一、阅读理解。
Our earth is a blue planet. About 71% of the planet is water, according to the United Nations. But people can only use a small amount of it. 1 It's in lakes, rivers and under-ground. Today, over 663 million people live without safe water. 2
The UN wants people to know the importance of water. It started World Water Day in 1993. 3 And this year's theme is "Glacier Preservation (冰川保护)".
According to the UN, waste water problems make water shortages (短缺) even more serious. Our homes, cities and factories make wastewater every day. Most of it just goes back to nature. It pollutes rivers and lakes.
4 It is from March 22 to 28. During it the Chinese government (政府) wants people to know better about the new idea of "river chiefs (河长)". It means that every riv-er in China will have a chief. Local government heads will be river chiefs. 5 They need to make sure that factories clean up the wastewater.
根据材料内容,从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项,使文章意思通顺、内容完整。
A. It falls on March 22 each year.
B. That's almost 9% of the world's population.
C. Only about 3% of the world's water is fresh water.
D. They will take care of all the rivers and lakes in their areas.
E. China also tries to work out this problem and has the China Water Week.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

1.C 2.B 3.A 4.E 5.D

二、语篇填空。
阅读短文，根据语篇要求填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词。
Two groups of hungry（饥饿的）people were in two rooms. In front of them, there were some pairs of long chopsticks 1 some plates full of food. In one group, all the members tried their best to eat the food 2 the long chopsticks by themselves. But every- one failed at last. In 3 other group, the members came up with a good idea. They used the chopsticks 4 pick up food for each other. In this way, everyone could have the food. From this story, we know that teamwork can help us work 5 difficulties.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

1. and 2. with 3. the 4. to 5. out