Australians have been warned they face a life or death decision over their water — drink recycled sewage (污水) or die.
With the drought (干旱) continuing, the country is set to be forced to use purified (净化的) waste water for drinking, even though there is great opposition to the measure.
Queensland has become the first state to introduce the policy after a warning from its premier.
“I think in the end, because of the drought, all of Australia is going to end up drinking recycled purified water,” said Peter Beattie.
“These are difficult decisions, but you either drink water or you die. There’s no choice. It’s liquid gold; it’s a matter of life and death.”
Beattie said Australia’s second largest state would become the first to use recycled water for drinking.
Water is recycled in Britain and parts of northern Europe along with the US and Israel.
But Australians have never liked the idea.
To try to change the way Australians think, Prime Minister John Howard and Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull have adhered to Queensland’s move.
“I am very strongly for recycling and Mr. Beattie is right and I agree with him completely,” Howard said.
“Australian cities, all now facing water shortages because of the worst drought on record, must start to use recycled water.” added Turnbull, “All of our big cities have to widen the range of water sources to include sources which are not dependent on rainfall.”
【小题1】What is the text mainly about?

A.Australians face the choice of life and death.
B.Premier Beattie is worried about his people’s health.
C.We should avoid drinking recycled water to keep healthy.
D.Continuing drought forces Australians to drink recycled sewage.
【小题2】What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A.Australians have never like drinking purified waste water.
B.Australians should develop more water sources to live through the hard time.
C.Australians can’t depend upon rainwater, which is not suitable for drinking.
D.Australian government has no ability to solve the problem of water shortage.
【小题3】The underlined phrase “adhered to” in Paragraph 9 probably means ______.
A.dislikedB.gone againstC.supportedD.doubted
【小题4】It can be inferred from what Premier Peter Beattie said that ______.
A.he gives orders to drink purified waste water
B.It is painful for him to see people drink recycled sewage
C.If the decision is made, people won’t survive the drought
D.It’s totally up to you to either make a life or death decision

Once there was a man who liked to eat mangoes(芒果).One day he decided to get the sweetest mango---the one from the very top of the tree.Mangoes that are exposed to the sun are the sweetest.  1.  

   When he began to climb down,however, vthe man slipped and fell.

fortunately, he was able to catch a branch as he was falling.but he remained helplessly suspended(悬吊)from the tree.He called to the nearby villagers for help.Although the villagers brought their ladders,their ladders were too short.   2. 

   After some time,a sage(圣贤)arrived,who was famous for solving

 even the most difficult problems.  3.  The sage remained silent for a

 moment,and then,to everyone’s surprise,he picked up a stone and threw it at the hanging man.The mango lover began to shout,“Are you crazy? Do you want to kill me?”But the sage did not respond.Instead,he took another stone and threw it at the man.The man became furious and said,“If I could get down there,1 would beat you to death!”That’s what everybody wanted—for him to come down.

   Then the sage picked up another stone and threw it even more forcefully

at the man.After that,the man hanging in the tree was determined to come down and take revenge.  4.   Upon safely reaching the ground the man

shouted,“Where is the wise man? He didn’t wait around for me to beat him!”

   “But wait a minute,”a villager said.‘‘Our kindness did not save you.

5.   ” The mango lover thought for a moment and realized that he should

 be thankful,not angry

A.They could do nothing to help him.

B.The sage is the only one who could help you.

C.People were curious to see what he would do.

D.Faced with this puzzle,the sage said nothing and left.

E.With no way out he continued to wait for help in the mango tree.

F.So the man climbed to the top and managed to pick a few red mangoes.

G.He used all his skill and strength and managed to climb down safely

 

根据中文和首字母填空(共18题20空,每空0.5分,共10分)

1.____________ (游泳) for sometime after a tiring day is very enjoyable and exciting for me in summer.

2.Almost no high school students are  __________(满意)with the school hours in china.

3.On  ___________ (平均), he works seven hours a day.

4.This gold watch was passed down from one ________________(一代)to another.

5.The news that was _________________(广播)on the radio surprised us all.

6.It is impossible for him to be ________(专心于)to his studies as he is __________(狂热)about computer games

7.Our students are busy _________________(准备)for the final exams.

8.I know from my own  _____________(经历)how difficult this kind of work can be.

9.The book tells us m____________ about English culture.

10.After g_________________ from university, he once worked as a newspaper reporter.

11.It’s the first time the painting has been displayed in the e____________ room

12.She is gaining weight because she likes eating d   ______too much.

13.The policeman told me to go s____________ on and turn left at the second crossing.

14.I can tell them we had an e___________, and then they won’t be angry any more.

15.The money for dog food is gone, but Spot looks like he is s________.

16.Much to my surprise, the young girl takes c________ of a big company.

17.The best way to earn r__________ at school is to work hard and a________ high grades.

18.You are s_________ to hand in your homework next Tuesday morning.

 

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