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白鹤梁是一段长约1 600米、平均宽约15米的石梁,位于重庆市涪陵区北面的长江中,因从前经常有许多白鹤栖息于梁上而得名。白鹤梁多数时候隐没在江水中,只有在枯水期才显露出来。自唐代广德元年(公元763年)以来,人们以在石梁上刻石鱼的方法记录了长江的枯水位;石梁上还有许多诗文碑刻,也写到了石鱼出水的时间和石鱼距离枯水线的尺度等。这些石鱼和碑刻是非常珍贵的水文资料,为探索过去1 200年以来长江上游枯水期的发生和水量变化的规律提供了极其准确的科学依据,因此白鹤梁被誉为“世界第一古代水文站”。加上白鹤梁上的题刻大多出自历代名家之手,具有极高的艺术欣赏和保留价值,白鹤梁因此成为三峡库区唯一一处国家级文物保护单位。
白鹤梁的表层由硬质砂岩和软质页岩组成,由于砂岩下的泥质岩容易被水流淘空,悬空的砂岩岩体容易崩落或翻转,再加上风化、船只撞击等因素,因此尽管白鹤梁的石鱼和题刻保存尚好,但也开始出现一些环境地质灾害。同时,白鹤梁的标高是138米,而三峡工程坝前水位将达到175米,白鹤梁在三峡工程最终竣工以后将永远沉没于水下,如此高的水位也将使它经受不住强大的水压而导致损坏。如何保护白鹤梁成为水利专家们心中的一件大事。
从1994年起,国家开始组织专家为保护白鹤梁出谋划策,先后有天津大学、长江水利委员会、三峡建设委员会和武汉大学等提出了各种方案。天津大学的“水下博物馆”方案认为,可以建一个密封的椭圆形双层壳体,罩在石梁上,人们可以通过隧道进入壳体内进行参观、考察和维护。但是这一方案技术难度大,费用高,而且被放在水下几十米深的壳体要承受很大的水压,一旦破损,就会毁坏石梁,因此被否决了。最后提交审议的是三峡建设委员会的方案:将白鹤梁就地淤埋,等将来我们的子孙后代有能力时再去发掘和利用,而在岸边水位变动区仿造一个白鹤梁。
不知什么原因,向来与文物保护工作没有接触的葛修润院士被邀请参加了专家评审会,于是他在出差路过北京时专门去国家文物局查看了有关资料,发现即将接受评审的唯一方案不妥,实际上没有很好地体现保护文物的初衷。葛院士在总结各种方案优缺点的基础上,结合自己丰富的专业知识,提出了新的方案。新方案与天津大学的方案类似,不同的是天津大学采用的是有压容器,即罩住白鹤梁的壳体要承受很大的水压,而新方案是无压容器,即把过滤后的江水注入壳体内,使壳体内外的水压达到平衡。这样技术难度小了,费用低了,最重要的是不再存在毁坏石梁的危险。2003年2月13日,葛院士为白鹤梁专门度身定做的“水下宫殿”正式动工,白鹤梁也可以“永见天日”了。

下列理解符合原文意思的一项是______。

A.白鹤梁平时都隐没在水中,每年在长江枯水期才露出水面一次

B.白鹤梁上的石鱼和题刻不但出自历代名家之手,而且是珍贵的水文资料

C.直到三峡工程开工的时候,白鹤梁上的石鱼和题刻保存得还算完好

D.“就地淤埋,岸边复制”也是保护白鹤梁的一种行之有效的方案

答案

参考答案:C

解析: 从原文中可知,直到三峡工程开工的时候,白鹤梁上的石鱼和题刻保存得还算完好。其他三项都不符合原文。

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 MONTREAL (Reuters) – Crossing the US-Canada border(边界)to go to church on a Sunday cost a US citizen $10,000 for breaking Washington’s strict new security(安全)rules.

The expensive trip to church was a surprise for Richard Albert, who lives right on the Canadian border. Like the other half-dozen people of Township 15, crossing the border is a daily occurrence for Albert. The nearby Quebec village of St. Pamphile is where they shop, eat and go to church.

There are many such situations in these areas along the largely unguarded 5,530-mile border between Canada and the US-which in some cases actually runs down the middle of streets or through buildings.

As a result, Albert says he did not expect any problems three weeks ago when he returned home to the US after attending church in Canada, as usual. The US customs(海关)station in this area is closed on Sundays, so be just drove around the locked gate, as he had done every weekend since the gate appeared last May, following a tightening of border security. Two days later. Albert was told to go to the customs office, where an officer told him be had been caught on carnera crossing the border illegally(非法).

Ottawa has given out special passes to some 300 US citizens in that area so they can enter the country when Canadian customs stations are closed, but the US stopped a similar program last May. That forces the people to a 200-mile detour along hilly roads to get home through another border checkpoint.

Albert has requested that the customs office change their decisions on the fine, but he has not attended a Sunday church since. “I feel like I’m living in a prison,” he said.

小题1:We learn from the text that Richard Albert is            .

A.an American living in Township 15

B.a Canadian living in a Quebec village

C.a Canadian working in a customs station

D.an American working in a Canadian church小题2:Albert was fined because he              .

A.failed to obey traffic rules

B.broke the American security rules

C.worked in St. Pamphile without a pass

D.damaged the gate of the customs office小题3:The underlined word “detour” in paragraph 5 means              .

A.a drive through the town

B.a race across the fields

C.a roundabout way of travelling

D.a journey in the mountain area小题4:What would be the best title for the text?

A.A Cross-country Trip

B.A Special Border Pass

C.An Unguarded Border

D.An Expensive Church Visit

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