No one can believe that the over 6 300-kilometer long Great Wall might disappear some day.Believe it or not,the Great Wall is being destroyed by people.Less than 20 percent of the Great Wall built in the Ming Dynasty is still perfect,but about 80 percent is in danger.The Great Wall can be called “great” mostly because of its amazing length.But we should realize that the length was made up of one brick at a time.If we do nothing to save the Great Wall,it will become a series of separate wasteland rather than a historic site.
The Great Wall is actually a series of walls built and rebuilt by different dynasties over the past 2 000 years.It began in the rule of China’s first emperor,Qin Shihuang of the Qin Dynasty (221 BC～206 BC),and lasted into the Ming Dynasty.The parts built before the Ming Dynasty have nearly disappeared.People are familiar with sections such as Badaling in Beijing and Jiayuguan Pass in Gansu because they have been open to tourists for many years.But those sections far away from the public eyes have been almost forgotten.
Few local people knew the 3-meter-high walls made of earth and stones beside them are part of the Great Wall.The lack of knowledge is considered as one of the main reasons behind human.
The bricks on the Great Wall are carried off by countryside people to build their houses,sheep corral(畜欄) and pigsties(豬圈).Some were taken away to build roads.Bricks carved with people’s names are put away as remembrance.Rubbish is spread over the battlements(城垛).The bricks can be sold for 15 yuan per tractor load.Those who destroyed and are destroying the Great Wall know its name,but are not clear about its cultural meaning.It will take a long time to let them know this.The local farmers not only carried off the body of the Wall but dug out the entire base.
It is necessary to protect the Great Wall.First of all,the officials should be aware of theimportance of the Great Wall.Young Chinese should know more about the nation’s great civilization (文明)and learn to love it.
小題1:The main reason for which the Great Wall can be called“great”is__________.
A．it was made by brickB．it was very wide
C．it was very longD．it had a long history
小題2:Why does the author say the Great Wall might disappear?
A．It is useless from now on.B．It will be replaced by a new one.
C．Some parts of it are being destroyed.D．It’s too old to be used again.
小題3:The underlined part “those sections far away from the public eyes” refers to the parts of the Great Wall__________.
A．that are too difficult to understandB．nobody can watch
C．that are too far to been seenD．that are not well known to the public
小題4:What’s the main reason of the Great Wall’s being destroyed?
A．The local people are short of culture knowledge.
B．The local people need bricks and stones to build houses.
C．The local people think that the Great Wall is not important.
D．The local people are against the government.

小題1:C
小題2:C
小題3:D
小題4:A

小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“The Great Wall can be called“great”mostly because of its amazing length.”可知。
小題2:文章介紹，不管是不了解長(zhǎng)城的人還是了解它的人都在對(duì)長(zhǎng)城進(jìn)行無(wú)意識(shí)的破壞。
小題3:長(zhǎng)城有些地方是向公眾開(kāi)放的景點(diǎn)，這當(dāng)然為公眾所熟悉；而那些不是景點(diǎn)的地方則不會(huì)被公眾所熟悉。
小題4:根據(jù)“Those who destroyed and are destroying the Great Wall know its name，but are not clear about its cultural meaning.”可知。
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①    clue  n. 線索
②    sample  n. 標(biāo)本，樣品
③    microbe  n. 微生物
④    previous  adj. 先前的
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