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The terrifying flooding of Venice could and should have been avoided. It hasn’t been this bad since 1966, when the water reached 6 feet, 4 inches. Back then, 【小题1】 (frighten) Italians called for immediate action. 【小题2】, once the water moved away, they didn’t take it as seriously as before and thought over the issue for almost 40 years. The massive MOSE flood 【小题3】 (protect) system that was finally approved in 2003 still hasn’t been completed.
“Meanwhile, Venice is disappearing beneath the water,” said Jacopo Giliberto. “Climate change and rising sea levels are 【小题4】 (blame). But so is the fact that we pumped water from an underground aquifer (蓄水层) 【小题5】 the 1930s to the 1980s, 【小题6】 (cause) the ground beneath us to fall with impressive speed. Proud Venice is 【小题7】 world treasure, an open-air art museum, so officials instead chose more expensive invisible dams that won’t disturb the view. So far, we 【小题8】 (spend) more than $ 6 billion on MOSE, which won’t be put into use until next year at the earliest.”
“The project is a disaster, and Italians just aren’t good at long-term planning,” said Maurizio Ferrera. “Look at our booming national debt, 【小题9】 now sits at $2.7 trillion, 138 percent of our GDP. If we are to save Venice, we’ll have to change our political culture. 【小题10】 is unclear whether we have the will.”
