Question

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 (遭受旱災(zāi)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 (資源) to the people there.
Last week, the Young Pioneers and the Communist Youth League in China called on (號(hào)召) each student to give one bottle of water to the drought-hit area. In Xi’an, 900 students bought over 100 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.”

【小題1】

A．unless B．a(chǎn)nd C．but D．because

【小題2】

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

【小題3】

A．rain B．wind C．snow D．sunshine

【小題4】

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

【小題5】

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

【小題6】

A．by B．in C．for D．with

【小題7】

A．plans B．notes C．wishes D．dates

【小題8】

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

【小題9】

A．think B．realize C．miss D．regard

【小題10】

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

Answer 1

【小題1】C
【小題2】B
【小題3】A
【小題4】C
【小題5】B
【小題6】D
【小題7】C
【小題8】D
【小題9】B
【小題10】B

解析試題分析：
【小題1】根據(jù)題干，本句的意思是“一瓶水好像對(duì)我們不算什么，但是它能幫助中國遭受旱災(zāi)的人們�！惫矢鶕�(jù)前后句的關(guān)系，應(yīng)該表示轉(zhuǎn)折，要用but。所以本題選C。
【小題2】本句的意思是“中國西南的很多地方經(jīng)歷了嚴(yán)重的旱災(zāi)�！薄敖�(jīng)歷”是experience。所以本題選B。
【小題3】根據(jù)上文的drought，本句的意思應(yīng)是“自從去年秋天，那里的雨水就很少�！惫蕬�(yīng)該用rain。所以本題選A。
【小題4】have trouble doing sth.表示“做某事有麻煩”，故本題應(yīng)用having。所以本題選C。
【小題5】本句的意思是“全國的許多人通過捐水、捐錢和其他東西來幫助那里的人們。”“捐贈(zèng)”是give away。所以本題選B。
【小題6】本句的意思是“在西安，900個(gè)學(xué)生用他們的零花錢買了100多桶水�！薄坝谩睉�(yīng)該用with。By表示方式，in跟語言，for是“為了”。所以本題選D。
【小題7】根據(jù)后面一句可知，這是表示祝愿的話。故應(yīng)該用wishes。所以本題選C。
【小題8】根據(jù)題干，本句的意思是“一瓶水不多，但是數(shù)千萬桶水，就很有幫助了�！薄坝袔椭�的”是helpful。所以本題選D。
【小題9】本句的意思是“這次嚴(yán)重的旱災(zāi)也讓學(xué)生們意識(shí)到節(jié)約用水的重要性�！薄币庾R(shí)到“是realize。所以本題選B。
【小題10】本句的意思是“為了節(jié)約用水，我決定每周洗兩次澡，而不是每天一次。”because of“因?yàn)椤�，except“除了”明顯與題意不符，故排除CD；instead 應(yīng)放在開頭或句末，后面不能跟其他詞；instead of后面可跟名詞或短語。所以本題選B。
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