Question

Water is very important to all the living things，   water shortage is a big problem in some places when some of us are wasting it.

Teesha is ten years old. She    collect water from a ditch(沟渠) near her home. The water was brown. It had a    smell. Teesha’s name means “alive and well”. But the bad water often made her feel sick.

Many families in Africa have no clean water. So many people        diseases. Teesha’s own brother    from cholera（霍乱）. He was only six years old.

Teesha’s village was    . They got a new well（水井）. Volunteers from other countries found out the best place to dig the new well. Soon， the people had clean， fresh water. The  volunteers taught Teesha’s family how to keep it fresh.     taught Teesha’smother how to use different bowls of water for different things. Some water was for    vegetables. Other water was    their animals.

Teesha’s family will enjoy their clean water. She hopes that children in    villages will soon have clean，fresh water. As the Nigerian saying goes， she hopes her country will have “Peace， Rain， Prosperity（繁荣）！”

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

2.A. used to      B. was used to      C. uses to      D. gets used to

3.A. nice      B. terrible   C. good      D. sweet

4.A. increase     B. reach          C. hide      D. get

5.A. dead        B. death           C. died          D. dying

6.A. lucky      B. funny       C. interesting          D. exciting

7.A. He      B. They    C. We      D. You

8.A. clean      B. cleaned      C. cleaning     D. to clean

9.A. at   B .for         C. in          D. on

10.A. the others B. others        C. the other      D. other

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.C

6.A

7.B

8.C

9.B

10.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述世界粮食缺乏的原因，越来越多的人将受到饥饿的威。

1.B考查名词的用法及语境的理解。A. numbers数字；B. thoughts思想；C. worries担忧，烦恼。句意：世界对全球粮食短缺的担忧与日俱增。根据句意，故选B。

2.A考查动词的用法及语境的理解。A. escape逃脱；B. refuse拒绝；C. have拥有。句意：孩子们也无法逃脱这个。根据句意，故选A。

3.B考查名词的用法及语境的理解。.A. results结果；B. reasons原因；C. clues线索。句意：有几种原因。根据句意，故选B。

4.D考查形容词的用法及语境的理解。A. difficult困难的；B. harmful有害的；C. close密切的。句意：对农民和他们种植粮食的能力都是很有害的。根据句意，故选D。

5.C考查名词的用法及语境的理解。A. people人；B. population人口；C. popularity人气。句意：除此之外，随着人口的增长，喂养每个人变得更加困难。根据句意，故选C。

6.A考查短语的用法及语境的理解。A. cut down 削减；B. cut off切断；C. cut into进入。句意：最简单的方法就是减少食物浪费。根据句意，故选A。

7.B考查形容词的用法及语境的理解。A. how many 多少；B. how much多少；C. how怎样。句意：下次扔掉盘子上的食物之前，想想已经做了多少工作才行。根据句意，修饰不可数名词，故选B 。

8.C考查名词的用法及语境的理解。A. less少的；B. fewer少；C. more更多的；句意：在那之后学生少浪费了百分之十五的食物！根据句意，故选C。

9.9】B考查短语的用法及语境的理解。A. cut down削减；B. cut off切断；C. cut into进入。句意：最简单的方法就是减少食物浪费.根据句意，故选B。

10.10】D考查形容词的用法及语境的理解。A. how many 多少；B. how much多少；C. how怎样。句意：下次扔掉盘子上的食物之前，想想已经做了多少工作才行。根据句意，修饰不可数名词，故选D。

考点：考查日常生活类短文。