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【题目】Water covers 70% of the Earth, but only 3% of it is clean and suitable for human consumption. Even if you live in an area with enough rainfall, using water requires energy to process, pump, heat, re-pump, and reprocess it. 【1】

Save water from your taps.

Turn the tap off while you are brushing your teeth, shaving, washing your hands, doing dishes, and so on.【2】 Get wet, and then turn off the water while you soap up. Turn it back on for long enough to wash away the soap.

【3】

Take a timer, clock, or stopwatch into the bathroom with you and challenge yourself to cut down your showering time. You could even play music while in the shower and challenge yourself to cut down the number of songs it takes you.【4】

Use wastewater from the bath, washing machines or dish washing on the garden.

If possible, connect a pipe to the outlet on your machine to send the water outside onto your garden. When hand-washing dishes, rinse (冲洗) the dishes into a container, and empty the container into your garden.

【5】 Either pour it directly into the bowl. or use it to refill the toilet tank when you flush.

A. If you’re not sure whether wastewater is suitable for plants, you can use it to flush (冲) your toilet.

B. Not all toilets will be able to flush effectively with a reduced amount of water.

C. Turn the tap off when you shower, too.

D. Replace your clothes washing machine with a high-efficiency washer.

E. Shave outside the shower, or turn off the shower while you shave.

F. Take shorter showers.

G. Fortunately, there are ways to save water for everyone.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】G

【2】C

【3】F

【4】E

【5】A

【解析】虽然地球表面70%被水覆盖，但是只要3%的可饮用水，因此节约用水至关重要，本文提供了一些省水的好办法。

【1】根据空格前一句Even if you live in an area with enough rainfall, using water requires energy to process, pump, heat, re-pump, and reprocess it.得知净化水需要很复杂的过程，因此下一句：幸运的是，有一些人人可用的省水好方法。符合该处语境。故选G。

【2】根据空格前Turn the tap off以及空格后Get wet, and then turn off the water while you soap up. Turn it back on for long enough to wash away the soap.得知打肥皂时关掉水管可以节约用水。前言后语同义词可以判断，故选C。

【3】根据下文的内容challenge yourself to cut down your showering time.得知这里建议我们减少洗浴时间。根据段落一致性原则，查找同义词cut down，推断出主题句。故选F。

【4】根据空格前面描述是洗浴时如何省水，得知这里建议不要在洗浴时刮胡子，或者关掉水再刮胡子。因此E项表示递进的关系。故选E。

【5】根据上一段建议用废水浇花等植物以及Either pour it directly into the bowl. or use it to refill the toilet tank when you flush。也可以用废水来冲马桶。A项起到衔接的作用。故选A。