Napoga Gurigo,a 12-year-old girl,lives in a village in Ghana. It is   1  for her family to get clean drinking water. The nearest place to get water is a muddy (混浊的) water hole half a kilometer away from her   2 . Animals and villagers use it alike. Each morning, Napoga leaves home at half past five to collect water for her family. Sometimes it   3  a few hours to get enough water. Napoga has no time to go to school for learning. In the neighboring areas, many boys and girls   4  Napoga. They can't keep strong and   5  just because they have not enough drinking water.
In fact, 70% of Earth's surface is water. But most of   6  is sea water. We can't use salty water in our daily life. Fresh water is what we __7__ drink, take showers and cook food. And fresh water covers only 1 percent of Earth's surface. In some areas people try to make deep wells (水井) to get water from   8 . But there still   9  enough for farming. Scientists say that 10  30 years, more people in the world will face all kinds of water problems than now. So we must do something to take care of our water resources (资源).
【小题1】
A.easyB.hardC.funD.impossible
【小题2】
A.schoolB.cityC.countryD.home
【小题3】
A.spendsB.costsC.paysD.takes
【小题4】
A.look likeB.are likeC.feel likeD.sound like
【小题5】
A.healthyB.strongC.heavyD.clean
【小题6】
A.themB.thoseC.thatD.these
【小题7】
A.used toB.are used toC.use toD.are used
【小题8】
A.underground B.subwayC.riversD.the sea
【小题9】
A.haven'tB.isn'tC.aren'tD.hasn't
【小题10】
A.inB.afterC.beforeD.for

Many places in the world need more fresh water. Every country is trying to find ways to turn salt water into fresh. Why aren't there many factories like the Symi factory?

In some places the sun is not hot enough. Or it does not shine every day.

In such places other ways of heating sea water can be used. These ways cost more money, but they work faster than the sun. By boiling sea water with high heat a lot of fresh water can be made quickly.

But heating is not the only way to get fresh water from salt water. Other ways are tried.

One way is freezing. The fresh part of salt water freezes first. To get fresh water, the bits of ice are taken out.

Which way is the best? The one that gives the most water for the least money. It may be a different way for each place.

Symi's way seems very good for small, hot places. It does not make much water at a time. But the factory is easy to build and costs little.

That is why people in many dry places talk about Symi. 

1.From the passage we know that fresh water _____________.

A. is needed in many countries             B. is needed in every country

C. can be used in many ways              D. is very important for factories

2.The Symi factory __________.

A. turns salt water into fresh               B. can be built everywhere

C. can make much fresh water at a time      D. doesn’t need sunshine every day

3.Which is the best way for small and hot places to get fresh water?

A. Boiling the sea water.                  B. Heating the sea water.

C. The Symi’s way.                      D. Freezing the sea water.

4.What fact doesn’t the passage mention (提到)?

A. New ways of getting fresh water.

B. A lot of fresh water can be made quickly by heating.

C. The best way is to get the freshest water with the least money.

D. The Symi’s way doesn’t work in dry places.

5.The Symi’s way is not suitable for _________ places according to the passage.

      A. small              B. hot            C. cool              D. dry

 

Right in the middle of the town are some long ponds(水池). They are only about half a foot deep. The men of Symi dug out the earth to make the ponds.

Over each pond is a low cover. It is made of glass that you can see through.

At night, sea water is taken into the ponds. The next day, the hot sun shines through the covers. The sun light turns the water into vapor(水蒸气) and the vapor goes up from the ponds. The salt is left behind.

As it goes, the vapor became mist. On the inside of each cover, the little drops of mist run together to make big drops. These drops run down the sides of the cover, filling other ponds with fresh water.

The salt left in the ponds is washed out each night. Then more sea water is taken in. The factory is ready for the next day's work. The covers and other parts of the factory cost very little. Sea water and sun cost nothing. Most people of Symi are poor. So to them this new way of getting fresh water seems wonderful.

1. Where are the little drops made into big drops?

    A. On the inside of the covers.      

    B. In the ponds with fresh water.

    C. On the walls of the salt water ponds.                

    D.Between the fresh water and the salt water.

2.The men of Symi dug some long ponds        .

    A. in order to keep sea water        

    B. in order to get hot water inside

    C. in order to fill them with fresh  

    D. in order to get fresh water

3.Which picture shows the right way to get fresh water in Symi?

 

 

 

 

4.Which of the following is NOT true?

    A. The sea water is taken into the ponds at night every day.

    B. There is a very big river running through the town to the sea.

    C. The people in Symi can get fresh water from the factory.

    D. People may see the water in the ponds through the cover.

 

A tourist was traveling alone in the desert (沙漠). After two weeks his car stopped    66 , so he started walking. He was lost and had no water. It was very hot and he became very 67. After five hours he saw a small tent. There was a woman in it. The tourist said to her, “Water. Please   (68)   me some water.”

     “I’m sorry. I haven’t any water. I only sell ties (领带),”  the woman replied.

     The tourist had to walk on, and became more thirsty. Two hours later he came to 69    tent with an old man in it.

“Water. Please sell me some water.”

“I’m sorry. I haven’t any water. I only sell ties,” the old man replied.

The tourist put his   (70)  back into his pocket and walked on. He was very, very thirsty and tired. One hour later he arrived at a third tent. There   (71)  a tall man in front of it. The tall man said, “Do you want to buy a tie? I have a lot of beautiful ties.”

“No! No! No!”   (72)  the tourist, “I need water. Please sell me water!”

“I’m sorry. I only have ties,” said the tall man.

The tourist fell to the ground   (73)  started to crawl (爬). Half an hour later he saw a large, expensive-looking hotel. He crawled to the door and took out all his money. He said to the doorman, “Water! I will pay £100 ___ (74)   a glass of water.”

The doorman looked at him and said, “I’m sorry, sir. You can’t come into the hotel ___ (75)   you are not wearing a tie.”

 

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