题目内容
Waste water must be prevented into the river.We must find ways.
A.to be sent B.from sending C.being sent D.from being sent
D
在prevent sb（from）doing 结构中，主动语态时from可省略但变被动语态时不能省，另外send与逻辑主语water之间为被动关系。
A new study warns that about thirty percent of the world's people may not have enough water by the year 2025.
A private American 
organization called Population Action International did the new study. It says more than three-hundred-thirty-five-million people lack enough water now. The people live in twenty-eight countries. Most of the countries are in Africa or the Middle East.
P-A-I researcher Robert Engelman says by the year 2025, about three-thousand-million people may lack water. At least 18 more countries are expected to have severe water problems. The demand for water keeps increasing. Yet the amount of water on Earth stays the same.
Mr. Engelman says the population in countries that lack water is growing faster than in other parts of the world. He says population growth in these countries will continue to increase.
The report says lack of water in the future may result in several problems. It may increase health problems. Lack of water often means drinking waters are not safe. Mr. Engelman says there are problems all over the world because of diseases, such as cholera, which are carried in water. Lack of water may also result in more international conflict. Countries may have to compete for water in the future. Some countries now get sixty percent of their fresh water from other countries. This is true of Egypt, the Netherlands, Cambodia, Syria, Sudan, and Iraq. And the report says lack of water would affect the ability of developing to improve their economies. This is because new industries often need a large amount of water when they are begin
ning.
The Population Action International study gives several solutions to the water problem. One way, it says, is to find ways to use water for more than one purpose. Another way is to teach people to be careful not to waste water. A third way is to use less water of agriculture.
The report also says long-term solutions to the water problem must include controls on population growth. It says countries cannot provide clean water unless they slow population growth by limiting the number of children people have.
【小题1】 are expected to have severe water problems by the year 2025.
| A．18 countries | B．No countries |
| C．46 countries | D．28 countries |
| A．New industries need a lot of water |
| B．There are solutions to the water problem |
| C．Egypt now has enough fresh water |
| D．Lack of water may cause conflict between countries |
A. The ability of developing has nothing to do with lack of water.
B. . It is not known whether diseases have something to do with lack of water
C. Lack of water may also result from international conflict
D There is connection between providing clean water and slowing population growth
【小题4】The best title of the passage would be .
| A．World Water Shortage | B．Population and Water |
| C．World Conflict | D．Diseases and Water |
Environmental problems are becoming more and more serious all over the world. For example, cars have made the air unhealthy for people to breathe and poisonous gas is given off by factories. Trees on the hills have been cut down and waste water is being poured continuously into rivers. Furthermore, wherever we go today, we can find rubbish carelessly disposed.
There are different kinds of pollutants, each of which comes from different sources. It is necessary to identify the source of pollution, in order to make a policy to eliminate them.
Different products, processes and activities of our industrialized world together form the major source of pollution. The forms of pollution can be mainly divided into three kinds—solid, liquid and gas.
These pollutions have greatly damaged our planet and continue to do so. In fact, pollution is threatening our existence. The whole ecological balance of the earth is changing. Massive destruction of environment has brought about negative effects and even posed a great threat to man’s existence.
We must face the situation that exists and take action to solve our environmental problems. For instance, new laws must be passed to place strict control over industrial pollution, the public must receive the education about the danger of pollution and so on.
The earth is our home and we have the duty to take care of it for ourselves and our later generation. Fortunately, more and more people have realized these problems. Measures have been taken to deal with these situations by the government. Laws have been passed to stop pollution, I hope the problems will be solved in the near future and our home will become better and better.
1. How many examples of environmental problems are given in the first paragraph?
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5
2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. In all there are three kinds of pollution
B. If people continue to pollute our planet, there will be no trees.
C. Industrial pollution has been completely controlled.
D. Laws have been passed to stop pollution and protect our environment.
3. The sentence “We hope that all these measures will be effective and bring back a healthy environment” can best be put at the end of paragraph _____.
A. 2 B. 3 C. 5 D. 6
4. The writer’s attitude towards the future of the earth is _____.
A. despair B. negative C. optimistic D. hopeless
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.”
1.What is the text mainly about?
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A．Australians face the choice of life and death. |
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B．Premier Beattie is worried about his people’s health. |
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C．We should avoid drinking recycled water to keep healthy. |
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D．Continuing drought forces Australians to drink recycled sewage. |
2.What can we learn from the last paragraph?
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A．Australians have never like drinking purified waste water. |
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B．Australians should develop more water sources to live through the hard time. |
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C．Australians can’t depend upon rainwater, which is not suitable for drinking. |
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D．Australian government has no ability to solve the problem of water shortage. |
3.The underlined phrase “adhered to” in Paragraph 9 probably means ______.
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A．disliked |
B．gone against |
C．supported |
D．doubted |
4.It can be inferred from what Premier Peter Beattie said that ______.
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A．he gives orders to drink purified waste water |
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B．It is painful for him to see people drink recycled sewage |
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C．If the decision is made, people won’t survive the drought |
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D．It’s totally up to you to either make a life or death decision |