Question

完形填空（10分）阅读下列短文，选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

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 1000 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：这篇短文主要描述了中国的干旱问题，告诉我们要注意节约用水。

1.连词辨析。Unless除非；and和，并且；but但是；because因为。联系上下文，可知前后是转折关系，故选C。

2.词义辨析。A.买；B.经历；C.学习，研究；D.错过。联系下文，可知指的是经历了严重的干旱。故选B。

3.联系上文，可知指的是雨量很小，故选A，雨水。

4.考察短语have trouble doing做某事有麻烦，故选C，有。

5.联系上下文可知此处是捐款捐物的意思，故选B，give away分发，赠送。

6.介词辨析。By通过某种方式；in在里面；for为了；With用某种工具。联系下文可知用他们的零花钱买了1000瓶水。故选D。

7.词义辨析。A.计划；B.便条，笔记；C.心愿，祝愿；D.日期。联系下文内容可知指的是祝福，故选C，祝福。

8.词义辨析。A.放松的；B.漂亮的；C.无聊的；D.有帮助的。联系上文可知句意为：但是几千瓶是非常有帮助的。故选D。

9.结合语境可知指的是意识到节约用水的重要性。故选B，意识到。

10.词义辨析。A.副词，代替，反而；B.代替，而不是；C. 除了，要不是；D. because of因为。句意：我已经决定每周洗两次澡而不是每天一次来节约水。故选B。

考点：有关中国干旱问题的说明文