Question

    Africa Water Week -nearly one billion people around the world have no access to drinking water, that lack of clean water association with un-proper hygiene and shortage of toilets kills 3. 3 million a year. And this is a common problem in many parts of the developing world, but its effect is not widely known, according to experts at the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.

As part of the World Water Day tradition, the center is screening films about international water issues at the Environmental Film Festival in Washington, D. C. The films describe a variety of conflicts over water.

“The challenge in presenting these films,” says Peter Sawyer, project coordinator at the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, “is to share with a wider audience the urgent issues surrounding water. Our goal for this screening is to just get these issues out there,” he says. “We don't feel that they attract public attention and we think that they should because they are really important.”

In Dhaka's Challenge, filmmaker Stephen Sapienza explores one of the fastest growing cities in Asia. He says one-third of the 15 million people in the Bangladeshi capital live in places where safe water is limited. Each year 400, 000 newcomers join Dhaka's urban poor. City water from Dhaka's Water and Sewer Authority (WASA) comes at a price, available only to land owners. The film records how a non-profit group helped change the law to give the same equal water rights to the urban poor.

Diabalok Sing Ha, who is the group's founder, said, “A win-win situation actually occurred because Dhaka WASA wanted their incomes and on the other hand, poor people wanted the service and they immediately see the economic advantage of getting Dhaka WASA water supply because that is cheap, so they immediately buy in.”

“My story was just trying to point out that these problems are solvable on some level even if you have to start small and it's possible in the long run to save many lives,” says Sapienza.

1.Which of the following is the main purpose of the films?

A.To show the number of people lacking clean water.

B.To let more people know the serious water problems.

C.To attract people to pay attention to the world conflicts.

D.To get people to have a good knowledge of water.

2.What does Paragraph 4 mainly talk about?

A.Ways to get cheap water. B.The film Dhaka's Challenge.

C.Filmmaker Stephen Sapienza. D.A non-profit group.

3.Which of the following does Diabalok Sing Ha agree with?

A.Most people can't afford the water supply.

B.Rich people in Dhaka will buy in at once.

C.Poor people in Dhaka need the service of water.

D.Dhaka WAS A will see soon the economic advantage.

4.What does Sapienza intend to tell us by making the film Dhaka's Challenge?

A.The problem of water can possibly be solved.

B.All the people cannot get city water from WASA.

C.A win-win situation is expected by every filmmaker.

D.Dhaka WASA is very popular with the local people.

Answer

1.B

2.B

3.C

4.A

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。世界各地近10亿人无法获得饮用水，普利策危机报道中心的专家表示，在许多发展中国家，这是一个普遍问题，但其影响并不广为人知。作为世界水日传统的一部分，该中心正在华盛顿特区的环境电影节上放映有关国际水资源问题的影片《Dhaka的挑战》。文章还说明了这一电影的目的、内容以及人们对影片的看法。

1.细节理解题。根据第三段中“The challenge in presenting these films,” says Peter Sawyer, project coordinator at the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, “is to share with a wider audience the urgent issues surrounding water. Our goal for this screening is to just get these issues out there,” he says.可知“呈现这些影片的挑战，”普利策危机报道中心的项目协调员Peter Sawyer说，“是要与更广泛的观众分享与水有关的紧迫问题。我们的筛选目标就是让这些问题浮出水面，”他说。由此可知，电影的主要目的是让更多的人知道严重的水问题。故选B。

2.主旨大意题。根据第四段中In Dhaka's Challenge, filmmaker Stephen Sapienza explores one of the fastest growing cities in Asia.可知在《Dhaka的挑战》中，导演斯Stephen Sapienza探索了亚洲发展最快的城市之一。结合后文The film records how a non-profit group helped change the law to give the same equal water rights to the urban poor.可知影片记录了一个非营利组织如何帮助修改法律，给予城市贫民同等的用水权利。由此可知，第4段主要讲了电影《Dhaka的挑战》。故选B。

3.推理判断题。根据倒数第二段中A win-win situation actually occurred because Dhaka WASA wanted their incomes and on the other hand, poor people wanted the service and they immediately see the economic advantage of getting Dhaka WASA water supply because that is cheap, so they immediately buy in.可知双赢的局面出现了，因为Dhaka WASA需要他们的收入，而另一方面，穷人想要这项服务，他们立即看到了获得Dhaka WASA供水的经济优势，因为它很便宜，所以他们立即购买。由此可推知，Diabalok Sing Ha赞同Dhaka的穷人需要水。故选C。

4.细节理解题。根据最后一段“My story was just trying to point out that these problems are solvable on some level even if you have to start small and it's possible in the long run to save many lives,” says Sapienza.可知Sapienza 说：“我的故事只是试图指出，这些问题在某种程度上是可以解决的，即使你必须从小处着手，但从长远来看，拯救许多人的生命是可能的。”由此可知，通过制作电影《Dhaka的挑战》，Sapienza想告诉我们水的问题是有可能解决的。故选A。