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 ways 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 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 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.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
1.Where is Venice?
A. In Italy. B. In Canada.
C. In England. D. In America.
2.Which is the most impossible way for people in Venice to get around ?
A. On foot. B. By boat.
C. By car. D. By bike.
3.Why is Venice still getting lower and lower?
A. Because too many people live there.
B. Because the rising temperature has made the ice melt.
C. Because lots of bridges have been built.
D. Because the underground water is rising.
4.What seasons are dangerous for Venice because of high waters?
A. Summer and autumn. B. Autumn and winter.
C. Summer and winter. D. Spring and winter.
5.The passage is mainly about .
A. the waterways of Venice B. the history of Venice
C. the scenery of Venice D. the problem of Venice
One day Peng Xianzhe learned he would go to the Mashan School in Guizhou. The 16-year-old boy tried to imagine how serious the drought was for the students at that school. However, he realized it was more serious than he had imagined when he saw the sign “DON’T wash clothes with water，or you will be punished（惩罚）. ”
Because of drought, the school has been short of water for a long time. Each student has only one bottle of water every day for washing and drinking. The drought has made the poor students much poorer.
Peng is a student from Beijing Chaoyang Foreign Language School. He took part in the school’s Rain & Bow Project from April 2 to 10.
The project idea came from Peng’s principal（负责人）. One day, she heard a sad story about Li Guoxian, a poor girl in the Mashan School，who stopped going to school because of drought. The principal started this project to help the school. In one day, 3，000 students made over 10，000 donations of water，books and clothes.
Peng and other four students went to the Mashan School and gave the donations with five teachers. They visited poor families, made surveys and had classes at the school.
Ding Zhentao，16，was worried about the school’s poor learning environment. “The blackboards and playground are too shabby to use，”Ding said. “Besides, there really aren’t enough teachers. A teacher has to teach both history and English, and even the cook is a class teacher. ”
Although life isn’t easy, students at the school have a positive attitude(积极的态度）towards life and they are quite willing to learn. That’s what moved 16-year-old Chen Shi most.
“They sang their songs together as usual before class every afternoon. After class, the students asked us to tell them things about Beijing and our studies,” Chen said. “You can see the passion(热情）in them. I believe it will make a difference. Their futures will be bright. ”
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
1.Which school does Peng Xianzhe study？
A. Mashan School.
B. Beijing Chaoyang Foreign Language School.
C. Project School.
D. Training School.
2.The underlined word“shabby”means in Chinese.
A. 黑乎乎的 B.光滑的 C. 破旧不堪的 D.不平整
3.Who started the school’s Rain & Bow Project？
A. The principal of the foreign language school.
B. Peng Xianzhe, a 16-year-old boy.
C. Chen Shi, a student from Beijing.
D. Li Guoxian, a poor girl in Guizhou.
4.How many people went to the Mashan School and gave the donations?
A. Four. B. Five. C. Nine. D. Ten.
5.The passage mainly tells us about .
A. the poor learning environment of the Mashan School
B. the things that Beijing students did, saw and heard at the Mashan School
C. the Mashan School students’ positive attitude towards the drought
D. a story of a poor girl who stopped going to school because of drought
完形填空。
根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个能填入相应空格处的最佳答案。
Whenever（任何时候）we hear about “the homeless”, most of us think of the developing world. But in fact, the truth is that homelessness is everywhere. For example, how many of us would expect to see people living on the streets of a wealthy, developed country like Germany?
Kurt Muller and his Rita have spent eleven years making meals for the homeless of Berlin, Germany’s capital. They first began to do that in a hot summer when most Germans were away and enjoyed themselves on holiday. Kurt and his wife stayed at , made sandwiches and some delicious food by themselves, set up a table in the street and gave the to the homeless.
The Mullers soon realized that food wasn’t enough. Most of the homeless people are lonely, they have no friends or relatives. “ these people also need is warmth and caring,” says Rita. The Mullers gave their phone number to the street people thinking and told them to phone anytime. Rita made sure there was at home to answer the phone and their home was always open to anyone who couldn’t face another night on the street.
The couple were soon all their time and money, so Kurt visited food and clothing companies to ask for donations. Today, over thirty companies donate food and other goods and volunteers ________ to give them away to the homeless. The public also give clothes and money and a backpack producer donates new backpacks.
Kurt and Rita put their love to good use by helping homeless people in Berlin, they didn’t receive any payment for their hard work. “ We feel like parents,” says Rita, “and parents shouldn’t expect money for helping their children. The love ________ we get on the streets is our salary.” ________ Rita says she often gets tired, she feels good about helping other people.
They will go on with their work because they like the feeling of having made a difference in the world.
1.A. friend B. wife C. sister D. mother
2.A. school B. hospital C. home D. factory
3.A. food B. money C. books D. clothes
4.A. How B. Why C. When D. What
5.A. without B. with C. before D. for
6.A. nobody B. anybody C. somebody D. everybody
7.A. spending B. losing C. saving D. lending
8.A. let B. make C. help D. get
9.A. who B. whom C. where D. that
10.A. And B. Though C. But D. So
—In the old days, most teenagers had to work for the landlord (地主) in the field to help _____ their families, because their families couldn’t _____ education for them.
—What a pity!
A.support, supply B.afford, support
C.support, afford D.afford, give
I used to___my dream. But now I get used to___doing everything. I think I’ll be successful one day.
A.give up, keeping B. giving up, keeping
C.giving up, keep D. give up, keep
In our class _____ of the students _____ girls.
A.third fifths, is B.third fifth, are
C.three fifth, is D.three fifths, are
