Question

People in developed countries usually get their drinking water from a faucet(水龙头) or a bottle. But finding safe drinking water can be rather d      1.in developing countries. People in India, for example, often drink polluted water, which can lead to illness or even d      2.. But one Indian company, Sarvajal, has i      3.a great machine: the “water ATM”. Sarvajal’s water filtering(水过滤) network has already p    4.clean water in more than 130 places. Many of these places are small v     5.. The water ATM is new and important part of Sarvajal’s business.

How do these water ATMs w      6.? First, local workers filter water using Sarvajal’s equipment(设备). Then workers s      7. the clean water to the ATMS and sell prepaid(预付款) cards to local people. Then they can e     8. get water form the ATMs with the cards.

Thanks to Sarvajal’s network and water ATMs, clean water is now a      9.to over 70,000 people in India. It makes sense that in one of the local l      10. Sarvajal means “water for all”.

Answer

1.difficult

2.death

3.invented

4.provide/produced/prepared

5.villages

6.work

7.send

8.easily

9.available

10.languages

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了印度的一家公司Sarvajal为了让人们喝到干净的水，发明了一种机器---水的ATM机，在130多个站点给人们提供干净的水。

1.for example, often drink polluted water, which can lead to illness 可知人们喝了一些受污染的水，所以发展中国家喝到干净的水很难，故用difficult。

2.lead to illness or even 可知比疾病更严重的就是死亡，故用death。

3.Sarvajal 发明了一种机器---水的ATM机。因为空格前有has，所以这里应该用现在完成时，根据a great machine可知这里应该用invented“发明”。

4.Sarvajal 通过过滤水，在130多个站点给人们提供干净的水。这里空格前有has所以这里应该用现在完成时，所以用过去分词provide/produced/prepared。

5.villages。

6.First, local workers filter water using Sarvajal’s equipment(设备). Then workers s the clean water to the ATMS and sell prepaid(预付款) cards to local people. 可知这里叙述了ATM机的工作原理，故用work。

7.…送某物给某人或某地，故用send。

8.easily。

9.70,000 人可以喝到干净的水。这里是短语be available to sb可被某人得到或利用，故用available。

10.Sarvajal 是为了大家的水。因为one of +可数名词的复数，故用languages。

考点：短文填空。