TheDutchareusedtolivinginacountrywhichisalwaysexposed...

問題詳情：

   The Dutch are used to living in a country which is always exposed to dangers of deadly floods. A country with a half of its land below sea level cannot afford ___41___(ignore)the problem of rising sea level, and Holland, which already has spent about U.S. $2.5 trillion (萬億)on flood___42___(prevent), plans to invest(投資)more over the next century. Life in these challenging____43____(circumstance) has inspired the Dutch to develop many excellent methods of ___44___(fight)floods. Thanks to the skill of Dutch engineers, flooding in Holland is rarely widespread, and is instead limited___45___certain areas of the country. Two such areas are the valleys of the Rhine and the Meuse Rivers. In spite of large flood wall, these rivers regularly flood the surrounding areas. During dry times, however, those areas are perfectly____46____(pleasure) to live in. one solution____47____(develop)now is a type of house that seems normal in every day, except that it can float during times of high water rather than___48___(simple) sink beneath the waves as normal houses would. Groups of houses would form floating neighborhoods in ___49___people could live together during times of high water, temporarily getting around by boat____50____the flood ends.

【回答】

41.  to ignore           

42. prevention   

43. circumstances     

44. fighting   

45. to   

46. pleasant    

47. is being developed   

48. simply     

49. which   

50. till/until

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