Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 2? In boxes 20-23 on you answer sheet, writeTRUE if the statement agrees with the informationFALSE if the statement contradicts with the informationNOT GIVEN if there is no information on this.
单选题
In the ancient times, the people in Europe made their efforts to improve the river banks, so the flood was becoming less severe than before.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】解析：题干说：在古代，欧洲人努力改进他们的河堤，因此洪涝比以前减轻了。原文A段提到“But however big they dug city drains，however wide and straight they made the rivers，and however high they built the banks，the floods kept coming back to taunt them， from the Mississippi to the Danube．And when the floods came，they seemed to be worse than ever．”这句是说即便改进河堤也没有遏制洪水，看起来似乎比以前更糟糕，与题 干意思相悖。因此，本题的答案为Flase。
单选题
Flood makes river shorter than it used to be, which means faster speed and more damage to the constructions on flood plain.
【正确答案】
【答案解析】解析：题干说：洪水剪短了河流，因此洪水速度更快，对洪泛平原的建筑构成的毁坏更大。 原文C段提到“Today,the river has lost 7 per cent of its original length and runs up to a third faster…And with four-fifths ofthe lower Rhine’s flood plain barricaded off,the waters rise ever higher．The result is more frequent flooding that does ever-greater damage to the homes，offices and roads that sit on the flood plain．”这段话清楚地说明了河流变短，洪 泛平原减少，造成了河水的升高，对房子、办公室、街道都造成了损害。因此，本 题的答案为True。
单选题
The new approach in the UK is better than that in Austria.
单选题
At least 300,000 people left from Netherlands in 1995.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】解析：题干说：1995年至少三十万人离开荷兰。根据题干关键词“1995”和“Netherlands” 定位到原文F段第5句“The same happened again in 1995，when a quarter of a million people were evacuated from the Netherlands．”这句是说1995年的洪水造成了荷兰25 万人背井离乡，与题干所说(数字)不一致。因此，本题的答案为False。