Exercise 4 Reading (2)
Ⅰ. Fill in the blanks with proper words according to the given sounds.
1. I can feel the heat as the water _ /wets/ my head and my neck.
2. What if we talk about the bad things that happen when we _ /we?st/ water?
3. After putting one pot on my head, I set off for the water _ /ha?l/.
4. What can be done to help those living in very _ /dra?/ parts of the world?
5. Sarah poured the water into a container and heated it over fire to make it safe for _ /'dr??k??/.
Ⅱ. Choose the best answer.
( )1. I throw my hair forward and pour water _ it.
A. inside B. under C. over D. beside
( )2. When the pot is full, I take it to _ nearby bathing rock.
A. / B. the C. an D. a
( )3. If you are going to give a group presentation about water, what will you say about _?
A. you B. them C. it D. him
( )4. I carefully pour water onto my hair and skin _ every drop of water is fully used.
A. after B. when C. as D. until
( )5. There is little water in the glass on the table, _?
A. isn't it B. is it C. isn't there D. is there
( )6. —What can we do to protect water resource?
—_.
A. Take longer showers B. Water plants with clean water
C. Run the dishwasher when it is half full D. Use energy - saving washing machines
Ⅲ. Complete the following passage with the words in the box. Each can be used only once.
A. rubbish B. harmful C. problem D. chemicals E. serious F. from
Water pollution affects all the water bodies of the world such as lakes, rivers, the sea and groundwater. Water pollution is _ to people, plants, fish and birds.
Pollution of drinking water is a _ for half of the world's population. Among the 250 million people who get sick because of water pollution, 5 to 10 million of them die.
As water pollution is getting more and more _, nobody on the Earth should still relax and do nothing about it.
Some of us are used to pouring sewage and harmful chemicals into rivers and lakes, and others throw _ into them. So, many rivers, lakes and seas have become the home of cans, bottles, glass and plastics. It's time for us to stop doing that.
We should also try not to use _. If necessary, use as few as possible. At the same time, we should try to use other ways to kill weeds and bugs. For example, we can pull weeds by hand.
Pet waste pollutes our water, too. So we need to put pet waste in the garbage bag. Technology can be used to prevent water pollution. Building sewage treatment plants is a good way of returning water to a river without causing pollution. We can protect our valuable water in only one way: preventing the harmful chemicals 6 entering our water!
答案：Ⅰ. 1. wets 2. waste 3. hole 4. dry 5. drinking
Ⅱ. 1. C 2. D 3. C 4. D 5. D 6. D
Ⅲ. 1. B 2. C 3. E 4. A 5. D 6.F
