重庆市20xx-20xx学年九年级英语下学期阶段测试二

重庆市20xx-20xx学年九年级英语下学期阶段测试二内容摘要：

taly. It wasn39。 t built on land, like Beijing or Shanghai, but on more than 110 islands. Seawater is everywhere around the city. Even so, travel isn39。 t that difficult. The waterways have always been the best way to get around. There are 117 waterways and more than 400 bridges that can guide you where you want to go. People in Venice move from place to place by boat. Water makes the city special, but it is also a big problem. Sometimes tourists will have such strange experiences . One moment they walk across the Rialto Bridge , and there’ s nothing special . But when they e back to the bridge an hour later , it’ s underwater and everyone is wearing rain shoes . 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 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. The Italian government has asked some of Italy’ s biggest panies to build the MOST project , which was planned to be built under the seawater to stop the rising water . Anyway , this project is helping solve the problem . 54. According to the passage , Venice is __________ of Italy . A. in the northeast B. in the west C. in the southwest D. in the south 55. __________ have always been the best way to go here and there in the city . A. Taxis and cars B. The waterways C. 400 bridges D. Boats and rain shoes 56. Venice has gone down by 23 centimeters because __________ . A. people used too much underground water B. it got higher little by little C. the temperature has fallen over the years D. more than half of the city is underwater 57. The passage is mainly about __________ of Venice . A. the waterways and bridges B. the Most project and problems C. the specials and problems D. the history and beautiful places C In the last moments before the flight took off , I heard a father saying to his daughter , “ I love you . I wish you enough . ” The daughter said, “Daddy, our life together has been more than enough. Your love is all I ever needed. I wish you enough , too.” They kissed goodbye and the daughter left , I could see the father was very sad. Suddenly the father walked towards me and asked me, “Did y ou ever say goodbye to someone knowing it would be the last time?” His words made me think of my father. Realizing that my father’s days were limited (有限的 ), I took the time to tell him face to face how much he meant to me. So I understood what this father was experiencing. “Yes, I did.” I answered, “But why is this a last goodbye?” “I am old and my daughter lives much too far away. Maybe her next trip ba ck will be for my funeral (葬礼 ),” he said. “When you were saying goodbye, I heard you say ‘I wish you enough’. What does that mean?” He began to smile. “My parents used to say it to me. When we say ‘I wish you enough’, we want the other person to have a lif e filled with enough good things.” He stopped for a moment and continued, “I wish you enough sun shine to keep your attitude（态度） bright. I wish you enough rain to keep you being thankful to the sunshine more. I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive. I wish you enough pain so that the smallest joys in life seem much bigger„ I wish you enough ‘Hellos’ to get you through the final ‘Goodbye’”. Then he said goodbye to me and walked away. 58. The story happened __________ . A. in a hospital B. at an airport C. at a train station D. in a park 59. The father was sad __________ . A. because he would die soon B. because his daughter lived in the neighborhood C. because it might be the last time for him to see his daughter D. her daughter’ s next trip back would be 10 years later 60. In the passage , “ I wish you enough ” means that I wish the other person __________ . A. as many good t。