Question

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 on more than 110 islands. Seawater is everywhere around the city.

    Even so, travel isn't difficult. The waterways have always been the best way to get around. There are 117 waterways and more than 400 bridges that can guide you where you want to go.  People in Venice move from place to place by boat.

Water makes the city special, but it is also a big problem. Sometimes tourists will have such strange experiences. One moment they walk across the Rialto Bridge, and there’s nothing special. But when they come back to the bridge an hour later, it’s underwater and everyone is wearing rain shoes.

    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 the rising seawater. The temperature has risen over the years. This has made the ice of the Arctic Ocean (北冰洋) 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 underwater.

Scientists are trying different ways to stop the city from getting even lower. The Italian government has asked some of Italy’s biggest companies to build the MOST project, which was planned to be build under the seawater to stop the rising water. Anyway, this project is helping solve the problem.

1. Which is the best way to travel in Venice?

A. The waterways.         B. Taxis and cars.

C. 400 bridges            D. Boats and rain shoes.

2.What doesn’t cause Venice to get lower and lower?

A. The ice of the Arctic Ocean melt.

B. Seawater is everywhere around the city.

C. People used too much underground water

D. The temperature has become higher over the years.

3. What can we infer from the last passage?

A. Venice is sure to stop getting lower.

B. High waters won’t hit Venice any more.

C. Scientists can solve the problems easily

D. Some possible ways help to solve the problem.

4. What’s the best title of this passage?

A. The Places of Interest of Venice 

B. The History of Venice.

C. The Specials and Problems of Venice

D. The MOST Project of Venice.

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了意大利的水城威尼斯。从中我们可以知道这个城市在意大利西北部，人们的主要交通工具是船。这个城市因为水而出名，同时也面临着海平面上升，城市面临被淹没的问题。

1.A细节理解题。根据The waterways have always been the best way to get around..故选B

2.B 归纳理解题。 根据Once, people used too much underground water. This made the city get lower little by little. 及Another problem is the rising seawater. The temperature has risen over the years. This has made the ice of the Arctic Ocean (北冰洋) melt( 融化).可知过度使用地下水，及气温升高导致北冰洋冰融化导致了威尼斯下沉。故选B。

3.D归纳理解题。根据最后一段主要描述的是科学家在尝试不同的方法以阻止城市下沉可以推断一些可能的方法将帮助解决下沉问题，故选D。

4.主题归纳题。根据短文主要描述了威尼斯的特点及面临的问题，故选C。

考点：文化类类短文阅读。