Greece today is a small country in southeastern Europe. The population is about nine million, and the capital city is Athens.
High mountains with rich, fertile land between them cover northern Greece. The hilly southern part is a peninsula called the Peloponnesus. Hundreds of islands surround the mainland. The largest island is Crete.
No part of the nation is far from water. The Ionian Sea and the Aegean Sea carved deep bays and gulfs into the long coastline. Greece has been a seafaring nation for centuries, and Greece is very well known for its shipping industry.
More than three thousand years ago, the Greek people developed a very sophisticated society. They have a great civilization, one of the greatest that the Western would have ever seen. Greek architecture, thinking and art influenced other languages, including English. For example, the English words alphabet, democracy, and arithmetic e from Greek.
Today Greece is one of the most popular nations with the tourists who visit Europe. Thousands of people are attracted to the country because of its beautiful scenery, magnificent ancient buildings, and its excellent summer weather.
【小题1】A good title for this reading passage is A．The Earliest CivilizationsB．The Influence of the Sea on Greece.C．The Small but Important Nation of GreeceD．The Ionian Sea【小题2】The underlined word “carved” means A．cut, madeB．said, toldC．lost, wastedD．attracted【小题3】We may conclude that most of the food is grown in the .A．northB．eastC．southD．west【小题4】Hills can be found .A．in the southern partB．on the PeloponnesusC．both A and BD．in the Aegean Sea【小题5】The Greeks had a great civilization around
A. 5000B.C. B. 3000B.C. C.1000B.C. D.2000B.C.C
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(答案→)C
解析：
【小题1】C项概括整篇文章，A项不全面，只涉及文章中的一小部分。
【小题2】从该词在句中出现的上下文和语义来判断。
【小题3】第二段第一句。
【小题4】因为A项和B项都对。
【小题5】第四段第一句。