Question

【題目】

A. serious B. changes C. polluted D. delivering E. looking for

F. a small amount of G. plenty of

A 92-year-old man walks ten kilometres across a land that is flat and dry. He is carrying a plastic bottle and【1】water. He finds a pool of muddy water reach down into the earth and he fills his jug. Then he takes the long walk back home and uses this 【2】water for drinking, cooking and washing. This has become the daily life for millions of people in southwest China. The people in this area are suffering from a【3】water shortage caused by drought. Almost 25 million people are affected by the drought. Most of them are farmers who live in rural areas. The government is helping the people by 【4】fresh drinking water. But without rain, the farmers will not be able to grow crops and feed animals. Some scientists say, Because of the climate 【5】, droughts will become more often in China and in other parts of the world. "This tells us how important fresh water is. Shanghai has 【6】 rain and water. So we shouldn't complain as we stand under our umbrellas and look up at another rain-filled sky this spring. We should give thought for that old man who is looking up at a different sky and waiting for the rain.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】E

【2】C

【3】A

【4】D

【5】B

【6】G

【解析】

文章大意：本文主要描述中國西南部嚴重缺水，面臨著干旱問題，而上海雨水較多，不同地區(qū)有不同的看法。

【1】句意：他拿著一個塑料瓶在找水。

根據(jù)所在位置可知，需要填入動詞，與and前面的is carrying并列，句意為拿著塑料瓶找水，looking for意為“尋找”，故答案選E。

【2】句意：然后他走了很長一段路回家，用這些被污染的水喝水、做飯和洗衣服。

根據(jù)所在位置，需要填入形容詞來修飾water，由前句He finds a pool of muddy water reach down into the earth and he fills his jug“他發(fā)現(xiàn)一灘渾水伸進了地下，便把水壺裝滿了水�！笨芍�污染過的水，polluted意為“污染的”故答案選C。

【3】句意：這個地區(qū)的人民因干旱而嚴重缺水。

根據(jù)所在位置，需要填入形容詞，來修飾water shortage，根據(jù)前文所舉的例子可知嚴重的水資源短缺，serious意為“嚴重的”故答案選A。

【4】句意：政府正在通過提供新鮮的飲用水來幫助人民。

根據(jù)所在位置，需要填入動名詞，由The government is helping the people“政府正在幫助人們”可知，傳送新鮮飲用水，deliver意為“傳送”故答案選D。

【5】句意：一些科學(xué)家說，由于氣候變化，干旱在中國和世界其他地區(qū)將變得更加頻繁。

根據(jù)所在位置，需要填入動詞，由所給空后面的句子droughts will become more often in China and in other parts of the world“中國和世界其他地區(qū)的干旱將更加頻繁”可知，應(yīng)該是氣候改變，change意為“改變”故答案選B。

【6】句意：上海雨水充足。

根據(jù)后句So we shouldn't complain as we stand under our umbrellas and look up at another rain-filled sky this spring“所以我們不應(yīng)該抱怨，因為我們站在傘下，仰望著今年春天另一個充滿雨水的天空�！笨芍�是大量的雨水，plenty of意為“大量的”故答案選G。