初三上学期Module 11 Population培优测试题(带答案外研版)
A bottle of water may not seem like much to you, but thousands of bott les will be of great help for people who live in drought-hit(遭受旱灾) areas in China.
Since last autumn, there has been very little rain in Southwest China. Some places, especially in Yunnan, Gua ngxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, have experienced a serious drought. Crops (庄稼) died, the land cracked, and wells (井) and rivers dried up. More than 20 million people are having difficulty in finding safe drinking water.
After lea rning about the drought, many people around the country helped by giving water , money and other things.
Last week, every member of the Communi st Youth League (共青团员) and Young Pioneers(少先队员) were encouraged to give one bottle of water to the drought-hit areas. Students in primary schools and middle schools quickly joined the activity. In Yuhua Primary School in Xi’an, 900 students bought over 1,000 bottles of water with their pocket money. They also wrote their wis hes on the bottles.
The serious drought has also made students realize the importance of saving water.
Students from Nansh an Middle School in Huizhou in Guangdong went on t he street to tell people to take part in water-saving activities.
"I’ve heard that some children in drought-hit areas don’t have enough drinking water. They have to drink muddy ( 含有泥土的 ) water. I feel really sad about that,"said one student. "I decide to take a shower twice a week instead of every day to save water." he said.
1. Why did a serious drought happen in Southwest China?
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3. What did people do after learning about the drought?
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4. Is a bottle of water helpful for the people in drought-hit areas?
_________________________________________________________________________________ 5. What can you learn from the passage?
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根据上下文及所给首字母提示填入适当的单词，使短文意思完整、通顺。
We have been 1. w_______ about the population growth. Why? Because it will 2. c________ terrible problems. If you ask people what they think of the population growth, many would say that the problem will become very serious in the 3. c_________ years. Scientists say that the population growth will cause big problems in the near future. And it will do more 4. h________ to people and even the whole world. And what’s more, we are facing 5. a_________ population problem—a rapidly ageing population. We must pay attention to the ageing population and the government pension systems(养老金制度). 6. H_______, there are reasons to believe that the world populat ion growth will slow during the next 50 years, according to UN scientists.
