A new study warns that about thirty percent of the world’s people may not have enough water by the year 2025.
An American organization called Population Action International did the new study. It was more than three hundred and thirty-five million people lack enough water now. The people live in twenty-eight countries. Most of the countries are in Africa or in the Middle East.
Population Action International researcher Robert Engelman says by the year 2025, about three thousand million people lack water. At least 18 more countries are expected to have serious water problems. The demand for water keeps increasing. Yet the amount of water on the earth the same. Mr Engelman says the population in countries that lack water is growing in these countries will continue to increase.
The report says lack of water in the future may result several problems. It may increase health problems. Lack of water often means drinking water is not safe. Mr Engelman says there are problems all over the world because of diseases such as cholera that are carried in water.
Lack of water also may result in more international conflict. Countries may have to fight for water in the future. Some countries, such as Syria, Sudan, Cambodia, and so on, now get sixty percent of their fresh water from other countries. And the report says lack of water would affect the ability to improve their economies. This is because industries often need a large amount of water.
The Population Action International study gives several ways to solve the water problem. One way is to find ways to use water for more than one purpose. Another way is to teach people to be careful not to waste water. A third is to use less water for agriculture. The report also says long-term solutions to the water problem must include controls on population growth.
1.According to the report, how many countries will lack water by the year 2025?
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A．More than eighteen |
B．About twenty-eight |
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C．Less than forty |
D．At least forty-six |
2.____ million will lack water by the year 2025?
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A．335 |
B．3,000 |
C．3,305 |
D．355 |
3.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
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A．The amount of the water on earth will always stay the same. |
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B．The report gives three solutions to water problem. |
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C．M ost of the countries that lack water belong to the developing ones. |
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D．There’s only one long-term solution to solve the water problem, that is we must try our best to control the population growth. |
4.The passage mainly tells us that_____.
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A．water is very important for any people |
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B．PAI did a lot of study about water shortage |
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C．water shortage will be a serious problem facing us in the near future |
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D．controlling the population is the best way to solve the problem of water shortage |
The Elysee Palace in France enjoys equal popularity in the world with the Buckingham Palace in the United Kingdom, the Kremlin in Russia as well as the White House in the U. S. It is the residence of the president of the French Republic and the symbol of the supreme authority in France.
The Elysee palace, with an area of 11,000 square metres, is at the eastern end of the Champs Elysee in the city of Paris proper and backed by a large and peaceful garden of more than twenty thousand square metres. Its main building, quite handsome and graceful, is a two-story classical stone architecture of European style, and beside it are two side buildings facing each other and with an extensive rectangular courtyard in the middle. There are altogether 369 halls and rooms of different sizes.
The Elysee Palace, built in 1718, has a ling history of close to300 years to date. This house was at first a private residence of a count named d’Evreau, so it was called Hotel d’Evreau. It had later gone through many changes and its owners had been changed for many times, but all the residents in it were distinguished persons and high officials. The house was renamed Bonaparte Mansion when it was owned by Louis X V and Louis X VI successively when they acted as emperors. Napoleon I signed his act of abdication here when he had suffered defeat in the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Nopoleon III moved in the Mansion in 1848 when he was elected president, and the house became a Royal Palace when he declared himself as emperor. The Third French Republic issued a decree in 1873, appointing officially the Elysee Palace as the residence president of the French Republic. Over the hundred years since then, almost all the president of the French Republic worked and lived there. Starting from 1989, the Elysee Palace is open to the public every year in September on the French Castles Day.
1.The number of the buildings of the Elysee Palace is ______.
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A．3 |
B．4 |
C．5 |
D．6 |
2. Why does the writer mention the Buckingham Palace?
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A．To tell us it’s very famous in the world |
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B．To tell us the Elysee Palace is as large as it. |
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C．To show that the Elysee Palace is also a symbolic building. |
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D．To show that it is also the living place of the president. |
3.What’s the purpose of the passage?
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A．To tell us the long history of the Elyseee Palace. |
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B．To make an introduction of the Elysee Palace. |
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C．To show the political importance of the Elysee Palace. |
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D．To explain how the Elysee Palace became the residence of presidents. |
4. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
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A．The time when the Elyusee Palace is open to the public. |
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B．The reason why Napoleon I signed his act of abdication. |
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C．The time when the Elysee Palace became the residence of president of the French Republic. |
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D．The reason why there’s the French Castles Day. |
A student was one day taking a walk with his teacher. As they went along, they saw a pair of old shoes lying in the path. They were a poor farmer’s, who was working in the nearby field.
The student turned to the teacher, saying:“we will hide his shoes, and hide ourselves behind those trees, and wait to see what he will do”
“My young friend,” answered the teacher, “we should never make fun of the poor. Why not put a coin in each shoe, and then we will hide ourselves and watch?” The student did so and they both hid themselves behind the trees. The poor man soon finished his work, and came across the field to the path where he had left his coat and shoes.
After putting on his coat, he put his foot into one of his shoes, and felt something hard. Then he bent down to feel what it was, and found the coin. Surprised, he looked at the coin, turned it around and looked at it again. He then looked around, but no person was seen. He put the money into his pocket, and continued to put on the other shoe. His surprise was doubled on finding the other coin.
He couldn’t control his feelings and fell to his knees, looked up to the sky and expressed his thanks. Then he spoke of his wife, sick and helpless, and his children without food. He said the help would save them from dying.
The student there deeply moved, and his eyes filled tears.“ Now,” said the teacher, “are you not much happier than if you had hidden the shoes?”
1.When the student saw the shoes, he wanted to____.
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A．steal them |
B．find their owner |
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C．play a joke on the owner |
D．give the owner some money |
2.According to the passage, the teacher is______.
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A．quiet and honest |
B．kind and friendly |
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C．patient and clever |
D．strict and careful |
3.When the farmer saw the second coin, he___.
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A．was very excited and grateful |
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B．was worried and looked up at the sky |
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C．was surprised and decided to find the owner |
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D．spoke of his difficulties and asked for more help |
4.At the end of the story, the student____.
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A．was very proud of himself |
B．was very pleased with his life |
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C．felt very sorry about his first idea |
D．felt sad for not taking his teacher’s advice |
完型填空。从题后所给的A.B.C.D四个选项中选出符合题意的最佳选项。
Long ago there was a poor farmer in Russia. He had been very 1__ with everything he had. However, when he found his elder brother was __2__ than him, he felt disappointed. So he 3__ hard about how he could also be richer. Finally he got an idea. He started to spend less money on food and clothes to __4___ some money to buy more land. Once he had enough money, he started __5_for land.
He6__ that on the neighboring land, there were some nomads living there. He bought some gifts and went to ___7_ their head. He presented the gifts to the head and told him the 8__ of his visit. The head welcomed him, accepted the gifts and agreed to his 9_ to get the land. The head told him that he could have the land _10__ giving him anything. He can take as much land as he could _11 by walking through the land before sunset. He should start in the morning and whatever distance he could travel during the 12_____, he could have it.
The farmer became very 13___when he heard this offer. Now he could have lots of _14__ without paying anything. He came __15 the next morning and started running, not walking, 16_ he could cover the largest area. To reach his goal, he neither ate food, nor drank water, nor had any rest. He just continued___17_. Without eating, or drinking, or resting he just got very 18__.When he came back to the head in the evening, he 19__ right on the spot. Sadly his son buried him in a piece of land about 6×4feet.
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C．To create |
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I was really too busy with my homework and I couldn’t help ____ the housework.
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B．do |
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