Ⅱ. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
In Venice, it is not uncommon to see tourists carry suitcases through waist-high water, or sit at tables in Piazza San Marco ____1____ their swimsuits. Pictures of Venice in the most dramatic flooding are really alarming.
We are used to thinking of Venice as a city in danger, a glorious relic of human creativity that is about to sink any day suddenly the end looks ____2____ (close). However, as climate change makes extreme weather more frequent, Venice looks less like a victim of the sea and more like an old survivor ____3____ can teach the rest of the world now to live with wafer.
People barely notice ____4____ smartly the art treasures of Venice are kept on the upper floors of palaces and museums, even on a dry summer day. It is also needless to worry about all the art in churches ____5____ no other city has such a sharp awareness of protecting itself from water.
In their art, the people of Venice are as happy on water as on land. Vittore Carpaccio's painting Hunting on the Lagoon shows young Venetians standing easily balanced in low-sided boats ____6____ (shoot) arrows at water birds. In a Gentile Bellini's painting, priests swim in the canal searching for a lost relic. Titian portrays ashot woman ____7____ (bathe) in open water in his painting. Hunting and fishing, swimming and showing. Venetians always know how to enjoy water.
The palaces ____8____ (build) in Venice are also good examples of the prevention of flood. ____9____ has its living spaces on upper floors, often with a courtyard on the ground floor that ____10____ (drain) water instantly.
【答案】1. in 2. closer
3. that 4. how
5. because 6. to shot
7. bathing 8. built
9. each 10. drains
