三、阅读理解。
Water is very valuable for people. There is
not enough water in a lot of places in the world.
For example, people living in the desert can
only use very little water every day. And they
even only wash their faces once a week. Water
there is very scarce(缺乏的). Because there is
not much rain in the desert. People there need
to worry about water every day. Although(尽
管) I don't need to worry about water, I want to
try my best to do some things to save water.
Then what can we do in our daily life to save
water? There are lots of useful ways for us.
First, we can collect rainwater and use it to
wash our cars. Second, we can also use the
water from washing rice to water crops(庄稼).
Besides, we can use water-saving machines as
much as possible as well. In order to make our
world better, let's work together to save every
drop of water.
根据短文内容，从题中所给的 A、B、
C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。
() 1. How often do people living in the
desert wash their faces?
A. Three times a week.
B. Once a week.
C. Once a month.
D. Every day.
() 2. Why is water in the desert very scarce?
A. Because there are very few plants.
B. Because there is not much rain.
C. Because it is always sunny.
D. Because people use water every
day.
() 3. The underlined word "Besides" means
"" in Chinese.
A. 虽然
B. 然而
C. 除……之外
D. 因此
() 4. How many useful ways to save water
are mentioned(提及) in the text?
A. One.
B. Two.
C. Three.
D. Four.
() 5. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. The writer needs to worry about
water every day.
B. People can collect rainwater to
wash cars.
C. Using water-saving machines is
one of the ways to save water.
D. From the text, we can know
water is valuable and we should
save water.

三、1. B 根据第三、第四句可知，在沙漠
中人们一周只洗一次脸。故
选B。
2. B 根据第五、第六句可知，沙漠中
没有大量的雨水。故选B。
3. C 根据上下文内容可知，此处表示
并列或累加关系。besides意为
“除……之外；此外”。故选C。
4. C 通读全文可知，文中一共有三种
节约用水的方法。故选C。
5. A 根据第八句可知，作者不需要每
天为水而担忧。故选A。

【分析】
做本题时，首先通读原文把握“节约用水”的主题，再逐题带着题干关键词回原文定位对应内容：第1题找沙漠居民洗脸频率，第2题找沙漠缺水原因，第3题结合上下文逻辑猜词义，第4题数节水方法数量，第5题核对选项与原文表述是否一致，通过定位原文细节、对比选项选出最佳答案。
【解析】
1. 细节理解题：根据原文“they even only wash their faces once a week”可知，沙漠居民每周洗一次脸，对应选项B，故选B。
2. 细节理解题：根据原文“Because there is not much rain in the desert”可知，沙漠缺水是因为雨水稀少，对应选项B，故选B。
3. 词义猜测题：前文列举了两种节水方法，后文补充第三种方法，besides在此处表示“除……之外（还有）”，对应选项C，故选C。
4. 细节归纳题：文中提到的节水方法有：收集雨水洗车、淘米水浇庄稼、使用节水机器，共三种，对应选项C，故选C。
5. 细节判断题：根据原文“Although I don't need to worry about water”可知，作者不需要每天担忧水，A选项表述与原文不符，故选A。
【答案】
1.B 2.B 3.C 4.C 5.A
【知识点】
英语阅读理解、细节理解、词义猜测
【点评】
本题围绕“节约用水”主题设置，侧重考查学生提取原文细节、猜测词义及归纳信息的能力，题目难度适中，只要认真阅读原文、找准对应细节即可正确作答。
【难度系数】
0.6