Question

Water is very important to all the living things， water shortage is a big problem in some places when some of us are wasting it.

Teesha is ten years old. She collect water from a ditch(溝渠) near her home. The water was brown. It had a smell. Teesha’s name means “alive and well”. But the bad water often made her feel sick.

Many families in Africa have no clean water. So many people diseases. Teesha’s own brother from cholera（霍亂）. He was only six years old.

Teesha’s village was . They got a new well（水井）. Volunteers from other countries found out the best place to dig the new well. Soon， the people had clean， fresh water. The volunteers taught Teesha’s family how to keep it fresh. taught Teesha’smother how to use different bowls of water for different things. Some water was for vegetables. Other water was their animals.

Teesha’s family will enjoy their clean water. She hopes that children in villages will soon have clean，fresh water. As the Nigerian saying goes， she hopes her country will have “Peace， Rain， Prosperity（繁榮）！”

1.A. because B. and C. but D .so

2.A. used to B. was used to C. uses to D. gets used to

3.A. nice B. terrible C. good D. sweet

4.A. increase B. reach C. hide D. get

5.A. dead B. death C. died D. dying

6.A. lucky B. funny C. interesting D. exciting

7.A. He B. They C. We D. You

8.A. clean B. cleaned C. cleaning D. to clean

9.A. at B .for C. in D. on

10.A. the others B. others C. the other D. other

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