阅读理解

VeniceoneofthecitiesinItalywasfoundedinA.D.811bythepeopleofMalamoccofleeing（逃跑）fromtheFranks.ItwassaidthattheywereguidedbypigeonscarryinglittlecrossesandsettledwherenowVenicelies.

Veniceisbuilton117islands.Ithas150canalsand400bridges.Thenarrowstreetswiththeirhistoricnamesarecoveredwithstonesbuthavenofootpaths.Theyaredottedwithflowershopsignsandlanterns.Shopsandpalacesstandbyside.Thebrickbridgesarehighenoughtoallowboatstopassfreelyunderthem.

ThecenterofpubliclifeisSt.Mark’sSquarewheretouristsandcitizenssitinthefamousFlorianandQuadricafestolistentomusicenjoyingthemselves.TheQuadriismorepopularbuttheFlorianfoundedin1720isthebest-knowncafebecauseithasreceivedsuchgreatpersonsasByron(anEnglishpoet)andGoethe(aGermanpoet).

UnfortunatelythespecialpositionofVeniceisthreatening（威胁）itsownexistence.Theterrain（地势）onwhichitisbuiltbegantosinkwhilethelevelofthesurroundingwatersisconstantlyrising.Howevermanymeasureshavealreadybeentakentopreventthecityfromsinking.

1.Inthesecondparagraphtheauthor______.

A.tolduswhobuiltthecityofVenice

B.showedupwhereVeniceis

C.describedwhatVeniceislike

D.talkedaboutwhyVeniceissurroundedbywaters

2.Whichofthefollowingshowstherightrelationship?（○=Italy;△=Venice;□=St.MarksSquare）

3.WhyistheFlorianthefamouscafe?Because______.

A.itappearedinByronandGoethe’spoems

B.itismoreclosetoSt.Mark’sSquarethantheQuadri

C.itwasfoundedin1720mucholderthantheQuadri

D.ByronandGoethewereonceitscustomers

4.Fromthearticlewecanseethat______.

A.manypeoplehavefledbecauseVenice’sexistenceisbeingthreatened

B.thelevelofthesurroundingwaterisconstantlyrisingbecausethecityofVenicebegantosink

C.thegovernmenthasalreadytakenmanymeasurestosavethecityfromgoingdown

D.manystepshavealreadybeentakentopreventtheterrainfromrising