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READING1 READINGPASSAGE1 Youshouldspe ndabout20 minu tes on Questi on s1-13whicharebasedo nRea din gPassage1below. AIRPORTSONWATER Riverdeltasaredifficultplacesformapmakers.Theirriverbuildthemup,these aswearsthemdow n; theiroutli nesarealwayscha ngi ngThecha ngesi nChi nas PearlRiverdelta,however,aremoredramatictha nthese naturalfluctuatio ns.A n isla ndsiGkilometreslo ngan dwithatotalareaof1248hectaresisbei ngcreate dthere.A ndthecivile ngin eersareasi nterestedi nperforma nceasi nspeeda nd size.Thisisabitofthedelattha ntheywa nttoe ndure. The newisla ndofChekLapKok,thesiteof HongKon gsmewairport,is83%com plete.Thegia ntdumpertrucksrumbli ngacrossitwillhavefi ni shedtheirjobbyt hemiddleofthisyeara ndtheairportitselfwillbebuiltatasimilarlybreak neckp ace. AsChekLapKokrises,however,a no thernewAsia nin la ndiss inkin gbacki ntoth eseas.Thisisa520-hectareisla ndbuilt in OsakaBayJapa n,thatservesasthepla tformforthe newKa nsaiairport,ChekLapKokwasbuilti nadiffere ntway,a ndth ushopestoavoidthesames inkin gfate. Theusualwaystoreclaimla ndistopilesa ndrock on totheseabed.Whe nthesea bedoozeswithmud,thisisratherlikeplaci ngateGtbookon awetsp on ge:thew eightsqueezesthewaterout,caus in gbothwatera ndsp on getosettlelower.Th esettleme ntisrarelyeve n:differe ntpartssi nkatdiffere ntrates.Sobuildi ngs,pi pes,roadsa ndso onten dtobucklea ndcrack.Youca nengin eeraro un dthesepr oblems,oryouca nengin eerthemout.Ka nsaitookthefirstapproach;ChekLap Kokistak in gthesec ond. Thediffere ncesarebothpoliticala ndgeological.Ka nsaiwassupposedtobebu iltjust on ekilometreoffshore,wheretheseabedisquitesolid.Fisherme nprote sted,a ndthesitewasshiftedafurtherfivekilometres.Thatputiti ndeeperwater (aroun d20metres)a ndaboveaseabedthatc on sistedof20metresofsoftalluvi alsilta ndmuddeposits.Worse,belowitwasa not-very-firmglacialdeposith un dredsofmetresthick. TheKa nsaibuildersrecog nisedthatsettleme ntwasi nevitable.Sa nswasdrive nin totheseabedtostre ngthe ni tbeforethela ndfillwaspiled on t