二、语篇填空。
阅读短文,从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空,使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词,每词限用一次。
still, collect, important, matter, bath, while, stay, part, fall, fact
You come home on a hot summer day, hoping to have a cool 1, but find there is no water. Then you see how 2 water is in your daily life. 3 sometimes you have the idea, in many 4 of the world, water is not just about one's everyday needs.
In countries like Tanzania, water is hard to get, and the job of collecting water 5 on women's shoulders (肩膀). Girls often have to leave school to collect water, while their brothers 6 at school studying. The girls spend much time 7 water. They have little time for learning.
The girls have a hard life in countries. It's a sad 8 in real life. As they spend less time at school, they have fewer hopes of getting good jobs, and they often have no choices on important 9, like who to marry (结婚). These girls are often married into poor families. They have little money or hope to care for their children. For the baby girls who are lucky enough to survive (生存), their life may be 10 around "water", just like their mothers'.
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1. bath 2. important 3. While 4. parts 5. falls
6. stay 7. collecting 8. fact 9. matters 10. still