科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
The amount of water in the world is finite(有限的). The number of people is growing fast and water use is growing even faster. Global water consumption rose six times between 1900 and 1995—more than double the rate of population growth.
As important as quantity is quality—with pollution increasing in some areas,the amount of useable water declines.
And the wider effects of water shortages are just as frightening as the prospect of having too little to drink.
Seventy percent of the water used worldwide is used for agriculture. Much more will be needed if we are to feed the world's growing population. And consumption will rise further as more people expect Western-style lifestyles and diets—one kilogram of grain-fed beef needs at least 15 cubic metres of water,while a kilo of cereals(谷物)needs only up to three cubic metres.
New technology can help,however,especially by cleaning up pollution and so making more water useable,and in agriculture,where water use can be made far more efficient.
Drought-resistant(抗旱的)plants can also help.
The optimists say“virtual water”may save the day—the water contained in crops which could be exported from water-rich countries to dry ones. But the amounts involved would be huge,and the energy needed to transport the water would be enormous(巨大的).
In any case,it is not just us who need water,but every other species that shares the planet with us. We have to rethink how much water we really need if we are to learn how to share the earth's supply. While dams and other large-scale schemes play a big role worldwide,there is also a growing recognition of the value of using the water we already have more efficiently rather than harvesting ever more from our rivers. For millions of people around the world,getting it right is a matter of life and death.
1. Which of the following statements on water consumption is NOT true?
A. Agriculture consumes more than haft of the water used in the world.
B. The growing population worsens the water shortage situation.
C. Lifestyles play an important role in water consumption.
D. The Western way of agriculture uses more water than the Asian way.
2. “Virtual water” refers to the water that ________.
A. is hidden in crops
B. is saved in agriculture
C. can be transported
D. can be reused with the aid of the Internet
3. In the last paragraph,the author mainly ________.
A. criticizes big projects such as dams
B. criticizes the use of river water
C. calls for the protection of other species
D. calls for the more efficient use of water
4. What's the main idea of the text?
A. Water is mainly wasted in agriculture.
B. Water pollution is threatening our health.
C. Shortage of water is a very serious problem.
D. Population growing influences water use.
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It was the first time Mary _____ such a big opening ceremony.
A.has attended | B.a(chǎn)ttended | C.had attended | D.should attend |
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科目:高中英語 來源:2012-2013學(xué)年浙江寧波萬里國際學(xué)校高一下期期中考試英語卷(帶解析) 題型:單選題
There is a big garden in the neighborhood, ______ actually has become a good place for people to meet and communicate.
A.where | B.in which | C.that | D.which |
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科目:高中英語 來源:2011-2012學(xué)年山西省忻州一中高二下學(xué)期期中考試英語試卷(帶解析) 題型:完型填空
My husband Sid and I were never able to have children. I had always wanted a family and that feeling 36 after his death. He was all I had. When he 37 , I felt like I had lost my entire family. I never 38 I would finally get the family I had always wished for. A few years later I met Tom. When we married, I 39 got four grown children and eight grandchildren.
I was 40 about my first meeting with his children. My worries melted away when I realized that they 41 me and were more than willing to bring me into their family. And when his daughters 42 me if their children could call me “Mimi,” I was excited, Tom was divorced, and 43 I was also concerned about the 44 that the children already had two grandmothers. Would the little ones understand 45 I fit into the family?
At our first extended family gathering, I 46 our six-year-old grandson Jim staring at me with a 47 look. He seemed to be thinking about something serious. 48 sporting a big grin(咧嘴笑),he jumped and said, “I know who you are! You are our 49 grandma!” At that moment, I know it was time to just relax and enjoy my new 50 .
People say when a door close, God opens a window. Now I know what that 51 . I lost so much joy when Sid died, 52 now I have a new happy life. I am enjoying so many things I 53 got to experience before like reading bedtime stories. My refrigerator is covered with drawings, and my walls are 54 with photos of the kids. I may be an instant “extra” grandma in Jim’s eyes, but I am just as 55 any other “regular” grandma I know.
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科目:高中英語 來源:云南省紅河州蒙自縣文瀾高級中學(xué)2010屆高三上學(xué)期期末考試試題(英語) 題型:完型填空
第二節(jié)完形填空(共20小題;每小題1.5分,滿分30分)
閱讀下面短文,從短文后各題所給的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中,選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。
One afternoon, I went to pick up my mother from work. I got a little early so I 36 the car by the roadside, and 37 for her.
As I looked 38 the car window to my right, I saw a little boy around two years old in a small park, 39 freely on the grass as his _40___ watched him from a short distance. The boy had a __41___ smile on his face. He would then fall to the grass, get up , and without__42___ or without looking back at his mother, run as fast as he could, again, still with a big smile on his face, as if __43___ had happened.
With 44 especially at an early age, when they fall down, they don’t consider their falling down as a failure, __45___ instead, they treat it as a learning experience. They try and try again _46____ they succeed.
The answer must be that they have not connected “falling down” with the word “__47__” yet. Thus they don’t know __48__ to feel the state which accompanies failure. They probably think that it is perfectly okey to fall down, and that it’s not _49___ to do so. In other words, they give themselves permission (許可) to _50___ mistakes subconsciously(潛意識地). Thus they always remain encouraged.
I was _51___ by the boy’s persistence(堅持) and the manner in which he ran. With each _52___, he looked so confident. No _53__ of fear, or of being discouraged ----- as if he didn’t _54___ the world around him. His only aim was to run _55___ and to do it as effectively as he could. I learned a lot from that observation and experience.
36.A.packed B.parked C.refueled D.cleaned
37.A.called B.looked C.waited D.searched
38.A.inside B.outside C.a(chǎn)round D.for
39.A.walking B.running C.jumping D.playing
40.A.teacher B.friend C.father D.mother
41.A.sad B.little C.big D.weak
42.A.doubt B.hesitation C.mercy D.effect
43.A.nothing B.something C.everything D.a(chǎn)nything
44.A.kids B.girls C.a(chǎn)dults D.parents
45.A.a(chǎn)nd B.if C.but D.so
46.A. unless B.a(chǎn)fter C.until D.before
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