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(實(shí)際上), 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(工業(yè)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(歐元) on it. The MOSE gates are being built at the inlets(海灣).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.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容選擇最佳答案。

1.The underlined word “construction” in the passage means “_______”in Chinese.

A.建筑  B. 農(nóng)業(yè)  C. 交通

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

3.When the flood comes, _______ can describe the working steps of the MOSE gates.

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.

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

The computers changed our lives in the 1980s, the Internet changed our lives in the 1990s, and the robots will change our lives in the new century.
Do you think there will be robots in people’s homes? It’s not a dream that every home will have a robot.
Now, robots are not only able to help people do the housework, they can also help the doctors do the difficult operations, play chess with people, play the piano and so on.
A new cooking robot is used in Beijing. It can cook all the dishes on the menu, you only need to wait two to four minutes, in the future, the robot will be a nurse, a security guard, or a partner in your life.
Experts(專家) believe robots will be used everywhere from the industrial( 工業(yè)的) robots to service robots. In the future, robots will become part of the family, and provide else service for people. We all look forward to the new robot age.
【小題1】     changed our lives in dm 1990s.
A. The robots         B. The compilers     C The TV sets      D. The Interact
【小題2】 According to the passage, we know that a new cooking robot is being used in          .

句子翻譯。閱讀短文，翻譯劃線部分的句子。（共5小題，計(jì)10分）

??? If I could change one important thing in my hometown, 1.it would be the air pollution problem.Here are the reasons why I want to solve the problem.

??? 2.第一原因是我希望我的家鄉(xiāng)變成一座美麗的城市。 As an old industrial(工業(yè)的）city,my hometown has done a lot to help the country’s development .But at the same time,the environment of it has been badly destroyed.Its air quality(質(zhì)量)is so bad. 3.It’s hard for people to see a blue sky during most time of the year.

????? Another reason is that my hometown’s development needs a clean environment to attract talent(吸引人才).Because the environment of my hometown is very poor,many local students who study out of it don’t want to come back after graduation(畢業(yè)).

????? Now people are paying more and more attention to their health.If the air pollution problem cannot be solve quickly, 4.人們不可能保持健康。

????? Luckily,lots of people in my hometown have realized how serious the problem is. 5.I’m? sure my hometown will become a clean and beautiful city in the future.

The computers changed our lives in the 1980s, the Internet changed our lives in the 1990s, and the robots will change our lives in the new century.

Do you think there will be robots in people' s homes? It' s not a dream that every home will have a robot.

Now, robots are not only able to help people do the housework, they can also help the doctors do the difficult operations, play chess with people, play the piano and so on.

A new cooking robot is used in Beijing. It can cook all the dishes on the menu, you only need to wait two to four minutes. In the future, the robot will be a nurse, a security(安全) guard, or a partner in your life.

Experts believe robots will be used everywhere from the industrial (工業(yè)的) robots to service robots. In the future, robots will become part of the family, and provide close service for people. We all look forward to the new robot age.

1._____changed our lives in the 1990s.

A. The robots        B. The computers     C. The TV sets      D. The Internet

2.According to the passage, we know that a new cooking robot is being used in__.

A. the future         B. Beijing           C. many countries    D. many families

3.What can the robots do now?

A. They can help people do the housework.

B. They can help the doctors do the difficult operations.

C. They can play chess with people.

D. A, B and C.

4.Which is the best title(標(biāo)題) of the passage?

A. The computers changed our lives      B. Robots can cook

C. Robots are coming                 D. Robots will be doctors

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(實(shí)際上), 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(工業(yè)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(歐元) on it. The MOSE gates are being built at the inlets(海灣).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.
根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容選擇最佳答案。
【小題1】The underlined word “construction” in the passage means “_______”in Chinese.
A.建筑  B. 農(nóng)業(yè)  C. 交通
【小題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
【小題3】When the flood comes, _______ can describe the working steps of the MOSE gates.

【小題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.
【小題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