Question

 Water is very important to all the living things，1water shortage is a big problem in some places when some of us are wasting it.

  Teesha is ten years old. She lives in Nigeria. She 2collect water from a ditch (溝渠)near her home. The water was brown. It had a 3 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 4 diseases. Teesha's own brother 5 from cholera (霍亂).He was only six years old. Teesha's mother cried for many months.

Teesha's village was 6 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. 7taught Teesha's mother how to use different bowls of water for different things. Some water was for 8 vegetables. Other water was 9 their animals.

  Teesha's family will enjoy their clean water. She hopes that children in 10 villages will soon have clean, fresh water. As the Nigerian saying goes，she hopes her country will have "Peace,Rain, Prosperity(繁榮)！"
(   ) 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

1.C前后兩句為轉折關系。

2. A used to意為"過去常常，曾經"。

3. B 由上兩句，水由溝渠中取得，顏色是褐色的，可知這水有難聞的氣味。

4. D  由上句中的"沒有干凈的水"，所以會得病。

5. C die意為"死"，動詞，過去式為died;dead為其形容詞；death為其名詞； dying為其現在分詞。

6. A由下文中志愿者為他們挖了一口好井可知，他們村是幸運的。

7. B they指代上文中的志愿者。

8. C介詞for后面接動詞時，要用動名詞doing 。

9. B be for...與上句相對應。

10. D other修飾villages，不指代剩下的全部;A、B不能修飾名詞。