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科目:初中英语 来源:2012-2013学年浙江省湖州十二中九年级第二学期期中考试英语试卷(带解析) 题型:阅读理解
Lake Victoria is the largest lake in Africa. It is also the second largest lake in the world. It is an important lake because it is one of the sources(源头) for the longest river in the world, the Nile River. Lake Victoria provides a source of water, food, and power(电力) for several African countries. Lake Victoria is a big part of African life.
Unfortunately, Lake Victoria has a problem. It is shrinking. There are several power stations at Lake Victoria in Uganda. These are on the Nile River, and besides producing power, they keep the water of the lake at a certain level. For the past forty years, that level has been 11.9 meters. Over the last several years, the water level has dropped by about 2.5 meters. There seem to be several reasons for this drop.
One possible reason is drought(干旱). Drought has been very bad in the area since 2000. Lake Victoria gets all of its water from rain, so the drought means less water in the lake.
However, some environmentalists believe that the real problem is the power plants(工厂) on Lake Victoria. Uganda depends on those power plants for most of its power, and they made the power plants larger in 2000. Many people believe the power plants have been taking too much water off Lake Victoria. As a result, they have been asked to use less water until Lake Victoria goes back to its old level.
Whether the low water level is caused by drought or power plants, the result is the same. This is already a poor area of Africa, where many people live a really hard life. People, animals and plants around Lake Victoria will suffer even more from low water levels on the lake. Many people need Lake Victoria for fishing or growing food. Fish need the water to live, and animals need it for water. Plants around the lake will die without the water, and then more animals and people will suffer. Unless the lake fills soon, many people will suffer and die.
【小题1】Lake Victoria is __________.
A.an important lake in Africa |
B.the largest lake in the world |
C.the source of water, food and power for America |
D.the only source for the Nile River |
A.It is becoming larger. |
B.It is becoming more beautiful. |
C.It is becoming smaller. |
D.It is becoming more useful. |
A.2.5 meters | B.11.9 meters | C.14.4 meters | D.9.4 meters |
A.People must build more power plants. |
B.More sources of water must be found. |
C.Every country should offer some money to Africa. |
D.All the people living in the area should move to another place. |
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科目:初中英语 来源:2010-2011学年重庆市九年级第六次月考(英语) 题型:阅读理解
The world is not only hungry but also thirsty for water. This may seem strange to you, since nearly 70% of the earth’s surface is covered with water. But about 97% of that is sea water or salt water. Man can only drink and use the other 3% of fresh water from rivers, lakes, underground and so on. And we can not even use all of that because some of it has been made dirty.
Earth Day is April 22. But on all other days, we must also remember how important water is. The water that we use is the most important natural resource on the earth. Today we 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.
How do cars and factories make our water dirty? First they pollute the air. Then when it rains, the rain water makes our drinking water dirty. Dirty rain, called acid rain 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 stop wasting water. One of the first steps is to develop ways of reusing it. Today in most large cities, water is used only once and then sent out into a sewer system (下水道). From there it returns to the sea or goes underground.
But even though every large city reused its water, we would still not have enough. So we should make use of sea water by removing the salt in it. If we can take these steps, fresh water won’t be used up.
1.The world is thirsty for water because _______.
A. we don’t have enough fresh water B. a lot of water goes into sewer systems
C. only 70% of the earth’s surface is water D. sea water is widely used rather than fresh water
2.From this passage, we know acid rain _______.
A. is only bad for living things B. is not bad for buildings and factories
C. can be produced in factories D. is bad for people, animals, plants and buildings
3.One difficult way we can solve the problem is to _______.
A. use the water with salt in it B. remove the salt from sea water
C. get water from underground D. reuse the water in cities
4.What is the best title for this passage?
A. Fresh water and sea water B. A thirsty country
C. The importance of water D. The world’s water problem
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