Country

China

Australia

Italy

Great Britain

Capital

Beijing

Canberra

Rome

London

Places

of interest名胜

Population

About

1.3  billion

About

20  million

About

58  million

About

60  million

Position

位置

Eastern Asia

Oceania

Southern Europe

Western

Europe

Language

Chinese

English

Italian

English

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66.             has the largest population among these countries.

A.      Italy           B. Australia      C. China     D. Great Britain

67. If you want to visit Tower Bridge, you should travel to             .

A. Rome         B. London       C. Beijing    D. Canberra

68. You can visit              in the country with the smallest population.

A. Big Ben                        B. the Great Wall 

C. the leaning Tower of Pisa            D. the Opera House

69. From the form, you can find              in the western Europe.

   A. one country                       B. two countries  

C. three countries                    D. four countries

70. Which of the following is TRUE according to (根据)the information in the form ?

A. Australia and Great Britain aren’t English speaking countries.      

   B. Rome is a city in Southern Europe.   

   C. Canberra is the capital of Italy. 

D. The population of Italy is 60 million.

An Englishman was once traveling in Italy. One day he went into a small restaurant to order dinner. He understood very little Italian and couldn’t read the menu(菜单). He knew the word for eggs, and so he ordered eggs. Italy is famous, however, for its mushrooms(蘑菇) with eggs. But he did not know the word for mushrooms. The waiter did not speak a word of English and could not help him. At last, the man took out his pocket a pencil and a piece of paper and very carefully drew a picture of a mushroom on the piece of paper. The waiter looked at the picture of the mushroom for a long while. He did not understand very well, but at last he left. He was gone a long time. After about a half hour he returned. But instead of an order of mushroom, he brought the man a large black umbrella.

1. 1.

   Why did the Englishman go to Italy?

   1. A.
      He went to work in a restaurant.
   2. B.
      He went to buy an umbrella.
   3. C.
      He traveled in Italy.
   4. D.
      He wanted to visit his friends.
2. 2.

   What is Italy famous for?

   1. A.
      Mushroom with eggs.
   2. B.
      Eggs.
   3. C.
      Mushrooms.
   4. D.
      Beautiful umbrella.
3. 3.

   How did the Englishman tell the waiter that he wanted some mushrooms?

   1. A.
      He drew a picture of a mushroom on the table.
   2. B.
      He said “mushrooms” in Italian.
   3. C.
      He showed the waiter a picture of a mushroom.
   4. D.
      He drew a picture of an umbrella.
4. 4.

   What’s the end of the story?

   1. A.
      The Englishman didn’t get what he wanted, but an umbrella.
   2. B.
      The Englishman got mushrooms at last.
   3. C.
      The Englishman left before the waiter came back.
   4. D.
      The Englishman got nothing in the end.
5. 5.

   Which of the following is right according to the passage?

   1. A.
      An American was once traveling in Italy.
   2. B.
      The man knew Italian very well.
   3. C.
      The man told the waiter that he wanted to buy an umbrella.
   4. D.
      The waiter didn’t know English at all.

Venice is an attractive city in Italy. Tourists throughout the world love traveling to Venice. But sometimes you’ll have such strange experiences. One moment you walk across the Rialto Bridge, and there’s nothing special. Unfortunately, when you come back to the bridge an hour later, it’s underwater and everyone’s wearing rain boots.
That’s just the way it has always been, which may be considered seriously by Italian government. Before the sea comes to Venice, the government has decided to build the MOSE gates. Actually(实际上), there were many kinds of gates that were built to stop the floods, but all the gates were just built on the ground. Besides, the flooding was becoming worse. Industrial(工业的)factories built nearby on the mainland also made the condition get worse, causing the city to sink about 0.75 feet in the 20th century.
So the Italian government asked some of Italy’s biggest construction and engineering companies to build the MOST project, which was planned to be built under the sea water to stop floods. Now the government are using 3 000 people and expect to spend nearly five billion euros(欧元) on it. The MOSE gates are being built at the inlets(海湾).Each MOST gate is 197 feet long ,28.5 to 37 feel tall, and weight up to 22 tons. It’s nearly the size of a 20-story building. Before the gates are in use, under the sea full of water. When the flood comes, the water in the gates will be poured out, and then the gates will be filled with air. So the gates can go up with the sea water. Once they’re in the right place, they will stop the sea water pouring into Venice. These gates will be able to deal with floods up to 10feet,and as long as the sea level(平面)rises no more than two feet in the next 100 years, the MOSE will work as expected.
The MOSE project is now two-thirds done. The head engineer, Giovanni Cecconi, said, “This is a war. During the war, it’s not important that you win. It’s important that you’re alive. We’ve alive.” Anyway, this project is saving Venice from falling.
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【小题1】The underlined word “construction” in the passage means “_______”in Chinese.
A.建筑  B. 农业  C. 交通
【小题2】Before building the MOSE gates, the Italian government _______ to stop the floods.
A. never built gates on the ground
B. built many kinds of gates on the ground
C. built some gates which were under the ground
【小题3】When the flood comes, _______ can describe the working steps of the MOSE gates.

【小题4】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The Italian government ate using 3000 people and expect to spend nearly five billion dollars on the MOSE.
B. The MOSE project is half done now.
C. Each MOSE gate is 197 feet long, 28.5 to 37 feet tall, and weighs up to 22 tons.
【小题5】The best title for this passage should be _______.
A. The Journey to Venice
B. The MOSE Project in Venice
C. Several Kinds of Floods in Venice