VeniceisanattractivecityinItaly.TouriststhroughouttheworldlovetravelingtoVenice.Butsometimesyou’llhavesuchstrangeexperiences.OnemomentyouwalkacrosstheRialtoBridge,andthere’snothingspecial.Unfortunately,whenyoucomebacktothebridgeanhourlater,it’sunderwaterandeveryone’swearingrainboots.

That’sjustthewayithasalwaysbeen,whichmaybeconsideredseriouslybyItaliangovernment.BeforetheseacomestoVenice,thegovernmenthasdecidedtobuildtheMOSEgates.Actually(实际上),thereweremanykindsofgatesthatwerebuilttostopthefloods,butallthegateswerejustbuiltontheground.Besides,thefloodingwasbecomingworse.Industrial(工业的)factoriesbuiltnearbyonthemainlandalsomadetheconditiongetworse,causingthecitytosinkabout0.75feetinthe20thcentury.

SotheItaliangovernmentaskedsomeofItaly’sbiggestconstructionandengineeringcompaniestobuildtheMOSTproject,whichwasplannedtobebuiltundertheseawatertostopfloods.Nowthegovernmentareusing3000peopleandexpecttospendnearlyfivebillioneuros(欧元)onit.TheMOSEgatesarebeingbuiltattheinlets(海湾).EachMOSTgateis197feetlong,28.5to37feeltall,andweightupto22tons.It’snearlythesizeofa20-storybuilding.Beforethegatesareinuse,undertheseafullofwater.Whenthefloodcomes,thewaterinthegateswillbepouredout,andthenthegateswillbefilledwithair.Sothegatescangoupwiththeseawater.Oncethey’reintherightplace,theywillstoptheseawaterpouringintoVenice.Thesegateswillbeabletodealwithfloodsupto10feet,andaslongasthesealevel(平面)risesnomorethantwofeetinthenext100years,theMOSEwillworkasexpected.

TheMOSEprojectisnowtwo-thirdsdone.Theheadengineer,GiovanniCecconi,said,“Thisisawar.Duringthewar,it’snotimportantthatyouwin.It’simportantthatyou’realive.We’vealive.”Anyway,thisprojectissavingVenicefromfalling.

根据短文内容选择最佳答案。

小题1:Theunderlinedword“construction”inthepassagemeans“_______”inChinese.

A.建筑 B.农业 C.交通

小题2:BeforebuildingtheMOSEgates,theItaliangovernment_______tostopthefloods.

A.neverbuiltgatesontheground

B.builtmanykindsofgatesontheground

C.builtsomegateswhichw