Question

【題目】Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage（選擇最恰當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~或詞組完成短文）

Researcher Robert Engelman frown Population Action International says by the year 2025 about 3000 million people may lack water. At least 18 more countries are expected to have serious water problems. The need for water keeps increasing.

Mr Engelman says the population in these countries that lack water is growing faster than in other parts of the world. The report says lack of water in the future may result in（導(dǎo)致）several problems. It may even increase ______ problems. Lack of water often means drinking water isn't safe. Mr Engelman says there are problems all over the world because of diseases. Lack of water may also ______ more international conflict（沖突）. Countries may have to compete for water in the future. Some countries, such as Egypt, the Netherlands, Cambodia, now get sixty percent of their fresh water from other countries. And the report says lack of water would affect（影響）the ability of developing to improve their economies. This is ______ new industries（工業(yè)）often need a large amount of water when they are beginning.

The Population Action International study gives several solutions ______ the water problem. One way, it says, is to find ways to use water for more than one purpose. ______ way is to teach people to be careful and not to waste water. A third way is to use less water of agriculture. The ______ also says long-term（長期的）ways of dealing with the water problem must include controls on population growth.

【1】A.healthB.waterC.economyD.healthy

【2】A.takeB.causeC.resultD.change

【3】A.whatB.thatC.howD.because

【4】A.orB.atC.toD.of

【5】A.SecondB.The otherC.AnotherD.Other

【6】A.storyB.reportC.newsD.actions

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】D

【4】C

【5】C

【6】B

【解析】

本文主要介紹了世界面臨水資源缺乏的問題，以及這一問題會造成的危害和人們的解決辦法。

【1】句意：它甚至可能增加健康問題。

health健康；water水；economy經(jīng)濟；healthy健康的。分析句子可知，此處用名詞作定語，health problems翻譯為“健康問題”，故選A。

【2】句意：缺水還可能導(dǎo)致更多的國際沖突。

take拿；cause造成，導(dǎo)致（及物動詞）；result導(dǎo)致（不及物動詞）；change改變。分析句子可知，此處表示“導(dǎo)致”的含義，又因為其后又名詞短語more international conflict，所以應(yīng)用及物動詞，故選B。

【3】句意：這是因為新工業(yè)開始的時候通常需要大量的水。

what什么；that那個；how怎么，如何；because因為。分析句子可知，此處表示“因為”的含義，需要可以引導(dǎo)原因狀語從句的連詞，故選D。

【4】句意：國際人口行動研究提出了幾個解決水問題的辦法。

or或者；at在……；to朝……；of……的。分析句子可知，此處構(gòu)成固定搭配solutions to…problem，翻譯為“……問題的解決辦法”，故選C。

【5】句意：另一個方法是教育人們要仔細(xì)，不要浪費水。

Second第二；The other另一個（兩者）；Another另一個（三者或三者以上）；Other其他的。分析句子可知，此處表示眾多方法中的“另一個”，故選C。

【6】句意：報道也說長期的處理水的問題的方法必須包括控制人口增長。

story故事；report報道；news新聞；actions行為。根據(jù)前文“The report says lack of water in the future may result in several problems.”可知，這是報道中說的內(nèi)容，故選B。