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     Robert Owen was born in Wales in 1771. At the age of ten he went to work. His employer had a large
Private library, so Owen was able to educate himself. He read a lot in his spare time and at nineteen he was
given the job of superintendent (監(jiān)工) at a Manchester cotton mill. He was so successful there that he
persuaded his employer to buy the New Lanark mill in Scotland.
     When he arrived at New Lanark it was a dirty little town with a population of 2,000 people. Nobody paid
any attention to the workers' houses or their children's education. The conditions in the factories were very
bad. There was a lot of crime and the men spent most of their wages on alcoholic drinks.
     Owen improved the houses. He encouraged people to be clean and save money. He opened a shop and
sold the workers cheap, well-made goods to help them. He limited the sale of alcoholic drinks. Above all, he
fixed his mind on the children's education. In 1816 he opened the first free primary school in Britain.
     People came from all over the country to visit Owen's factory. They saw that the workers were healthier
and more efficient than in other towns. Their children were better fed and better educated. Owen tried the
same experiment in the United States. He bought some land there in 1825, but the community was too far
away. He could not keep it under control and lost most of his money.
     Owen never stopped fighting for his idea. Above all he believed that people are not born good or bad.
     He was a practical man and his ideas were practical. "If you give people good working conditions," he
thought, "they will work well and, the most important thing of all, if you give them the chance to learn, they
will be better people."
1. For Owen, his greatest achievement in New Lanark was _____.
[     ]
A. improving worker's houses
B. helping people to save money
C. preventing men from getting drunk
D. providing the children with a good education
2. From the passage we may infer that Owen was born _____.
[     ]
A. into a rich family
B. into a noble family
C. into a poor family
D. into a middle class family
3. Owen's experiment in the United States failed because _____.
[     ]
A. he lost all his money
B. he did not buy enough land
C. people who visited it were not impressed
D. it was too far away for him to organize it properly
4. We may infer form the passage that no children in Britain could enjoy free education until _____.
[     ]
A. 1771
B. 1816
C. 1825
D. 1860
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　　The need to feed a growing population is putting much pressure on the world's supply of water．With 97％ of the world's water too salty to be drunk or used in agriculture, the worldwide supply of water needs careful management, especially in agriculture．Although the idea of a water shortage(短缺)seems strange to someone fortunate enough to live in a high rainfull country, many of the world's agricultural industries experience constant water shortages．

　　Although dams can be built to store water for agricultural use in dry areas and dry seaons, the costs of water redistribution(重新分配)are very high．Notonly is there the cost of the engineering itself, but there is also an environmental cost to be considered．Where valleys(山谷)are flooded to create dams, houses are lost and wildlife homes destroyed．Besides, water many flow easily through pipes to fields,but it cannot be transported from one side of the world to the other．Each country must therefore rely on the management of its own water to supply its farming requirements．

　　This is particularly troubling ro countries with agricultural industries in areas dependent on irrigation(灌溉)．In Texas, farmers' overuse of irrigation water be resulted in a 25％ redcution of the water stores．In the Central Valley area of south eastern USA, a huge water engineering project provided water for farming in dry vallege, but much of the water use has been poorly managed．

　　Saudi Arabia's attempts to grow wheat in desert areas have been the pumping of huge quantities of irrigation water from underground reserves．Because there is no rainfall in these areas, such reserves can only decrease, and it is believed that fifty years of pumping will see them run dry．

(1)

From the first two paragraphs we learnt that ________．

[　　]

A．

much of the world's water is available for use

B．

people in high rainfll countries feel lucky

C．

the costs of water redistribution should be considered

D．

water can be easily carried through pipes across the world

(2)

Which of the following is true?

[　　]

A．

The water in Texas have been reduced by 75％．

B．

Most industries in the world suffer from water shortagers．

C．

The underground water in Saudi Arabia might run out in 50 years．

D．

Good management of water use resulted from the project in the Central Valley．

(3)

What is most likely to be discussed in the paragreh that follows?

[　　]

A．

Steps to improving water use managet．

B．

Ways tor redjuce the costs of builing dams．

C．

Measured to dmal with worldwide water shortages．

D．

Appmihes to handling the pressure on water supply．

(4)

The text is mainly about ________．

[　　]

A．

water supply and increasing population

B．

water use management and agriculture

C．

water redistribution and wildlife protection

D．

water shornages and environmental protection．

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