Question

The Palm Islands are the largest artificial islands in the world and are under construction in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates. They are being developed as tourist, leisure, and residential resorts, and will increase the coastline of the country by 120 kilometres.

After four years of planning and careful consideration of the environmental issues, construction started in 2001. Dutch engineers with experience of reclaiming land from the sea were employed in the building of the first two islands. The site for all three islands is an area of the sea where the water is not very deep. Sand is taken from the seabed and sprayed into the construction site. Although the shallow water facilitates this process, the islands are still very exposed to the currents and tidal movements of the sea. Rocks are used to hold the sand in place resulting in a large crescent (月?tīng)畹? structure. This acts as a breakwater and protects the islands from the sea.

The first two islands are in the shape of date palm trees and consist of a trunk and 17 frond, or leaves coming off the trunk. The first island, named Palm Jumeirah, has three five-star hotels in the trunk, and luxury homes in the leaves. It is astonishing that when these homes went on sale in 2004, they were all sold within three days.

The second palm, Jebel Ali, was started in 2002 and is designed to be an entertainment centre. Six marinas (小游艇船塢) are planned, with a water theme park, and homes built on stilts (樁柱) in the water.

The Palm Deira planned to be the largest of the three islands, with a length of 14 km and a width of 8.5 km, an area larger than the city of Paris. It will consist of residential properties, marinas, shopping malls, sports facilities, and clubs. These will be open to both residents and tourists.

More artificial islands, the World Islands, are now being constructed near the Palm Jumeirah. They consist of 300 private islands grouped into the shape of the continents of the world and will be used for estates, private homes, community islands, and resorts.

Unquestionably, these artificial islands are one of the wonders of the modern world. They will also maintain Dubai’s status as one of the leading tourist destinations in the region.

1.According to the passage, all the following are right EXCEPT___________.

A. Some Dutch engineers are experienced in reclaiming land from the sea.

B. The islands are being built in the shallow water of the sea.

C. All the luxury homes on Palm Jumeirah were sold.

D. The World Islands are bigger than the Palm Jumeriah.

2.The underlined word “facilitates” in the second paragraph probably means___________.

A. holds back B. makes easier

C. slows down D. leads to

3.What is the passage written for?

A. To introduce the wonderful artificial islands.

B. To show how to build artificial islands.

C. To offer a travel service for tourists.

D. To prove the Palm Islands are the largest artificial islands in the world.

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.B

3.A

【解析】

試題分析：位于迪拜的棕櫚島是世界上最大的人工島，它們正在建設(shè)當(dāng)中，將會(huì)在人工島上開(kāi)發(fā)旅游、休閑、住宅等項(xiàng)目。棕櫚島由朱美拉棕櫚島（The Palm Jumeirah）、阿里山棕櫚島、代拉棕櫚島和世界島等四個(gè)島嶼群組成。

1.Dutch engineers with experience of reclaiming land from the sea”可知A項(xiàng)正確；根據(jù)第二段“The site for all three islands is an area of the sea where the water is not very deep.”可知B項(xiàng)正確；根據(jù)第三段“they were all sold within three days”可知，所有的房子在三天內(nèi)就售完了，C項(xiàng)正確，故選D。

2.the islands are still very exposed to the currents and tidal movements of the sea”可知，盡管淺灘有利于施工，但是島嶼仍然會(huì)受到海流和潮汐的影響，故選B。

3.The Palm Islands are the largest artificial islands in the world and are under construction in Dubai, ...They are being developed as tourist, leisure, and residential resorts”可知，文章主要介紹了一些在建的人工島嶼，故選A。

考點(diǎn)：旅游類短文閱讀