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The ________ of oil under the land made the people richer．

A.
founding
B.
invention
C.
discovery
D.
existence

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The ________ of oil under the land made the people richer．

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A．founding

B．invention

C．discovery

D．existence

Mr. King lived with six hundred wild animals on the Greek Island of Kyklos. Ever since he left school, he had traveled all over the word collecting animals for his own zoo. He hoped to collect two examples of every kind of animal on his island. But he was afraid that people would find him someday.

He wrote books about his travels and about his animals that he collected. The money from the books helped to pay for all the food that these animals ate.

One day, when Mr. King was out looking for drinking water, he found oil. He needed money for his travels and for his zoo, and a little oil would buy enough water for what he needed all his life, but he knew that if he told anyone else about it, it would be the end of his zoo and his life’s work. So he decided not to tell anyone else about what he had found, because oil and water couldn’t mix.

Mr. King traveled all over the world for collecting ______.

A. oil B. water C. animals D.money

What Mr. King needed for his travels and his zoo was_______.

A.water B.money C. support D.friends

Mr. King was afraid that people would find him someday because ________.

A. he hadn’t got enough money for them

B. that would be the end of his zoo

C. he hadn’t got enough water and oil

D. they would buy his animals

Mr. King wrote books to _______.

A. tell people about his story

B. tell people how to find oil

C. get enough money for his animals

D. make money for his travels

In the passage, “oil and water couldn’t mix” means that “_________”.

A. Mr. King needed not only water but also oil

B. oil and water were rather difficult to be mixed together

C. Mr. King’s animals only needed water, not oil

D. if he told the others he found oil, his life’s work would be stopped

Humanity uses a little less than half the water available worldwide. Yet occurrences of shortages and droughts (干旱) are causing famine and distress in some areas, and industrial and agricultural by-products are polluting water supplies. Since the world’s population is expected to double in the next 50 years, many experts think we are on the edge of a widespread water crisis.
　 But that doesn’t have to be the outcome. Water shortages do not have to trouble the world---if we start valuing water more than we did in the past. Just as we began to appreciate petroleum more after the 1970s oil crises, today we must start looking at water from a fresh economic perspective. We can no longer afford to consider water a virtually free resource of which we can use as much as we like in any way we want.
　 Instead, for all uses except the domestic demand of the poor, governments should price water to reflect its actual value. This means charging a fee for the water itself as well as for the supply costs.
　 Governments should also protect this resource by providing water in more economically and environmentally sound (健康的) ways. For example, often the cheapest way to provide irrigation water in the dry tropics is through small-scale projects, such as gathering rainfall in depressions (凹地) and pumping it to nearby cropland.
　 No matter what steps governments take to provide water more efficiently, they must change their institutional and legal approaches to water use. Rather than spread control among hundreds or even thousands of local, regional, and national agencies that watch various aspects of water use, countries should set up central authorities to coordinate (调整) water policy.
【小题1】What is the real cause of the potentials water crisis.

A．Only half of the world’s water can be used.

B．The world population is increasing faster and faster.

C．Half of the world’s water resources have been seriously polluted.

D．Humanity has not placed enough value on water resources.

【小题2】As is indicated in the passage, the water problem _________ .

A．is already serious in certain parts of the world.

B．has been exaggerated by some experts in the field

C．poses a challenge to the technology of building reservoirs(水库)

D．is underestimated by government organizations at different levels

【小题3】 According to the author, the water price should _______ .

A．be reduced to the minimum	B．stimulate domestic demand
C．go with its real value	D．take into account the occurrences of droughts

【小题4】In order to raise the efficiency of the water supply, measures should be taken to ______ .

A．guarantee full protection of the environment

B．centralize the management of water resources

C．increase the sense of responsibility of agencies at all levels

D．encourage local and regional water resources

第三部分阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分, 满分40分）

阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Making greener choices and encouraging healthy lifestyles can promote your health and benefit the environment．Here are some guidelines to follow:

Choose foods thoughtfully

Americans have never had such a variety or abundance of food to choose from．Besides so many choices, we now hear about our “food print”, the amount of land needed to supply one person’s nutritional needs for a year．Do we buy cherry tomatoes from Mexico or tomatoes grown locally in a hothouse? Do we get the Granny Smiths from the farmers’ market or the supermarket? Is organic produce healthier for us and the planet?

These are very complex issues that require analysis of many criteria, including the energy used in producing and transporting the food, as well as the type of soil and methods of raising the food．

Despite the complexities, there are some general guidelines you can follow．For instance, eat less meat or eat low on the food chain．Your doctor may have recommended you to restrict your consumption of red meat because of its too much fat content．Beyond that, there are environmental reasons, too．Raising food animals contributes substantially to climate change because a meat-based diet requires more land, energy and water than a plant-based one．

Drinking plenty of fluids is significant during hot weather or when exercising．But is bottled water the way to go? You may not think so when seeing the true costs．Based on a survey, manufacturing the 30-plus billion plastic water bottles can produce more than 2．5 million tons of carbon dioxide and use three times the amount of water in the bottle．Adding in transportation, the energy used comes to over 50 million barrels of oil equivalent （等价物）．Consequently, skip the bottled water and drink tap water, both at home and at restaurants．Additionally, bottled water is not necessarily cleaner than tap．

1．In Paragraph 2 the author puts forward three questions mainly ______．

A．to prove Americans have less food to choose from

B．to show us the shopping habits of most Americans

C．to indicate Americans tend to buy food from abroad

D．to remind people to reconsider their food purchase

2．The doctor recommends eating less red meat partly because ______．

A．it contains too much fat

B．it costs a lot in transportation

C．it is too low on the food chain

D．it isn’t related to climate change

3．According to the text, which of the following is true?

A．Americans all prefer to buy cherry tomatoes from Mexico．

B．The plant-based diet is responsible for the climate change．

C．Americans have a variety of food to choose from．

D．Organic produce is the only choice for Americans．

4．Based on the last paragraph, we know that ______．

A．bottled water is cleaner than tap water

B．tap water is economical as well as eco-friendly

C．bottled water is more available than tap water

D．tap water uses one-third the cost of bottled water

5．What is the best subtitle for the last paragraph?

A．Skip bottled water, carry tap B．Drink bottled water

C．Produce plastic water bottles D．Save water resources

The ________ of oil under the land made the people richer．

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