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ReadingExplorer3:Unit8LessonA

DIRECTIONS:Choosethebestanswerforeachquestion.

ChinasGrandCanal

[A]Forcenturies,thepowerofChineseemperorsroseandfellwiththeircontroloftheGrandCanal.Today,thiswaterwayisshorterthanitoncewas,butitisstillthelongestman-maderiverintheworld.Importantly,theGrandCanalcontinuestoprovideavitalculturalandeconomiclinkformodernChina.

ConstructionBegins

[B]Theoriginalcanalsystembeganaroundtheyear605.ChinasEmperorYangrealizedthatheneededabetterwaytofeedhisarmy.Specifically,heneededa