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(风光) 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 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.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）
1.According to the passage, Venice is a ___________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 1500 years ago.
A. change into B. used to be
C. became D. developed from
4.Which is NOT the reason why the city gets lower and lower?
A. The higher temperature
B. Overused underground water
C. Too many waterways
D. The rising seawater
5.The passage is mainly about of Venice.
A. the waterways and bridge
B. the MOST project and problems
C. the specials and problems
D. the history and scenery
In their last moment before the flight took off, I heard a father saying to his daughter, “ I love you, I wish you enough.” The daughter said, “Daddy, our life together has been more than enough. Your love is all I ever needed. I wish you enough to.” They kissed goodbye and the daughter left. I could see the father was very sad.
Suddenly the father walked towards me and asked me, “Did you ever say goodbye to someone knowing it would be the last time?”
His words made me think of my father. Realizing that my father’s days were limited(有限的)，I took the time to tell him face to face how much he meant to me. So I understood what this father was experiencing.
“ Yes, I did.” I answered, “ But why is this a last goodbye?”
“ I am old and my daughter lives much too far away. Maybe her next trip back will be for my funeral (葬礼)，” he said.
“ When you were saying goodbye, I heard you say ‘I wish you enough’. What does that mean?”
He began to smile. “my parents used to say it to me . When we say ‘I wish you enough’，we want the other person to have a life filled with enough good things.” He stopped for a moment and continued, “I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright. I wish you enough rain to appreciate (欣赏、感激) the sun more. I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive. I wish you enough pain so that the smallest joys in life seem much bigger… I wish you enough ‘Hellos’ to get you through the final ‘ Goodbye’”.
He then said goodbye to me and walked away.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。（共5小题，每小题2分， 满分10分）
1.Where did the story happened?
A. In a hospital. B. At an airport
C. At a train station D. In a park
2.The word “joys” in Paragraph 7 is about ______________.
A. pleasure B. happiness
C. enjoyment D. all above
3. In the passage, “ I wish you enough” means that we wish _______.
the other person as many good things as possible
B. each other a good life.
C. the other person as much sunshine as possible
D. it enough rain
4.Which is NOT mentioned according to the passage?
A. The father’s parents used to say “ I wish you enough”.
B. The writer was the father’s friend.
C. The father was sad when his daughter left.
D. The father wished his daughter to live a happy life.
5.According to the passage, why must we be wished enough pain?
A. Because no pain, no gain.
B. Because we can keep our spirit alive.
C. Because the tiny happiness makes us feel like the great joys.
D. Because the pleasures and pains in life are necessary.
What are you going to do if you are in a burning house? How will you escape? Do you know how to save yourself? Please read the following passage.
Escaping from a fire is a serious matter. Knowing what to do during a fire can save your life. It’s important to know the ways you can use and show them to everyone in the family, such as stairways and fire escapes, but not elevators.
From the lower floors of the buildings, escaping through windows is possible. Learn the best way of leaving by windows with the least chance of serious injury.
The second floor window is usually not very high from the ground. Of course, it is safer to jump a short way than to stay in a burning building.
Windows are also useful when you are waiting for help. Be sure to keep the door closed. Or smoke and fire may come into the room. Keep your head low at the window to be sure you get fresh air rather than smoke that may get into the room.
On a second or third floor, the best windows for escape are those that open onto a roof . From the roof a person can drop to the ground more safely. Dropping onto hard ground might end in injury. But shes and grass can help to break a fall.
根据短文内容，判断句子正（T）误(F)。 （共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）
1.It’s serious to know how to escape from a fire.
2.In a fire we can use elevators to come down.
3.Windows can’t be used when you are waiting for help.
4.Doors must all be open so that smoke can come into the room.
5.The passage may help save your life in a fire.
完形填空
从A、B、C三个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳答案。（共10 小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
What do you think of your Chinese? Is it good or bad? If you think you are good at Chinese,
You can the competition named the Chinese Characters Dictation Competition(汉字听写大赛)。 The competition became popular the teenagers. Let’s know something about it.
More and more computers and smart phones are used by teenagers. They spend time on
the Internet in playing or chatting. They are used to messages by computers and smart phones. Some of them forget to write Chinese Characters . The teachers and parents are very it. What can they do?
Not long ago, they found an interesting game called the Chinese characters Dictation. The program modeled After the American show “National Spelling Bee”, where middle school students stand on the stage to write down Chinese via(通过)dictation. Over two hundred competitions are from forty-six schools. The audience(观众)are interested in this kind of competition, too. They would like to write down the characters the competitors were writing them. But they found it was also difficult for them to write down all the characters.
Is it an interesting competition? Can you be the ?
1.A. take part in B. work together in C. join up with
2.A. between B. in C. among
3.A. too many B. too much C. much too
4.A. sending B. send C. sent
5.A. at hand B. by hand C. in hand
6.A. crazy about B. worried about C. busy with
7.A. it B. this C. itself
8.A. usual B. old C. new
9.A. as for B. while C. as though
10.A. winner B. worker C. teacher
----- Are you still mad at Lana?
-----No, it’s water under the bridge. I’ve forgotten it.
A. 这是桥下的水 B. 这是水中的桥
C.过去的，就让它过去吧 D. 蚂蚁过不去的坎
----The final exams are coming soon.
----Yes, I have ants in my pants.
A. 我有热锅上的蚂蚁 B．有很多蚂蚁爬在我的裤子上
C. 我养了一些蚂蚁 D. 我很焦虑
