Question

 Water is very important to all the living things，1water shortage is a big problem in some places when some of us are wasting it.

  Teesha is ten years old. She lives in Nigeria. She 2collect water from a ditch (沟渠)near her home. The water was brown. It had a 3 smell. Teesha's name means "alive and well". But the bad water often made her feel sick.

  Many families in Africa have no clean water. So many people 4 diseases. Teesha's own brother 5 from cholera (霍乱).He was only six years old. Teesha's mother cried for many months.

Teesha's village was 6 They got a new well(水井).Volunteers from other countries found out the best place to dig the new well. Soon,the people had clean, fresh water. The volunteers taught Teesha's family how to keep it fresh. 7taught Teesha's mother how to use different bowls of water for different things. Some water was for 8 vegetables. Other water was 9 their animals.

  Teesha's family will enjoy their clean water. She hopes that children in 10 villages will soon have clean, fresh water. As the Nigerian saying goes，she hopes her country will have "Peace,Rain, Prosperity(繁荣)！"
(   ) 1. A. because    B. and

      C. but    D. so

(   ) 2. A. used to    B. was used to

     C. uses to    D. gets used to

(   ) 3. A. nice    B. terrible

      C. good    D. sweet

(   ) 4. A. increase    B. reach

       C. hide    D. get

(   ) 5. A. dead    B. death

        C. died    D. dying

(   ) 6. A. lucky    B. funny

       C. interesting    D. exciting

(   ) 7. A. He    B. They

       C. We    D. You

(   ) 8. A. clean    B. cleaned

      C. cleaning    D. to clean

(   ) 9. A. at B.for

      C.in    D. on

(   ) 10. A. the others    B. others
        C. the other    D. other

Answer 1

1.C前后两句为转折关系。

2. A used to意为"过去常常，曾经"。

3. B 由上两句，水由沟渠中取得，颜色是褐色的，可知这水有难闻的气味。

4. D  由上句中的"没有干净的水"，所以会得病。

5. C die意为"死"，动词，过去式为died;dead为其形容词；death为其名词； dying为其现在分词。

6. A由下文中志愿者为他们挖了一口好井可知，他们村是幸运的。

7. B they指代上文中的志愿者。

8. C介词for后面接动词时，要用动名词doing 。

9. B be for...与上句相对应。

10. D other修饰villages，不指代剩下的全部;A、B不能修饰名词。