5．What is the meaning of the word “prohibited”?

    A．允许                   B．禁止                   C．终止                   D．支持

（B）

    A city without cars would be very strange，right? But Venice is such a city．

    Venice is in the northeast of Italy．It wasn't built on land．like Beijing or Shanghai，but on more than 110 islands．Sea water is everywhere around the city．

    Even so．travel isn't that difficult．The waterways have always been the best way to get around．There are 117 waterways and more than 400 bridges that can lead you where you want to go．

People in Venice move from place to place by boat．They like to enjoy the scenery and cool summer nights while taking boat trips．They can talk to other people as they go along．

    Venice grew out of small islands in saltwater lakes when some Italians escaped from a war more than l,500 years ago，and built homes there．Water makes the city special，but it is also a big problem．Once，people used too much underground water．This made the city get lower，little by little．Now the city has gone down by 23 centimeters．Another problem is the rising seawater．The

temperature has risen over the years．This has made arctic（北冰洋的）ice melt（融化）．

    Every year．high waters hit the city in autumn and winter．When a lot of water comes，more than half of the city is under water．Scientists are trying different ways to stop the city from getting

even lower．

4．Which of the following is not the turning point in a person’s life in the USA?

A．The 15th birthday．                                       B．The 16th birthday．

    C．The 18th birthday．                                    D．The 21st birthday．

3．In Japan，young people are considered adults at age                   ．

    A．sixteen                B．eighteen               C．twenty                   D．twenty―one

2．In some cultures，the fifteenth birthday is important for                    ．

A．parents                                                   B．young men

    C．both young women and young men              D．young women

1．In the United States，age sixteen marks the time when you can                 ．

A．vote and drive                                         B．drive and get a job

    C．drink wine and smoke                                D．go into nightclubs

14．A．even anger             B．much angry           C．very angrier           D．more angrily

13．A．second                 B．nine                    C．ninth                   D．eighth

12．A．as                       B．for                      C．of                          D．with

11．A．ran away              B．was stolen            C．died                       D．was tired