Question

Water, it’s a problem for the whole world. A bottle (瓶) of water may not seem like much to us,   1  it can help the people who live in drought-hit (遭受旱灾的) areas in China.

In the past few months, many places in southwest China have  2  a serious drought. There has been very little  3  since last autumn. More than 20 million people are   4  trouble finding safe drinking water.

After learning about the drought, many people around the country helped by   5   away water, money and other resources (资源) to the people there.

Last week, the Young Pioneers and the Communist Youth League in China called on (号召) each student to give one bottle of water to the drought-hit area. In Xi’an, 900 students bought over 100 bottles of water  6  their pocket money. They also wrote their   7  on the bottles. “I hope you get more rain there. I hope you are happy.”

A bottle of water isn’t much, but thousands of bottles will be very   8 . The serious drought has also made students   9  the importance of saving water. One student said, “I have decided to take a shower twice a week   10  every day to save water.”

1.                A．unless          B．and            C．but  D．because

2.                A．bought         B．experienced     C．studied   D．missed

3.                A．rain           B．wind           C．snow D．sunshine

4.                A．causing         B．making         C．having    D．bringing

5.                A．drinking        B．giving          C．getting   D．collecting

6.                A．by             B．in             C．for  D．with

7.                A．plans          B．notes          C．wishes    D．dates

8.                A．relaxing        B．beautiful        C．boring    D．helpful

9.                A．think           B．realize          C．miss D．regard

10.               A．instead         B．instead of       C．except    D．because of

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.B

6.D

7.C

8.D

9.B

10.B

【解析】

试题分析：

1.根据题干，本句的意思是“一瓶水好像对我们不算什么，但是它能帮助中国遭受旱灾的人们。”故根据前后句的关系，应该表示转折，要用but。所以本题选C。

2.本句的意思是“中国西南的很多地方经历了严重的旱灾。”“经历”是experience。所以本题选B。

3.根据上文的drought，本句的意思应是“自从去年秋天，那里的雨水就很少。”故应该用rain。所以本题选A。

4.have trouble doing sth.表示“做某事有麻烦”，故本题应用having。所以本题选C。

5.本句的意思是“全国的许多人通过捐水、捐钱和其他东西来帮助那里的人们。”“捐赠”是give away。所以本题选B。

6.本句的意思是“在西安，900个学生用他们的零花钱买了100多桶水。”“用”应该用with。By表示方式，in跟语言，for是“为了”。所以本题选D。

7.根据后面一句可知，这是表示祝愿的话。故应该用wishes。所以本题选C。

8.根据题干，本句的意思是“一瓶水不多，但是数千万桶水，就很有帮助了。”“有帮助的”是helpful。所以本题选D。

9.本句的意思是“这次严重的旱灾也让学生们意识到节约用水的重要性。””意识到“是realize。所以本题选B。

10.本句的意思是“为了节约用水，我决定每周洗两次澡，而不是每天一次。”because of“因为”，except“除了”明显与题意不符，故排除CD；instead 应放在开头或句末，后面不能跟其他词；instead of后面可跟名词或短语。所以本题选B。

考点：本题考查说明文体。