【高考领航】（课标版）2015届高三一轮复习辅导与测试：第1部分-选修8-unit4课时训练39word版含答案.docVIP

课时训练(三十九) Ⅰ.阅读理解 Two-thirds of the worlds major rivers have now been disrupted with more than 50,000 dams in an attempt to store water and provide power.In the US，there are more than 85,000 dams，disrupting large and small rivers，and in most cases transforming natural flow.The most famous of these，the Hoover Dam，constructed in the 1930s，is mainly responsible for the fact that the Colorado River no longer reaches the ocean. Dams，besides all their attractive benefits，also have negative impacts.Creating a reservoir means a large area must be flooded.Communities may lose their land，houses and cultu