Question

Water costs money．In some places water is hard  16 ．What 17 when a town

has these problems？A small town in California found a happy 18 ．

　　Very 19 rain ever fell there．The town had no water 20 ．The water it used was 21 from a river 300 miles away．As more people  22  live in the town  23   water was needed．Now water 24  to be brought in from 600 miles away．All these cost 25  money．

　　The town 26 a plan．It found 27  to clean its “dirty” water．Once the cleaned water was reused  28  many ways．Five 29  lakes were built．Here people could swim and fish and go 30  ．They 31  have picnics in their new parks．Farmers had more water  32  their crops．New factories can be built，now that they have the promise of 33 ．

　　In most places，water is used and thrown 34 ．The town that saved 35 water has saved the town！

1.	A．supplying B．getting C．to get D．to supply

2.	A．happens B．happening C．is happened D．happened

3.	A．key B．answer C．answering D．way

4.	A．little B．a little C．few D．a few

5.	A．of itself B．of its own C．for its own D．for itself

6.	A．fetch B．take C．brought in D．guided

7.	A．come to B．came to C．coming to D．came for

8.	A．many B．plenty of C．more D．many more

9.	A．has B．had C．must D．needed

10.	A．many B．a few C．a great many D．a lot of

11.	A．put B．made C．supply D．noticed

12.	A．a way B．ways C．an answer D．a key

13.	A．for B．by C．at D．in

14.	A．man-making B．man-make C．man-made D．man made

15.	A．boating B．to boat C．to boating D．on boating

16.	A．must B．could C．needed D．had to

17.	A．as B．with C．for D．to

18.	A．water enough B．enough water C．crops enough D．enough crops

19.	A．off B．of C．away D．out of

20.	A．it’s B．its C．one’s D．his

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.A

5.B

6.C

7.B

8.C

9.A

10.D

11.B

12.A

13.D

14.C

15.A

16.B

17.C

18.B

19.C

20.B

【解析】

试题解析：

1.be+ adj to do sth固定句型，意思“做某事怎样”，句子意思“在一些地方水很难得到”可知选C

2.考查happen的用法，它没有被动式，句子意思“当一个城镇有这些问题时发生了什么？”可知选A

3.根据单词意思，key意思“钥匙”，answer意思“回答”，way意思“方法”，answering意思“回答”，句子意思“一个城镇找到满意的回答”可知选B

4.考查意思，little意思“很少”，a little意思“少量的”， a few意思“少许”，few意思“很少的”，句子意思“这很少下雨”，可知选A

5.根据意思，“城镇没有它自己的水”可知选B

6.由这一段的be brought in from 600 miles away，bring in意思“带进来”，可知选C

7.根据意思，“当较多的人住在城镇需要较多的水时”，可知选B

8.因为前面more people，所以more water，句子意思“当较多的人住在城镇需要较多的水时”，可知选C

9.根据意思，“现在水不得不从600里远引进”，可知选A

10.根据意思，“所有这些花费很多的钱”，可知选D

11.根据单词意思，put意思“放”，made意思“制作”，supply意思“供应”，noticed意思“注意”，句子意思“城镇制作了一个计划”，可知选B

12.考查短语意思，a way意思“一种方法”，ways 意思“多种方法”，an answer意思“一种答案”，a key意思“一把钥匙”，句子意思“城镇找到一种清理脏水的方法”，可知选A

13.考查in的用法，用什么方法，用介词in，句子意思“曾今清理过的水用许多方法重复利用”，可知选D

14.根据单词意思，man-made意思“人造的”，句子意思“五个人造湖被建造”，可知选C

15.考查固定用法，go boating意思“划船”，句子意思“这里的人们可以游泳、钓鱼、划船”，可知选A

16.考查意思，“他们将会在他们的公园野餐郊游”，可知选B

17.考查意思，“农民有较多的水浇灌庄家”，可知选C

18.考查enough的用法，放在名词之前，形容词之后，句子意思“现在他们有许多水的承诺”，可知选B

19.考查固定词组，throw down意思“倒掉”，句子意思“在大部分地区，谁被利用和倒掉”，可知选C

20.考查意思，“节约水的城镇拯救了城镇”可知选B

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