2013年高考第二轮复习英语湖南版题型技法指导 专题五 阅读填空.docVIP

2013年高考第二轮复习英语湖南版题型技法指导 专题五　阅读填空 真题试做 (2012·湖南卷) Since the earliest civilizations，people have controlled rivers to meet societys demands.Today，rivers are controlled for many reasons，primarily to maintain reliable water supplies for daily，agricultural and industrial needs，for power generation，for navigation(航行)，and to prevent flooding. River control is achieved by channelization，a term that covers a range of river engineering works，including widening，deepening，straightening and stabilization of banks，and by the construction of dams. An important period of channelization took place in Europe d