Imagine one day the water taps (水龍頭) in your house stop running. You have to pay a lot of money to buy water from shops. And still there isn’t enough water for everyone. Your mother has to save the family’s shower water to use for washing clothes. Would you be able to stand that kind of life?
Probably not. But that is what kids in Yemen (也門) are experiencing (經(jīng)歷). According to a report, the capital, Sana, will run out of drinking water as early as 2025.
Because of the water shortage (短缺), the Yemen government often cuts the water supply (供應(yīng)). Hannan, an 18-year-girl, tells the Teens, “In a good week we’ll have a water supply all week. But then the next week there will be water only for a day or two.”
Hannan says only rich people have enough water to use. They can buy water from the shops or from the water trucks. Private (私人的) companies own the trucks, They travel around the city every day to sell water--- at very high prices.
“ A lot of people can’t pay for it,” she says.
The government is thinking of making use of seawater. But it will cost a lot and it may not happen soon enough to help the people of Yemen.
【小題1】How old is Hannan?     

A．She is eight.B．She is eighteen.C．She is seventeen.D．She is seven.
【小題2】The underlined word “that” means_______.
A．buying water from shops
B．having enough drinking water
C．suffering(忍受) from water shortage
D．washing clothes with used water
【小題3】From the passage, we know that ______.
A．the people of Yemen don’t have to worry about water
B．people in Yemen have no water to use during a bad week
C．Sanna will have no drinking water in 10 years
D．private companies make much money by selling water
【小題4】The Yemen government ______.
A．may try to make use of seawater
B．does nothing about the water problem
C．only cares about rich people’s lives
D．may solve the problem soon
【小題5】The writer wants to tell us ______.
A．not to use seawater B．not to waste water
C．to drink less water D．to sell water to Yemen


【小題1】B
【小題2】C
【小題3】D
【小題4】A
【小題5】B

解析【小題1】根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容Hannan, an 18-year-girl, 可知答案為B
【小題2】根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容  Because of the water shortage (短缺), the Yemen government often cuts the water supply (供應(yīng))可知答案為C
【小題3】根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容“In a good week we’ll have a water supply all week. But then the next week there will be water only for a day or two.”可知答案為D
【小題4】根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容  The government is thinking of making use of seawater. But it will cost a lot and it may not happen soon enough to help the people of Yemen.可知答案為A
【小題5】根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容大意可知答案為B

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