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 (经历). According to a report, the capital, Sana, 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-girl, tells the Teens, “In a good week we’ll have a water supply all week. But then the next week there will be water only for a day or two.”

Hannan says 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 says.

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.

1.How old is Hannan?     

A.She is eight.

B.She is eighteen.

C.She is seventeen.

D.She is seven.

2.The underlined word “that” means_______.

A.buying water from shops

B.having enough drinking water

C.suffering(忍受) from water shortage

D.washing clothes with used water

3.From the passage, we know that ______.

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.Sanna will have no drinking water in 10 years

D.private companies make much money by selling water

4.The Yemen government ______.

A.may try to make use of seawater

B.does nothing about the water problem

C.only cares about rich people’s lives

D.may solve the problem soon

5.The writer wants to tell us ______.

A.not to use seawater

B.not to waste water

C.to drink less water

D.to sell water to Yemen

 

India is the home of tigers. Every year many people are killed by tigers. The tiger, however, doesn’t always eat men. It likes wild animals better. It is only when the tiger is old enough or wounded (受伤的) that it eats men. But when it tastes the meat of men, it will go on killing men for food. When a man-eater like this is discovered (发现)people are very afraid. They have to stop working in the fields.

There are many ways to put an end to such dangerous animals. One way is that some men with long guns (枪) ride on elephants while other men drive the tiger towards them.

For a hunter another way is to sit in a tree near the place where a tiger has eaten somebody. If the tiger returns for another meal, the hunter will kill it in the hiding place. A goat may be tied to the tree for the tiger to kill.

The most dangerous way is to hunt a tiger on foot. But the man must be brave and can shoot well or he would be killed by the tiger.

1.Where is the home of tiger?

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2.which does the tiger like better to eat, men or wild animals?

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3.What will the tiger do when it tastes the meat of men?

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4.Are there any ways to put an end to such dangerous animals?

_________________________________________________________________

5.What is the most dangerous way to hunt a tiger?

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