Water levels on the middle and lower reaches of the river were on the rise, said Cheng Haiyun，general engineer of the Yangtze River Hydrological Bureau.

　　Hubei Province，where the Three Gorges Project is located, is at risk. The provincial government had given orders to watch over the levees (堤坝) round­the­clock.

　　The Three Gorges Reservoir is capable of holding 39.3 billion cubic metres of water, including 22.15 billion cubic metres extra in the flood season when it reaches its 175 metres.

　　Most of the flood­prone areas are located at the middle and lower reaches, in economically developed regions that are home to 15 million people and contain 1.5 million hectares of farmland. Four major floods have occurred there in the 20th century，with the most recent in 1998 killing 1,526 people.

　　1．The news mainly tells the public that ________.

　　A．Three Gorges Dam controls the biggest flood crest of the Yangtze River

　　B．the reason why the biggest flood crest on the Yangtze River takes place

　　C．Three Gorges Dam protects the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River

　　D．the biggest flood crest causes the great loss and destruction

　　答案：A　这是一篇资讯报道。第一段就告诉我们资讯的主题和写作目的。

　　2．Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

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