【正文】 ing rooms for them in the ISS. C. The ISS will be more useful in the future. D. The ISS costs the members of 16 countries plenty of money every year. （ B） A city without cars would be very strange, right? But Venice is such a city. Venice is in the northeast of Italy. It wasn’t built 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 best ways to get around. There are 117 waterways and more than 400 bridges that can guide you where you want to in Venice move from place to place by boat. They like to enjoy the scenery and cool summer nights while taking 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 more than 1,500 years ago, and built homes there. Water makes the city special, but it is also a big problem. Once, people used too much underground water. This made the city get lower little by little. Now the city has gone down by 23 centimeters. Another 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 the city in autumn and winter. When a lot of water es, more than half of the city is underwater. Scientists are trying different ways to stop the city from getting even lower. 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，選擇正確答案。 ( )26. Where is Venice? A. In Italy. B. In Canada. C. In England. D. In America. ( )27. Which is the most impossible way for people in Venice to get around ? A. On foot. B. By boat. C. By car. D. By bike. ( )28. Why is Venice still getting lower and lower? A. Because too many people live there. B. Because the rising temperature has made the ice melt. C. Because lots of bridges have been built. D. Because the underground water is rising. ( )29. What seasons are dangerous for Venice because of high waters? A. Summer and autumn. B. Autumn and winter. C. Summer and winter. D. Spring and winter. ( )30. The passage is mainly about. A. the waterways of Venice B. the history of Venice C. the scenery of Venice D. the problem of Venice （ C ） Dragons are not real animals, but look like a bination (組合體 ) of many animals such as snakes, fish and deer. They have two horns (角 ) and a long moustache (胡子 ). With fantastic powers, they fly in the sky or swim in the sea. They can make rain, too. The Chinese dragon is a symbol of strength and good luck. The emperors of ancient China loved dragons. Their clothes were covered with pictures of dragons. We are proud to call ourselves the ―descendants (傳人 ) of the dragon ‖. In Chinese, ―excellent‖people are often called ―dragons‖. A number of Chinese sayings and idioms talk about dragons, for example, ―Hoping one39。s child will bee a dragon,‖ which means hoping he or she will be successful. It is said that people born in the Year of the Dragon have certain characteristics. They are creative, confident, brave and quicktempered. There are some famous“ dragons” who have done excellent things, for example, Deng Xiaoping, the famous businessman Li Jiacheng and the movie star Zhao Wei. They are all very successful. There are also some traditional festivals about dragons in China, such as Dragon Head – Raising Day and Dragon Boat Festival. We have different kinds of activities to celebrate them. These two festivals e every year, but the Year of the Dragon es every twelve years. It was the year of the Dragon five years ago. The dragon is very important in Chinese culture. As the“ descendants of the dragon” , it is necessary for us to know the views on dragons in our culture. It can help us understand why our parents always want us to be“ dragons” . 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，選擇 正確 答案。 （ ） 31. What does the Chinese dragon symbolize? A. A bination of many animals. B. Chinese sayings and idioms. C. Traditional festivals. D. Strength and good luck. （ ） 32. In the passage, the underlined sentence ―Hoping one’s child will bee a dragon. ‖ meansin Chinese. A. 龍馬精神 C. 望子成龍 D. 龍騰虎躍 （ ） 33. What characteristics may the people born in the Year of the Dragon have? He may be. A. creative, confident, brave and powerful B. creative, confident, brave and quicktempered C. lovely, confident, brave and quicktempered D. lucky, confident, creative and successful （ ） 34. Which of