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閱讀理解 　　It has shined and steamed at the lowest point on Earth since the ancient time．Its silence and curing powers have attracted people from biblical(圣經(jīng)的)mystics to modern tourists．But the Dead Sea has been quietly dying for years． 　　And the two states next to its shrinking shoreline, Israel and Jordan, face serious economic and ecological challenges in considering how to save a unique natural wonder of the world． 　　They have begun to consider a“Red－Dead”solution－a canal to pump water from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea．But huge costs, and the risk both of damaging the Red's famous coral reefs and weakening the Dead's medicinal minerals, stand in the way． 　　Known as the Dead Sea because nothing can live in it, the world's saltiest body of water has fallen from 390 metres to 417 metres below sea level in the last 50 years．The drop has sped up to a metre a year recently, making a third of its ancient 950 square km size lost．Modern economics are to blame－taking too much Jordan River water that feeds the Dead Sea to rain－starved farmland． 　　Hotels and health spas(旅游勝地)built along the beach below desert cliffs, as well as sites holy to Jews, Christians and Muslims, are now a kilometre or more from the water's edge．Retired Swiss couple Jean and Esther Haensenberger have been spending their yearly“Kur”－a Central European tradition of taking medicinal baths to treat skin illness and stress－at Israel's flagship Dead Sea resort of Ein Gedi since the 1980s．At first, they could walk a few paces from the Ein Gedi Spa to the beach for a float in windless waters so floating that one can read a book while lying on one's back．Now visitors board a tractor－drawn trolley that takes them a kilometre to the water． 　　“It's over twice the distance out today．It's sad that another rare preserve of nature is disappearing．”said Jean Haensenberger as he and his wife rode to the shore,“If the sea keeps going down, will people like us keep coming?” (1) What's the risk the“Red－Dead”solution may have? [　　] A． It may change the nature of the Dead Sea． B． It may destroy the famous coral． C． It may make the medicinal materials disappear． D． It may cost too much money． (2) The main problem the Dead Sea faces is ________． [　　] A． it steams too fast B． it is getting smaller and smaller C． more and more visitors visit it D． it is getting dirtier and dirtier (3) One of the causes that makes the Dead Sea smaller is ________． [　　] A． hotels built along the beach B． the growing tourism C． less and less rainfall D． too much water was taken to farmland (4) What disadvantage has the disappearing Dead Sea brought to the tourists? [　　] A． Tourists won't come to the Dead Sea． B． Its nature is changing． C． Tourists have to go much farther to the water． D． The water in the Dead Sea is becoming saltier and saltier．

Answer 1

答案：1．A;2．B;3．D;4．C;
解析：

(1)	這種拯救死海的方式帶來(lái)的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)是可能會(huì)改變水質(zhì)，損害珊瑚，破壞海水的藥用價(jià)值，由第三段They have begun to consider a“Red－Dead”solution－a canal to pump water from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea．But huge costs, and the risk both of damaging the Red's famous coral reefs and weakening the Dead's medicinal minerals, stand in the way．得出拯救死海的辦法是從紅海中向死海輸送水源，但有一定的危害．stand in the way“阻礙”．
(2)	死海海水在迅速減少，面臨消失的危險(xiǎn)．由首段the Dead Sea has been quietly dying for years得出．
(3)	文中提到大量抽取本應(yīng)流入死海的河水用于農(nóng)田灌溉，是其主要原因．由第四段taking too much Jordan River water that feeds the Dead Sea to rain－starved farmland得出．rain－starved缺少雨水的；take…to…把……送入……．
(4)	從最后兩段得出，游客抱怨的是他們離海水越來(lái)越遠(yuǎn)．原來(lái)只需走幾步，現(xiàn)在要坐車(chē)走一英里多．(Now visitors board a tractor－drawn trolley that takes them a kilometre to the water．“It's over twice the distance out today．It's sad that another rare preserve of nature is disappearing．”said Jean Haensenberger as he and his wife rode to the shore．)a tractor－drawn trolley拖車(chē)；twice the distance兩倍的距離．