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The Maldives faces the threat of extinction from rising sea levels, but the government said on Thursday it was looking to the future with plans to build homes and a golf course that float.

An increase in sea levels of just 18 to 59 centimeters would make the Maldives -- a nation of tiny coral islands in the Indian Ocean -- virtually uninhabitable by 2100, the UN’s climate change panel has warned.

President Mohamed Nasheed has vowed a fight for survival, and last month he signed a deal with a Dutch company to study proposals for a floating structure that could support a convention centre, homes and an 18-hole golf course. “It is still early stages and we are awaiting a report on the possibility,” a government official said.

The company, Dutch Docklands, is currently building floating developments in the Netherlands and Dubai. There was no immediate comment from the firm but its website said it undertook projects that make “land from water by providing large-scale floating constructions to create similar conditions as on land”.

The Maldives began work on an artificial island known as the Hulhumale near the crowded capital island of Male in 1997 and more than 30,000 people have been settled there to ease congestion. The city, which has a population of 100,000, is already protected from rising sea levels by a 30-million-dollar sea wall, and the government is considering increasingly imaginative ways to combat climate change.

Nasheed, who staged the world’s first underwater cabinet meeting in October to highlight his people’s dilemma , has even spoken of buying land elsewhere in the world to enable Maldivians to relocate if their homes are flooded. He has also pledged the Hulhumale to turn his nation into a model for the rest of the world by becoming “carbon neutral” by 2020. His plan involves ending fossil fuel use and powering all vehicles and buildings from “green” sources.

1.What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. The Maldives plans to build floating homes for the rising sea level.

B. The Maldives’s president signed a deal with a Dutch company.

C. The Maldives staged the first underwater cabinet meeting.

D. The Maldives is considering ways to fight against the global warming.

2.Which statement is true about the Hulhumale?

A. The Hulhumale is a natural island near the capital of Male.

B. The Hulhumale is an artificial island to be built near the capital.

C. The Hulhumale was built in 1997 and has settled over 30,000 people.

D. The Hulhumale is protected by a 30-million-dollar sea wall.

3.According to the passage, the underlined word congestion means _______.

A. being endangered                     B. being crowded

C. being flooded                        D. being disappearing

4.Which of the following is NOT Nasheed’s idea?_______

A. To purchase land elsewhere in the world to help Maldivians to relocate if their homes are flooded.

B. To make his nation a model for the rest of the world by becoming “carbon neutral” by 2020

C. To stop using fossil fuel and power all vehicles and buildings from “green” sources.

D. To build more artificial islands for people to settle there.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.B

3.B

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述了Maldives人民面對海平面的上升不得不考慮如何應對被淹沒的可能。現在他們開始在首都附近建了一個人工島Hulhumale，現在已經有30,000多人搬到了這個島上緩解了一些壓力。最后文章指出要呼吁人們減少二氧化碳的排放。

1.主旨大意題。根據The Maldives 由于是個島國海平面的上升有可能這個島國被淹沒，所以正在采取措施補救，故選D。

2.細節理解題。根據The Maldives began work on an artificial island known as the Hulhumale near the crowded capital island of Male in 1997； The Hulhumale可知它是一個建在首都附近的人工島，故選B。

3.詞義猜測題。根據near the crowded capital island of Male in 1997 and more than 30,000 people have been settled there to ease…可知來緩解擁擠，故選B。

4.細節理解題。根據has even spoken of buying land elsewhere in the world to enable Maldivians to relocate if their homes are flooded.選項A符合原文；He has also pledged the Hulhumale to turn his nation into a model for the rest of the world by becoming “carbon neutral” by 2020;選項B符合原文；His plan involves ending fossil fuel use and powering all vehicles and buildings from “green” sources. 選項C符合原文，故選D。

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