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For centuries Dutch engineers have been fighting a war against water. Their
For centuries Dutch engineers have been fighting a war against water. Their
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For centuries Dutch engineers have been fighting a war against water. Their main enemy is the sea. A large part of the country is below sea level. In fact, Holland is also called the "Netherlands" which means "low land". Very tall and strong walls, called dykes, have built to keep out the sea. But in very rough weather the sea may suddenly burst through a dyke. Great damage can be caused by floods when this happens.
Three large rivers are also part of the problems. These rives are the Rhine, the Maas and the Scheldt. They follow through the Holland into the North Sea. They have cut many passages across the country. At low tides, the rivers flow into the sea as usual. But at high tide, the sea can flow into the rivers! This is because the land is so low.
The battles against the water never end, hut they made Holland a bigger and bigger country. In order to prevent floods, the engineers take or reclaim land that was under water. The Dutch have been reclaiming land for seven hundred years.
Land is usually reclaimed from a passage between islands, two dykes are built across the passage, so they block the water between them. Then the engineers dig long canals and pump the water into them. At low tide, the canals empty the water into the sea.
Because the land is so low, water from the sea and rivers can rise up through the ground. For this reason, the pumps continue working even the land has been drained(that is, when the water has been pumped away). The dykes contain gates, and through these water is pumped out. In many parts of Holland, pumps must be working all the time. If they stopped, there will be very bad floods. [br] "Netherlands" means ______.
选项
A、high land
B、land of water
C、low land
D、land of dykes
答案
C
解析
本题为事实细节题,提问的是荷兰的国名“Netherlands”是什么意思。根据文章第一段第四句话“In fact,Holland is also called the‘Netherlands’which means‘low land’.”可知,“Holland”也被称为“Netherlands”,意思是指“低地”。所以答案为C)。
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