LiBingwasbornduringtheWarringStatesPeriod.HewasanofficialfromtheStateofQin.Around277B.C.,LiBingreceivedanorderwhichcontrolledthefloodinChengdu.
Withthatspecialtaskinmind,LiBingdidverywidefieldstudyinandaroundChengdu.Around256B.C.,heandhissondecidedtoputtheirideatothetest.TheybuiltDujiangyanabout56kilometers(or35miles)westofChengdu.Theirdesignhadthreeimportantparts.
ThefirstpartiscalledYuzui.Yuzuimeans"fishmouth"inChinese.Itwasaman-madeisland.Itcontrolshowmuchwatereachstreamgets.ThesecondpartiscalledFeishayan.Itisreallyaspillway(泄洪道)thatforcesthesandandlittlestonesfromtheinnerrivertotheouterriver.ThethirdpartiscalledBaopingkou.Itcontrolshowmuchwaterfromtheinner(内部的)riveristobeusedforirrigation(灌慨).
LiBingandhissonspentnearlyfiveyearsonbuildingDujiangyan.Theyfinisheditaround251B.C.
Bytoday'sstandardDujiangyanmaybenotsoprefect.Buttotrulyappreciate(欣赏)Dujiangyanwemustrememberthatitwasbuiltmorethan2200yearsago.BackthentheChinesedidnothaveanymodernmachines.Buttheystillmademanygreatthingstheyhadonhand.JustlikethattheybuiltDujiangyan.Itisamazingisn'tit?
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( )1.When did Li Bing begin tobuiltDujiangyan?
A. Around277B.C.
B. Around256B.C.
C. Around251B.C.
D. Around246B.C.
( )2.HowlongisDujiangyan?
A. 56kilometers.
B. 35miles.
C. 2,200meters.
D. Thispassagedidn'ttellus.
( )3.What's the man-made islandinDujiangyanusedfor?
A. Forcingthesandandlittlestonesfromtheinnerrivertotheouterriver.
B. Controllinghowmuchwaterfromtheinnerriver.
C. Controllinghowmuchwatereachstreamgets.
D. Controllinghowmuchwaterisusedforirrigation.
( )4.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueaccordingtothelastparagraph?
A. Dujiangyanwasn't prefect atthattime.
B. Dujiangyanwasbuiltover2,200yearsago.
C. AncientChinesemademanygreatthingsbyhand.
D. Thewriter thin