Our warming planet is expected to face serious water crisis（危機(jī)）in the coming decades — which means each nation’s natural resource will be more important than ever.


【小題1】According to the statistics, what is the world average of freshwater resource per person?
A．244,973 cubic kilometers
B．241 cubic kilometers
C．3,642 cubic kilometers
D．6,122 cubic kilometers
【小題2】Which country or region has the most freshwater resource per year?
A．GuyanaB．BrazilC．IcelandD．China
【小題3】Which country or region appears twice on the top 5 lists?
A．BhutanB．SeychellesC．CanadaD．Suriname


【小題1】D
【小題2】B
【小題3】D

解析試題分析：文章大意：本文是說明文。主要介紹世界淡水資源枯竭是幾乎每個(gè)國家都面臨這個(gè)難題。第一幅圖片介紹世界上的森林面積；第二圖接啊少淡水資源；第三幅圖介紹人均淡水資源。
【小題1】D 考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。第三幅圖片WATER PER PERSON處Freshwater resource, cubic kilometers per person（2011）WORLD AVERAGE  6,122可知世界人均淡水資源的是6122平方千米，判斷選D。
【小題2】B 考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二幅圖中RENEWABLE WATER Freshwater resource, cubic kilometers per year（2011）下面幾個(gè)國家和地區(qū)的排名，巴西在最前面，判斷選B。
【小題3】D考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一幅圖片F(xiàn)OREST，Percentage of total land area covered by forests（2011）可知森林覆蓋的面積，下面幾個(gè)國家和地區(qū)的排名進(jìn)行判斷選D。
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