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 tile 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.”

    Beanie said Australia's second largest state would become the first to use recycled water for drinking.

    Water is recycled in Britain and pans 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 tile range of water sources to include sources which are not dependent on rainfall.”

1.According to the passage,which of the following is TRUE?

A.Nobody disagrees to the idea of drinking recycled purified water

B.Australia’s second largest state has become tile first state to introduce the policy

C.No other countries but Australia decide to drink recycled water

D.The drought is tile worst one in tile droughts recorded in Australian history.

2.What call we learn from the last paragraph?

  A.Australians have never like drinking purified waste water

  B.Australians should develop more water sources to live through the hard time

  C.Australians can’t depend upon rainwater,which is not suitable for drinking.

  D.Australian government has no ability to solve the problem of water shortage

3.The underlined phrase“adhered to”in Paragraph 9 probably means

  A.disliked         B.gone against              C.supported           D.doubted

4.It can be inferred from what Premier Peter Beattie said that

A.he gives orders to drink purified waste water

B.It is painful for him to see his people drink recycled sewage

C.If the decision is made,people won’t survive the drought

D.It’s up to you to either make a life or death decision

第二节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题2分,满分40分)

阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

As a child, there was nothing I liked better than Sunday afternoons on my grandfather’s farm in western Pennsylvania. The house and barn provided endless hours of  36  for a city kid like me.

I still  37  one afternoon when I was eight years old. Since my first  38  to the farm, I’d wanted more than anything to be  39  to climb the stone walls surrounding the property. My parents never  40 . The walls were old. Some stones were  41 ,and others were loose and crumbling. Still, my desire to climb those walls  42  so strong that finally, one spring afternoon, I gathered all my

 43  and entered the living room, where the adults had  44  after Sunday dinner.

“I, uh, I want to climb the stone walls,” I said hesitantly.  45  looked up. “Can I ?”

 46  a chorus went up from the women in the room. “Heavens, no!” they cried in dismay. “You’ll hurt yourself!”

I wasn’t too  47 . It was the response I’d expected. Yet,  48  I could leave the room, I was stopped by my grandfather’s booming  49 . “Now hold on just a minute, ” he cried. “ 50  the boy climb them. He has to learn to do things  51  himself.”

“Run quickly,” he said to me. “And come see me  52  you get back.”

For the next two and a half hours I climbed those old walls—and had the time of my life. Later I went to my grandfather to tell him about my  53 . I’ll never forget what he said.

“Fred,” he smiled, “you made this day a(n)  54  one just by being yourself. Always remember, there’s only one person in this whole world like you, and I like you exactly  55  you are.” Many years have passed since then, but I still cherish his words in my heart.

36.A. trouble             B. challenge                  C. interest                     D. fun

37.A. imagine            B. remember                 C. regret                          D. cherish

38.A. sight                   B. visit                         C. access                   D. entrance

39.A. expected              B. suggested                 C. allowed                    D. refused

40.A. approved             B. admitted                   C. chose                     D. decided

41.A. broken                B. lost                          C. empty                   D. missing

42.A. grew                   B. spread                   C. turned                   D. appeared

43.A. strength            B. courage                    C. belief                       D. hope

44.A. arranged                  B. gathered                   C. discussed                  D. organized

45.A. Someone             B. Nobody                    C. Everyone                 D. Anybody

46.A. Carefully             B. Immediately             C. Usually                    D. Fortunately

47.A. disappointed     B. angry                       C. delighted                  D. worried

48.A. after                    B. once                        C. unless                   D. before

49.A. sound                  B. noise                        C. voice                       D. praise

50.A. Permit                 B. Consider                  C. Let                          D. Stop

51.A. by                          B. to                           C. on                           D. for

52.A. until                    B. when                       C. since                        D. while

53.A. dream                 B. burden                         C. adventure                 D. attempt

54.A. ordinary                  B. special                         C. curious                     D. typical

55.A. why                   B. what                        C. how                        D. as

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