The morning was a bit cold, but Li Yanbo quickly got out of his warm bed when it was 7∶30．He picked up two plastic buckets(塑料桶)and rushed to the center of the village, where a fire truck arrives once a day to provide water for them．
Li, a 24-year-old farmer, lives in Liguan village, Songming－about 60km away from Kunming．For the last three months, he has risen early to meet the fire truck because the village's only reservoir(水库)has dried up．Rain hasn't fallen for six months．
The queue is very long by the time Li arrives．About 4,000 thirsty villagers come with their empty buckets and stand behind the truck．
“My family gets two or three buckets of water every day．We use them for drinking, washing and cooking,”said Li．“If we save a little every day, then once a week we can have a short bath．”
Li planted two mu of broad beans(蚕豆)last autumn, but he has earned nothing because of the drought(干旱)．As usual, he would plant rice after getting in the beans．But the field is so dry that he can't even plough(耕田)it．
“The rice is food for my family－my parents and younger brother．We have no more money to buy rice from the market,”said Li．
Like most people in his village, growing tobacco(烟草)provides the family's meal ticket．Usually, Li's three mu of tobacco earns him near 10,000 yuan．But now…Luckily, local governments are trying to help families like Li's by hunting for new water resources(资源)．
How important it is to save water!Li says“It has taught me that, if we use water correctly, two buckets a day should be enough for four family members．We can recycle(循环利用)the water for many different uses,”said Li．“Every drop of water is worth a lot of money．I hope people realize this．”
(1)
What does the underlined word“them”mean?
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A．
Li Yanbo's family members
B．
Plastic buckets
C．
The fire engines
D．
The villagers
(2)
Why has the village's only reservoir dried up?
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A．
Because there has been no rain for half a year．
B．
Because the local people use water in it too much．
C．
Because the local people don't know how to save water．
D．
Because the governments haven't found new water resources．
(3)
Which of the following will most probably happen according to the passage?
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A．
Li Yanbo will have to leave his home for a better life．
B．
Most families like Li's will have to carry water from far away．
C．
Li Yanbo will hardly earn anything from his farm work this summer．
D．
The villagers like Li will live a hard life because they haven't got any help．
(4)
The writer wrote this passage mainly to tell us ________．
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A．
how serious the drought is in this village
B．
it's important to save and use water correctly
C．
what has been done to help the local people by the government
D．
we should try our best to collect money to help the people in the disaster area
(5)
In which column(栏目)of the newspaper can we most probably read this passage?
