[大学英语考试复习资料]成人高等教育学士学位英语真题9

[大学英语考试复习资料]成人高等教育学士学位英语真题9 [大学英语考试复习资料]成人高等教育学士学位英语真题9 成人高等教育学士学位英语真题9 Paper One Part Ⅰ Reading Comprehension Directions: There are 4 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each question there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. After you read a passage, you should decide on the best choice and then mark the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center. Passage 1 For centuries Dutch engineers have been fighting a war against water. Their main enemy is the sea. A large part of the country is below sea level. In fact, Holland is also called the \which means \land\Very tall and strong walls, called dykes, have been built to keep out the sea. But in very rough weather the sea may suddenly burst through a 1 / 40 [大学英语考试复习资料]成人高等教育学士学位英语真题9 dyke. Great damage can be caused by floods when this happens. Three large rivers are also part of the problem. These rivers are the Rhine, the Maas and the Scheldt. They flow through Holland into the North Sea. They have cut many passages across the country. At low tide, the rivers flow into the sea as usual. But at high tide, the sea can flow into the rivers! This is because the land is so low. The battles against the water never end, but they have made Holland a bigger and bigger country. In order to prevent floods, the engineers take or reclaim land that was under water. The Dutch have been reclaiming land for seven hundred years. Land is usually reclaimed from a passage between islands. Two dykes are built across the passage, so they block the water between them. Then the engineers dig long canals and pump the water into them. At low tide, the canals empty the water into the sea. Because the land is so low, water from the sea and rivers can rise up through the ground. For this reason, the pumps continue working even the land has been drained (that is, when the water has been pumped away). The dykes contain gates, and through these the water is pumped out. In many 2 / 40 [大学英语考试复习资料]成人高等教育学士学位英语真题9 parts of Holland, pumps must be working all the time. If they stopped, there will be very bad floods. 1. Water is the main threat to Holland because ______. A.the sea is too rough B.the land is lower than the sea C.the high and strong dykes can not keep the floods out D.the weather is too rough 答案:B[解析] 文章开头提到荷兰工程师们几个世纪以来就一直同水做斗争，这个国家的主要敌人就是大海。接着文章提到“A large part of the country is below sea level. In fact, Holland is also called the 'Netherlands' which means 'low land'. ”这句话意为“大部分国土都位于海平面以下，而荷兰的国名也表示‘低地’的意思”。很显然，这就是水对于荷兰来说是一个主要威胁的原因。故选B。 2. \A.high land B.land of water C.low land D.land of dykes 答案:C[解析] 根据第一段第四句话“In fact, Holland is also called the 'Netherlands' which means 'low land'. ”可知，“Holland”也被称为“Netherlands”，意为“低地”。故选C。 3. Holland is threatened not only by the sea, but also by 3 / 40