完形填空（10分）阅读下列短文，选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Water, it’s a problem for the whole world. A bottle (瓶) of water may not seem like much to us,  1  it can help the people who live in drought-hit (遭受旱灾的) areas in China.

　　In the past few months, many places in southwest China have 2     a serious drought. There has been very little  3 since last autumn. More than 20 million people are 4   trouble finding safe drinking water.

　　After learning about the drought, many people around the country helped by  5   away water, money and other resources (资源) to the people there.

　　Last week, the Young Pioneers and the Communist Youth League in China called on (号召) each student to give one bottle of water to the drought-hit area. In Xi’an, 900 students bought over 1000 bottles of water 6     their pocket money. They also wrote their  7   on the bottles. “I hope you get more rain there. I hope you are happy.”

　　A bottle of water isn’t much, but thousands of bottles will be very  8  . The serious drought has also made students  9  the importance of saving water. One student said, “I have decided to take a shower twice a week  10   every day to save water.”

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

2.                A．bought         B．experienced     C．studied   D．missed

3.                A．rain            B．wind           C．snow D．sunshine

4.                A．causing         B．making         C．having    D．bringing

5.                A．drinking        B．giving          C．getting   D．collecting

6.                A．By             B．in             C．for  D．With

7.                A．plans          B．notes          C．wishes    D．dates

8.                A．relaxing        B．beautiful        C．boring    D．helpful

9.                A．think           B．realize          C．miss D．regard

10.               A．instead         B．instead of       C．except    D．because of

完形填空（10分）阅读下列短文，选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Water, it’s a problem for the whole world. A bottle (瓶) of water may not seem like much to us,  1  it can help the people who live in drought-hit (遭受旱灾的) areas in China.
　　In the past few months, many places in southwest China have 2     a serious drought. There has been very little  3 since last autumn. More than 20 million people are 4   trouble finding safe drinking water.
　　After learning about the drought, many people around the country helped by  5   away water, money and other resources (资源) to the people there.
　　Last week, the Young Pioneers and the Communist Youth League in China called on (号召) each student to give one bottle of water to the drought-hit area. In Xi’an, 900 students bought over 1000 bottles of water 6     their pocket money. They also wrote their  7   on the bottles. “I hope you get more rain there. I hope you are happy.”
　　A bottle of water isn’t much, but thousands of bottles will be very  8  . The serious drought has also made students  9  the importance of saving water. One student said, “I have decided to take a shower twice a week  10   every day to save water.”

根据图画及上下文提示，在下面对话的空白处填入适当的话语（话语可以是句子、短语或词），使对话完整。

A：Hey, Ginny．What do you call those big，gray things in the water?

　　B：__1__．

　　A：What?

　　B：Manatees。They’re very gentle and very shy．

　　A：__2__？

　　B：They’re usually about 10 feet long and they weigh about 1000 pounds．

　　A：How much do they need everyday?

　　B：They need about 1 00 pounds of aquatic food a day．

　　A：__3__?

　　B：It is underwater plants and vegetation（植被）．

　　A：That’s what they eat?

　　B：Yes．it is．

　　A：__4__?

　　B：Yes，they are endangered（陷入困境）．But，we’re trying to save them

　　A：Wait a moment．Why are they endangered?

　　B：__5_．

　　A：Where do they live?

　　B：They live in the swamps（沼泽）．__6__ ．They are endangered also because there sometimes isn’t enough food for all of them．

　　A：__7__．There used to be a lot of manatees，but now there aren’t very many of them left，I think．

　　B：Yes，__8__ ．At this point，there are only about 2，500 in the U．S．

　　A：__9__?

　　B：Since 1927 laws have been passed to protect them．

　　A：Thank you for your information．

B：__10__．