Napoga is a 12-year-old girl in Ghana, Africa. It is hard for her family to get clean water. Every morning, she leaves home at half past five to get clean water for her family in a village far away. It takes her six hours to get enough clean water for daily cooking and drinking. She has no time to go to school or to play with her friends. Millions of people in the world are like Napoga. They can’t get enough clean water to keep healthy.
Earth Day is April 22. But on all other days, we must also remember it. The water we use is the most important natural resource on the earth.
Water covers 70% of the earth’s surface. But most of that is sea water. We can’t use it for very many things. Fresh water covers only 1% of the earth’s surface. You probably feel lucky that your life isn’t as hard as Napoga’s. But that doesn’t mean you don’t have to worry about water. We all face serious water problems. One of them is water pollution. All kinds of things from cars, factories, farms and homes make our rivers, lakes, and oceans dirty. Polluted water is very bad for people to drink. And dirty water is bad for fish, too. Now, 34% of all kinds of fish are dying out. How do cars and factories make our water dirty? First, they pollute the air. Then, when it rains, the rain water comes down and makes our drinking water dirty. Dirty rain called acid rain(酸雨), is also bad for plants, animals and buildings. Something must be done to prevent water form be­ing polluted.
Scientists say that in 30 years, more than half of the people in the world won’t have enough clean water. We have to learn how to save more water for ourselves and our children. Here is some advice for saving water:
●Turn off the water while you brush your teeth. You can save as much as 450 liters(升) each month.
●Leaky taps(漏水的龍頭) waste a lot of water. Fix them right away!
●You can easily cut your 10-minute showers in half—and you’ll be just as clean.
●When you wash dishes, don’t let the water run.
●Only wash clothes when you have a lot to wash. If your washing machine isn’t full, you’re wasting water!

小題1:She has no time to go to school.
小題2:April 22
小題3:It covers only 1% of the earth’s surface
小題4:It’s very bad for people, animals, plants and buildings.
小題5:We have to learn how to save more water for ourselves and our children.

試題分析：這篇短文主要講述水資源問題。文章介紹，世界上許多人的生活因?yàn)槿彼艿酵{。文章同時(shí)還介紹了造成水污染的原因，并號召節(jié)約用水，提出節(jié)約用水的若干建議。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文She has no time to go to school or to play with her friends的描述可知，她沒有時(shí)間去上學(xué)。故應(yīng)答She has no time to go to school。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第二段Earth Day is April 22的描述可知，地球日是在4月22日。故應(yīng)答April 22。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第三段Fresh water covers only 1% of the earth’s surface的描述可知，淡水占地球表面的1%。故應(yīng)答It covers only 1% of the earth’s surface。
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文Polluted water is very bad for people to drink、is also bad for plants, animals and buildings的描述可知，污水對人類、植物、動(dòng)物和建筑都是沒有好處的。故應(yīng)答It’s very bad for people, animals, plants and buildings。
小題5:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。這篇短文主要講述水資源問題，文章號召人們節(jié)約用水，并提出節(jié)約用水的若干建議。根據(jù)短文We have to learn how to save more water for ourselves and our children的描述可知，我們應(yīng)該學(xué)會(huì)怎樣為我們自己以及孩子節(jié)約水資源。故可答We have to learn how to save more water for ourselves and our children.。
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