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/ 让学习更有效 新课备课备考 | 英语学科 / 让学习更有效 新课备课备考 | 英语学科 2025-2026学年九年级全册英语单元复习考点培优鲁教版 （五四学制）Unit 1 When was it invented？ 专题10 阅读理解 学校:_____姓名：_____班级：_____考号：_____ Building the world’s first floating city The Maldives is building a floating city to deal with the rising sea level 马尔代夫建设世界上首座漂浮城市 Have you ever imagined living on the sea This idea could soon come true. The Maldives is building the world’s first floating (漂浮的) city and plans to complete it in 2027. The city is like a man-made island. People will live on floating platforms (平台). These platforms are connected and placed along a hexagonal grid (六角网格). Natural coral reefs (珊瑚礁) will be grown around the city to keep the floating city stable (稳定的), so people who live here won’t feel seasick. People will live a self-sufficient (自给自足的) life in the floating city. Electricity will be powered by solar energy (太阳能). Sewage (污水) will be treated there. More importantly, the island is not far away from land. It takes only 10 minutes to travel by boat between there and the capital of the Maldives. Cool as it seems, the city is designed to solve real problems. The Maldives is one of the world’s lowest-lying countries. Most of its islands—including the capital—stand about 1 meter above sea level. And now climate change has brought a big problem—the rising sea level. According to CNN, 80 percent of the country’s land area will be under the sea by the end of the century. “In the Maldives, we cannot stop the waves, but we can rise with them,” Mohamed Nasheed, former president (前总统) of the country, told Newsweek magazine. Choose the answer: 1．What do we know about the floating city in the Maldives A．It creates land on the ocean. B．It is far away from land. C．It is a wide and whole platform. D．It will be finished in three years. 2．Which of the following reflects that the floating city is self-sufficient A．It won’t cause ocean pollution. B．It is powered by solar energy. C．It is connected to land. D．It can deal with sewage from the Maldives. 3．The floating city is designed to _____. A．slow down the speed of climate change B．protect the country from the rising sea level C．take the place of the capital of the Maldives D．introduce a new way of living in the sea Huang Xuhua is a remarkable figure in China’s history of national defense. He is widely known as the “Father of China’s Nuclear-powered Submarines”. In the 1950s, China faced great challenges in national defense. To strengthen the country’s naval power, Huang Xuhua dedicated himself to the research and development of nuclear-powered submarines. At that time, the research conditions were extremely difficult. There was a lack of advanced technology and experience, and the international community imposed strict technological blockades. But Huang Xuhua and his team did not give up. They spent countless days and nights in ... ...