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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* melt*. 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. The Italian government has asked some of Italy’s biggest panies to build the MOST project, which was planned to be built under the sea water to stop the rising water. Anyway, this project is helping solve the problem. 37. According to the passage, which picture shows the right place of Venice? 38 Which is the most popular way for peo ple in Venice to get around in the passage? A. On foot. B. By boat. C. By car. D. By bike. 39. Why is Venice still getting lower and lower? One of the reasons is ________. A. too many people live there. B. the rising temperature has made the ice melt. C. lots of bridges have been built. D. the underground water is r ising. 40. The passage is mainly about . A. the waterways of Venice B. the MOST project of Venice C. the scenery of Venice D. the problem of Venice 【參考答案】 37— 40 ABBD 閱讀下面短文,從每小題所給的 A、 B、 C、 D 四個選項中選出一個最佳選項。 【 2022 浙江省溫州市直六校協(xié)作體一?!?D A city without cars would be very strange, right? But Venice is such a city. Venice is in the northeast of Italy. It wasn39。 Mary didn’t understand such sentences as “She is blue today”, “You are yellow”, “He has a green thumb”, “He has told a white lie” and so on. And she went to the teacher Mrs. James for help. Mary: Mrs. James, there is a colour in each of the sentences. What do they mean? Mrs. James: In everyday English, Mary, blue sometimes means sad, yellow afraid. A person with a green thumb grows plants well and a white lie is not a bad one.” Mary: I’m afraid I don’t understand them all. Would you give me an example for “a white lie”? Mrs. James: Certainly. Now I just give you some cakes. In fact you don’t like it, but you don’t want to let me know it. Instead you say, “No, thanks. I’m not