介绍MOSE gates这项工程。故选项B正确。
[长难句] During the war,it's not important that you win. It's important that you’re alive.在这场战争中,重要的不是你赢了,重要的是你还 活着。这两句话中,it都作形式主语,that引导的从句为真正主语。