Question

 

“ I THIRST”

Each day water related diseases kill 3,900 of the world’s children

   Across the world. 11 billion people have no access to clean drinking water. More than 2.6 billion people lack basic sanitation(衛(wèi)生設備)。

   The combination proves deadly. Each year, diseases related to inadequate water and sanitation kill between 2 and 5 million people and cause an estimated 80 percent of all sicknesses in the developing world. Safe drinking water is a precondition for health and the fight against child death rate, inequality between men and women and poverty.

Consider these facts:

l         The average distance that women in Africa and Asia walk to collect water is 6 kilometers.

l         Only 58 percent of children in sub-Saharan Africa are drinking safe water, and only 37 percent of children in South Asia have access to even a basic toilet.

l         Each year in India alone, 7.3 million working days are lost to water-borne diseases.

Here are three ways you can help:

1)Write Congress

  Current U.S. foreign and for drinking water and sanitation budgets only one dollar per year per American citizen. Few members of Congress have ever received a letter from voters about clean drinking water abroad.

2) Sponsor a project with a faith-based organization

  Many U.S. religious groups already sponsor water and sanitation projects, working with partner organizations abroad. Simply put a single project by a U.S. organization can make safe water a reality for thousands of people.

3) Support nonprofit water organizations

  Numerous U.S. based nonprofits work skillfully abroad in community-led projects related to drinking water and sanitation. Like the sample of non-profits noted as follows, some organizations are large, others small-scale, some operate worldwide, others are devoted to certain areas in Africa, Asia, or Latin American. Support them generously.

1.The three facts presented in the passage are used to illustrate that ______.

A. poverty can result in water-borne diseases

B. people have no access to clean drinking water.

C. women’s rights are denied in some developing countries.

D. safe drinking water should be a primary concern.

2.The intended readers of the passage are ______.

A. Americans                               B. overseas sponsors

C. Congressmen                         D. U.S. based water organizations

3.The main purpose of the passage is to call on people to ______.

A. get rid of water-related diseases in developing countries.

B. donate money to people short of water through religious groups

C. fight against the worldwide water shortage and sanitation problem

D. take joint action in support of some nonprofit water organizations

4.What information will probably be provided following the last paragraph?

A. A variety of companies and their worldwide operation.

B. A list of nonprofit water organizations to make contact with.

C. Some ways to get financial aids from U.S. Congress.

D. A few water resources exploited by some world-famous organizations.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

【詳解】由文章第二段Safe drinking water is a precondition for health and the fight against child death rate, inequality between men and women and poverty.可以看出，既然是先決條件，就應當是a primary concern的事情。

2.A

【詳解】由Here are three ways you can help:里的三點內容都是以U.S.開始，可以得出結論。

3.C

【詳解】由文章呼吁美國人民行動起來，解決世界性的缺水所引起的一些問題，可以得出答案為C。

4.B

【詳解】由最后一段 Numerous U.S. based nonprofits work skillfully abroad in community-led projects related to drinking water and sanitation.可以得出下面應當講述的是公益性的水資料組織。讓大家行動起來，讓大家一起來做這項偉大的事業(yè)，所以應當是給出這些機構的聯(lián)系方式。

【專家備考建議】這篇閱讀材料取材貧困地區(qū)水污染等熱點話題，生活經(jīng)歷豐富和興趣廣博的學生占有優(yōu)勢。這就要求學生必須從“教室英語”中擺脫出來，在“生活英語”中提高運用能力。并且，這篇文章不再象前幾篇那樣簡單，而是需要能進行深層次的理解。專家建議，多接觸生活中的方方面面的知識，擴大知識面。對于在英語高考中得到高分起著關鍵的作用。