Venice is the “Queen of the Adriatic Sea . Every year thousands of people from a

Venice is the “Queen” of the Adriatic Sea (亚得里亚海). Every year thousands ofpeople from all over the world travel to Italy to visit the city. Do you knowwhy they like to go there for a visit?

Venice is a very beautiful city. It isquite different from other cities in the world. There aren’t any roads andstreets in the city. So there aren’t any cars and buses. There are many canals(运河)in the city. There is one bigcanal and one hundred and seventy-seven small canals. People move up and down thecanals in boats to go to work, go shopping or visit their friends.

But Venice is sinking. It is going down andthe water is going up. In 2040Venice will be under water, The Adriatic Sea willcover the city. The Venetians (威尼斯人)love their city and want to stay there. So they want to saveVenice? They can build some strong huge walls and gates in the sea. The gateswill close to keep too much water out. Thus Venice will not sink.

1.From this short article we know Venice is        .

2.People from all parts of the world go tovisit Venice because       .

3.The Venetians usually go to work or visittheir friends           .

4.Year by year the Adriatic Sea     andVenice         .

5. Because the Adriatic Sea will cover it,the Venetians        .

试题答案

【答案】

1.C

2.D

3.D

4.A

5.B

【解析】略