2022-2023学年上海市杨浦区复旦大学附中高三（上）段考英语试卷（10月份）（附答案详解）.docxVIP

第 =page 1 1页，共 =sectionpages 1 1页 2022-2023学年上海市杨浦区复旦大学附中高三（上）段考英语试卷（10月份） Venice-The Risk of the Disappearance of an Entire City Venice is a stunning oddity.It is a city built atop around 120 islands，crisscrossed by 177 canals，and is best explored via the use of its 391 bridges.But the city is not well recently.Indeed，（ 1）______ drastic measures are taken，the citys days could be numbered.This is far from hyperbole（夸张）：Venice is at very real risk of （2）______（ consume） by the sea.In worst-case scenario，the city could disappear beneath the waves by 2100.Meanwhile，many of its building are sinking （3）______ being damaged by the wakes of boats.It is also routinely overwhelmed by tourists，while its local population is in continual decline.Globally，a lot of cities（4）______（ hit） by similar problems of sinking land and rising sea levels in Venice.Low-lying Jakarta（雅加达），for example，is in such a terrible situation that it is being replaced （5）______ the capital city of Indonesia by Nusantara，a city not yet even built.In November 2019，Venice suffered its second-worst flooding.It created headlines around the world，with onlookers （6）______（ astonish） by the incredible images of Saint Marks Square，one of the citys lowest lying areas，covered in feet of water.The tide reached a peak height of 187cm above sea level，（ 7）______（ result） in more than 80% of the city being under water.A state of emergency was declared，and there was an estimated €1 bn euros worth of damage.The worst ever flooding event，which happened in 1966，（ 8）______（ see） water levels rise to 194cm above sea level，and is thought （9）______（ damage） at least three quarters of the citys shops，businesses and studios.（ 10）______ a gap of over 50 years separated these events，recent trends suggest that we wont have to wait half a century to see another disastrous flood.Since water levels started being officially recorded in 1923，they have reached 150cm or more on only 10 occasions，but five of those have been in the