Question

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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't1.b       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 2.b       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 3.b       boat. They like to enjoy the scenery and cool summer nights while4.t       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, 5.b       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.

There are two reasons for this phenomenon(现象). Once, people used too much underground water. This 6. m       the city get lower little by little. Now the city has gone down by 23 centimeters. 7.A       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 the8.c       in autumn and winter. When a lot of water comes, more than half of the city is underwater.

Scientists are 9. t       different ways to stop the city from getting even lower. The Italian government has 10. a       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.

Answer

1.built

2.best

3.by

4.taking

5.but

6.made

7.Another

8.city

9.trying

10.asked

【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.句意：它不是建立在陆地上。此句是一个被动语态的句子，应填的是一个动词的过去分词。依据句意及首写字母，答案为built。

2.句意：旅游并不是那么困难。水路一直是最好的方式。从下文可知，威尼斯是一座水上城市，水路是最好的交通方式。故答案为best。

3.句意：在威尼斯人们乘船从一个地方到另一个地方。从上文可知，水路是威尼斯最好的交通方式。出门要乘船。故答案为by。

4.句意：他们喜欢乘船旅行时享受风景和凉爽的夏天的夜晚。take boat trips乘船旅行。While后跟动词时，要用动词ing形式。故答案为taking。

5.句意：水使这座城市很特别，但它也是一个大问题。依据语境理解，前后句是转折关系，故用连词but。

6.句意：它使这座城市逐渐地变低。make sb./sth. do使某人/某物做……。时态是一般现在时态，故答案为makes。

7.句意：另一个问题是不断上涨的海水。上文提到造成这种现象的原因有两个，前面解释了一种，这里介绍另一种。故答案为Another。

8.句意：每年，上升的海水会在秋季和冬季袭击这座城市。威尼斯之所以是一座水上城市，海水上升，特别在秋季和冬季袭击这座城市。故答案为city。

9.句意：科学家正在尝试不同的方法来阻止城市变得更低。此句是一个现在进行时态，缺少现在分词，依据句意及首字母，答案为trying。

10.句意：意大利政府已要求意大利的一些最大公司在水下建立一些项目来阻止海水的上升。Ask sb to do sth.使/让某人做某事。此句是现在完成时态，缺少动词的过去分词，故答案为asked。

考点：短文语法填空。