Question

In the United States, we are lucky to have an easy way to get clean water — just by turning on the tap.

We wake up in the morning, take a shower, brush our teeth, drink a cup of coffee and go out to enjoy a beautiful day. Water is an important part in our daily lives and we use it for different purposes (目的)，but do we really know how much we use?

Each American family uses more than 300 gallons (加仑）of water per day at home. About 70% of this use is indoors.

Water also plays a big part in our local com-munities (当地社区). Without water there would be no local business or factories. Fire fighting, parks, -and public swimming pools all need lots of water. We need a lot of pipes to bring us a large amount of water to our taps each day.

Where does all this water come from? It starts out as rain or snow and flows into our local lakes, rivers and streams or into underground. You can learn more about water in your country, for example, how people protect water and where your local drinking water comes from.

1.What does the underlined word “it” refer to (指的是)？

A. Water. B. Coffee. C. Shower. D. The day.

2.What does Paragraph Four talk about?

A. The use of water in homes. B. How to use water in homes.

C. How to use water in the local community. D. The use of water in the local community.

3.What can we know from the passage?

A. It is difficult to get clean water for the writer. B. Most use of water in America is indoors.

C. Water is not valuable for Americans. D. Each family uses less than 300 gallons of water.

4.Why did the writer write the passage?

A. To ask us to save water. B. To tell us where water comes from.

C. To tell us some information about water. D. To ask us to drink water.

Answer 1