Question

【题目】Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage（选择最恰当的单词或词组完成短文）

Researcher Robert Engelman frown Population Action International says by the year 2025 about 3000 million people may lack water. At least 18 more countries are expected to have serious water problems. The need for water keeps increasing.

Mr Engelman says the population in these countries that lack water is growing faster than in other parts of the world. The report says lack of water in the future may result in（导致）several problems. It may even increase ______ problems. Lack of water often means drinking water isn't safe. Mr Engelman says there are problems all over the world because of diseases. Lack of water may also ______ more international conflict（冲突）. Countries may have to compete for water in the future. Some countries, such as Egypt, the Netherlands, Cambodia, now get sixty percent of their fresh water from other countries. And the report says lack of water would affect（影响）the ability of developing to improve their economies. This is ______ new industries（工业）often need a large amount of water when they are beginning.

The Population Action International study gives several solutions ______ the water problem. One way, it says, is to find ways to use water for more than one purpose. ______ way is to teach people to be careful and not to waste water. A third way is to use less water of agriculture. The ______ also says long-term（长期的）ways of dealing with the water problem must include controls on population growth.

【1】A.healthB.waterC.economyD.healthy

【2】A.takeB.causeC.resultD.change

【3】A.whatB.thatC.howD.because

【4】A.orB.atC.toD.of

【5】A.SecondB.The otherC.AnotherD.Other

【6】A.storyB.reportC.newsD.actions

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】D

【4】C

【5】C

【6】B

【解析】

本文主要介绍了世界面临水资源缺乏的问题，以及这一问题会造成的危害和人们的解决办法。

【1】句意：它甚至可能增加健康问题。

health健康；water水；economy经济；healthy健康的。分析句子可知，此处用名词作定语，health problems翻译为“健康问题”，故选A。

【2】句意：缺水还可能导致更多的国际冲突。

take拿；cause造成，导致（及物动词）；result导致（不及物动词）；change改变。分析句子可知，此处表示“导致”的含义，又因为其后又名词短语more international conflict，所以应用及物动词，故选B。

【3】句意：这是因为新工业开始的时候通常需要大量的水。

what什么；that那个；how怎么，如何；because因为。分析句子可知，此处表示“因为”的含义，需要可以引导原因状语从句的连词，故选D。

【4】句意：国际人口行动研究提出了几个解决水问题的办法。

or或者；at在……；to朝……；of……的。分析句子可知，此处构成固定搭配solutions to…problem，翻译为“……问题的解决办法”，故选C。

【5】句意：另一个方法是教育人们要仔细，不要浪费水。

Second第二；The other另一个（两者）；Another另一个（三者或三者以上）；Other其他的。分析句子可知，此处表示众多方法中的“另一个”，故选C。

【6】句意：报道也说长期的处理水的问题的方法必须包括控制人口增长。

story故事；report报道；news新闻；actions行为。根据前文“The report says lack of water in the future may result in several problems.”可知，这是报道中说的内容，故选B。