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. 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 (供給). Hannan, an 18-year-old girl, told the time, “In a good week we’ll have a water supply all week. But then the following week there will be water only for a day or two.”

   Hannan said 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 said.

   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.

36. How old is Hannan? 

A. She is eight.   B. She is eighteen.    C. She is seventeen.    D. She is seven.

37. The underlined word “that” means ______. 

A. buying water from shops           B. having enough drinking water

C. suffering from water shortage     D. washing clothes with used water

38. 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. Sana will have no drinking water in 5 years  

D. private companies make much money by selling water

39. 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

40. 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

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