Question

19．Today，one can trace Venice's rich past from its buildings．Most cities can claim at least a handful of outstanding churches，palaces or houses of historical interest，but in Venice very nearly everything is remarkable，from the magnificent Piazza San Marco （St．Mark's Square ） and the palaces that line the Grand Canal to the centuries-old homes of simple fishermen．It would be easy to say that the city itself is an enormous museum if it were not for the fact it is so obviously alive．
At first sight，Venice looks unbelievably permanent，an apparently complete Renaissance （文藝復興） city so untouched by time that there seems no reason why it should not go on forever．Now the city is slowly sinking，as the clay on which it is built loses its elasticity （彈性） and the massive wooden piles rot （腐爛） away．Flooding，such a rare occurrence a hundred years ago now happens several times each winter．
The damage caused by the flooding is immense，and the fabric of the ancient buildings is now being further damaged by pollution from the mainland town as well as by the wash produced by the constantly increasing number of motor boats that speed up and down the canals．
A further threat to Venice comes from the Venetians themselves，some of whom are not particularly interested in preserving the city as one of the wonders of the world and would prefer to see it modernized．
"What better place is there for the meeting of dear friends？See how it glows with the advancing summer； how the sky and the sea and the rosy air and the marble of the palaces all glimmer and melt together．"Thus wrote the famous author Henry James，of Venice，which provided the setting for his story"The Aspern Papers"，in the nineteenth century．The Splendor of Venice has captured the imagination of artists for centuries---and not just of the great painters and novelists．How tragic now that she is faced with the double threat of man and nature．Venice indeed will be lucky to survive．
25．Venice proudly boastsD．
A．its beautiful churches，palaces and houses
B．its unique St．Mark's Square and the Grand Canal
C．its picturesque waterscape
D．its marvelous ancient buildings
26．The writer thinks thatA．
A．Venice can be regarded as a big museum
B．Venice is no longer a big museum
C．Venice is different from a big museum
D．Venice can never be a big museum because of its modernization
27．From the fourth paragraph，we know thatD．
A．Venetians are eager to modernize their city
B．Venetians value the Grand Canal
C．Venetians don't care about any threat to the Grand Canal．
D．the threat of man is greater than the threat of nature
28．In the last paragraph，the writerB．
A．is very confident that Venice will survive
B．is doubtful whether Venice will survive
C．thinks that Venice will have luck
D．is afraid that Venice will no longer attract artists and novelists．

Answer 1

分析 文章介紹了威尼斯歷史上重要的一些特征，如建筑物，但是隨和社會的發(fā)展逐漸正面臨著消失的危險．

解答 DADB
25．D  細節(jié)題．通過第一段的描述可知，在one can trace Venice's rich past from its buildings．Most cities can claim at least a handful of outstanding churches，palaces or houses of historical interest，but in Venice very nearly everything is remarkable大街小巷都是一些有意義的建筑，故選D．
26．A 細節(jié)題．根據(jù)第一段最后It would be easy to say that the city itself is an enormous museum 作者認為威尼斯可以稱得上一個博物館，故選A．
27．D 推理題．該段主要介紹威尼斯人更偏好現(xiàn)代化，不重注保護歷史，所以答案為D．
28．B 推理題．根據(jù)最后一段的How tragic now that she is faced with the double threat of man and nature．Venice indeed will be lucky to survive．尤其是 tragic 等詞．暗示作者對于威尼斯能否保存比較懷疑，故選B．

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