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五、阅读理解(20 分)
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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. 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 islands in saltwater lakes when some Italians escaped from a war over 1,500 years ago,and built homes there.
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 centimetres. 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 built under the seawater to stop the rising water. Anyway,this project is helping solve the problem.
( ) 1. According to the passage,Venice is ______ of Italy.
A. in the northeast B. in the west C. in the southwest D. in the south
( ) 2. ______ have always been the best way to go here and there in the city.
A. Taxis and cars B. The waterways C. 400 bridges D. Boats and rain shoes
( ) 3. Venice ______ small islands in saltwater lakes more than 1,500 years ago.
A. change into B. used to be C. became D. developed from

答案： 【解析】：
这是一道英语阅读理解题，主要考查学生对文章内容的理解和细节把握能力。文章主要介绍了意大利城市威尼斯的地理位置、交通方式、历史起源以及面临的水患问题。题目类型为选择题，需要从文章中找出相关信息进行作答。
1. 第一题考查的是威尼斯在意大利的地理位置，可以通过文章第二段第一句“Venice is in the northeast of Italy.”得出答案。
2. 第二题考查的是威尼斯城内的交通方式，可以通过文章第三段第二句“The waterways have always been the best way to get around.”得出答案。
3. 第三题考查的是威尼斯的历史起源，可以通过文章第四段“Venice grew out of small islands in saltwater lakes when some Italians escaped from a war over 1,500 years ago, and built homes there.”以及选项的辨析得出答案。
【答案】：
1. A
2. B
3. D