Question

Napoga is a 12—year---old girl in Ghana, Africa. It is hard for her family to get clean water . Every morning , she leaves home at half past five to get clean water for her family in a village far away . It takes her six hours to get enough clean water for daily cooking and drinking. She has no time to go to school or to play with her friends. Millions of people in the world are like Napoga . They can’t get enough clean water to keep healthy.

Earth Day is April 22. But on all other days, we must also remember it. The water we use is the most important natural resource(自然資源)on the earth.

Water covers 70 perent of the earth’s surface (表面). But most of that is sea water. We can’t use it for very many things. Fresh water covers only one percent of the earth’s surface.

You probably feel lucky that your life isn’t as hard as Napoga’s . But that doesn’t mean you don’t have to worry about water. We all face serious water problems. One of them is water pollution. All kinds of things from cars, factories, farms and homes make our rivers , lakes , and oceans dirty. Polluted water is very bad for people to drink. And dirty water is bad for fish , too. Now, thirty-four percent of all kinds of fish are dying out.

How do cars and factories make our water dirty? First, they pollute the air. Then , when it rains, the rain water comes down and makes our drinking water dirty. Dirty rain, called acid rain(酸雨), is also bad for plants ,animals and buildings.

Scientists say that in 30 years, more than half of the people in the world won’t have enough clean water. We have to learn how to save more water for ourselves and our children. Here is some advice for saving water:

● Turn off the water while you brush your teeth. You can save as much as 450liters(升)each month.

● Leaky taps （漏水的龍頭）waste a lot of water. Fix them right away.

●You can easily cut your 10—minute showers in half---and you’ll be just as clean.

●When you wash dishes, don’t let the water run.

●Only wash clothes when you have a lot to wash. If your washing machine isn’t full , you are wasting water!

根據材料內容，選擇最佳答案，并將其標號填入題前括號內。

1.Every morning Napoga went to get clean water _________.

A.before she went to school

B.after she finished school

C. without going to school

D.after she played with her friends

2.On the earth, _______________.

A.sea water is more widely used than fresh water

B.there is very little water for our living

C.there is 71 percent of fresh water

D.we don’t need to worry about water

3. Acid rain____________________________.

A.is only bad for living things.

B.can be produced in factories

C.doesn’t do harm to people , but it’s bad for plants, animals and buildings.

D.doesn’t just do harm to human beings but to animals, plants and buildings.

4.Which of the following wastes water?

A.We need ten minutes if we want a clean shower.

B.We should put in enough clothes when we wash them in washing machines.

C.You can keep yourself clean by having a shower for five minutes.

D.Don’t let the water run when we brush our teeth and wash dishes.

5.What’s the main idea of the passage?____________.

A.Something must be done to prevent water from being polluted.

B.Clean water means much to human beings and living things around us.

C.It’s time to take care of the water we use.

D.Water is the most important natural resource on the earth.

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.A

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：短文大意：水覆蓋了地球表面的百分之70。但最重要的是海水。我們不能使用它。新鮮的水覆蓋了地球表面只有百分之一。科學家們說，在30年，在世界上超過一半的人沒有足夠的干凈的水。我們必須學會如何節省更多的水為我們自己和我們的孩子。

1.第一段中Every morning , she leaves home at half past five to get clean water for her family in a village far away . It takes her six hours to get enough clean water for daily cooking and drinking. She has no time to go to school or to play with her friends.可知該選C。

2.第三段末Fresh water covers only one percent of the earth’s surface.可知該選B。

3.第五段中First, they pollute the air. Then , when it rains, the rain water comes down and makes our drinking water dirty. Dirty rain, called acid rain(酸雨), is also bad for plants ,animals and buildings.

可知該選D。

4.第六段中You can easily cut your 10—minute showers in half---and you’ll be just as clean.可知該選A。

5.主旨大意題。讀短文可知我們應該節約使用水資源，所以該選C。

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