GU Zhaodi, 60, had taken water for granted for years. In fact, no one in the beautiful lake city of Wuxi, Jiangsu Province had bothered to spare a thought on water.
But all that changed dramatically overnight last month when taps in the city ran dry. Due to a blue-green algae(藻類) outbreak in Taihu Lake, China’s third largest freshwater lake and the source of drinking water for 4 million Wuxi residents(居民), water from the city’s taps became dark and smelly.
“I can’t believe there is no water for drinking, let alone cooking and washing,”said Ｇu.
The lake was blanketed with the algae, giving off a strong smell of rotting meat. A stone thrown into it took a long time to sink. Experts said that algae usually boom because of hot water and rich chemicals like phosphor(磷)in the water.
“High temperature and a lack of rain in the past few months helped the growth of algae,”said Zhang Lijun, an official from the State Environment Protection Administration. “However, pollution from human activity should be most blamed for the disaster.”
Taihu Lake is surrounded by many small factories, whichsprang up in the 1980s.Inthe 1990s,many foreign-funded(外資的) companies joined in. The industries prospered(繁榮)，Wuxi has grown into one of the wealthiest cities in East China.
But that came at the price of pollution. The lake was treated like a waste dump(垃圾堆)，with factories emptying industrial waste and untreated sewage(污水)into it.
Although, after the government's effort, life in the city has gone back to normal, the one-week crisis（危機）rang a bell for the government and local people.“It's time to rebuild the beauty of nature, or our lives will be at risk,”said Gu.
“A safe environment comes first. Economic growth will be nothing without fresh water to drink and clean air to breathe.” said China Daily.
小題1:The following can help the blue green algae grow______
A．high water temperature
B．rich chemicals in the water
C．a(chǎn) lack of rain
D．plentiful water and sunshine
小題2:What can we learn from the passage?
A．The one-week disaster has made the local people realize the importance of building a
beautiful city.
B．It is human activity rather than the algae that is to blame for the water pollution.
C．Only when the environment is safe and friendly can man live a better and healthier life.
D．Environment should be taken into consideration first if a city plans to develop its economic.
小題3:Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?
A．Who is to blame, man or algae?
B．Water turned off
C．Water pollution troubled Wuxi
D．Algae threatened Taihu Lake
小題4:According to the passage ,Taihu Lake________
A．is the third largest lake in China.
B．is surrounded by many foreign-funded factories and companies.
C．used to be a waste dump.
D．suffered from industrial waste，untreated sewage and algae.
小題5:The underlined phrase “sprang up” in the sixth paragraph means______
A．develop quicklyB．produce goods quickly
C．come to lifeD．grow up

小題1:D
小題2:D
小題3:B
小題4:D
小題5:A
太湖藍藻橫生，水污染嚴重危及無錫市民的生活用水。
小題1:D細節(jié)判斷題。從文章第四段最后一句和第五段第一句可知藍藻繁殖的條件為高溫、少雨，水中富含磷等化學(xué)物質(zhì)。由此可判斷答案為D。
小題2:D推理判斷題。從文章最后一段“首先要考慮環(huán)境的安全，如果喝不到干凈的水，呼吸不到新鮮的空氣，經(jīng)濟發(fā)展就全無意義了�！笨芍鸢笧镈。
小題3:B主旨大意題。太湖藍藻橫生，水污染嚴重危及無錫市民的生活用水，用該標(biāo)題新穎醒目。
小題4:D細節(jié)判斷題。太湖受工廠污水、廢物及藍藻污染從而水質(zhì)變差，無法飲用。
小題5:A詞語釋意題。spring up 意為appear suddenly or develop quickly.
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A．was a character in books and movies based on a real detective
B．was a famous actor starring in movies beginning from the 1920s
C．was a famous detective solving crimes all over the world
D．was a Chinese immigrant who became a local legend
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