Question

12．Imagine one day the water taps（水龙头）in your house stop running．You have to pay a lot of money to buy water from shops．And still there isn't enough water for everyone．Your mother has to save the family's shower water to use for washing clothes．Would you be able to stand that kind of life？
Probably not．But that is what kids in Yemen（也门）are experiencing．According to a report，the capital，Sana（萨那），will run out of drinking water as early as 2025．
Because of the water shortage（短缺），the Yemen government often cuts the water supply（供应）．Hannan，an 18-year-old girl，told the Time，"In a good week we'll have a water supply all week．But then the following week there will be water only for a day or two．"
Hannan said only rich people have enough water to use．They can buy water from the shops or from the water trucks．Private（私人的）companies own the trucks．They travel around the city every day to sell water-at very high prices．
"A lot of people can't pay for it，"she said．
The government is thinking of making use of seawater．But it will cast a lot and may not happen soon enough to help the people of Yemen．
71．How old is Hannan？B
A．She is eight．
B．She is eighteen．
C．She is seventeen．
D．She is seven．
72．The underlined word"that"meansC．
A．buying water from shops        
B．having enough drinking water      
C．suffering from water shortage     
D．private companies make much money by selling water
73．From the passage，we know thatD．
A．the people of Yemen don't have to worry about water      
B．people in Yemen have no water to use during a bad week       
C．Sana will have no drinking water in 10 years      
D．private companies make much by selling water
74．The writer wants to tell usA．
A．may try to make use of seawater           
B．does nothing about the water problem
C．only cares about rich people's live
D．may solve the problem soon
75．The writer wants to tell usB．
A．not to use seawater                 
B．not to waste water
C．to drink less water        
D．to sell water to Yemen．

Answer 1

分析 短文讲述了作者告诉人们要节约用水，并且举了也门的例子告诉人们水的珍贵，我们要学会不浪费水．

解答 答案：71．B 细节理解题．根据第三段第一行句子Hannan，an 18-year-girl，可知Hannan是18岁．故选B．
72．C  细节推理题．根据第二、三段内容及其第三段第一行句子 Because of the water shortage （短缺），the Yemen government often cuts the water supply （供应）．由于缺水，也门政府经常削减供水．可知that指的是下文的缺水．故为C．
73．D   细节理解题．根据第四段第一、二行句子Private（私人的）companies own the trucks．They travel around the city every day to sell water-at very high prices．私人的公司有自己的车．他们每天绕着城市以非常高的价格出售水．可知私人的公司以非常高的价格出售水．故为D．
74．A   细节理解题．根据最后一段句子The government is thinking of making use of seawater．But it will cost a lot and it may not happen soon enough to help the people of Yemen．政府正在考虑使用海水，但它会投很多钱，不会很快的帮助到也门人民．可知可能试图利用海水．故选A．
75．B 主旨归纳题．根据整篇文章内容及其第一段句子Imagine one day the water taps（水龙头）in your house stop running．You have to pay a lot of money to buy water from shops．And still there isn't enough water for everyone．Your mother has to save the family's shower water to use for washing clothes．Would you be able to stand that kind of life？想象一下，有一天你家的水龙头停了，你要花很多钱去商店买水，而且每个人都没有足够的水，你妈妈必须把家里的淋浴水用来洗衣服，你能忍受这种生活吗？可知作者想要告诉我们要节约用水．故选B．

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