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题文

Water runs downhill from mountaintops to streams to rivers to oceans. But downhill isn’t the only way that water moves .A new study measures how water travels from country to country for human consumption. This flow isn’t the type we usually think about .The scientists looked at the water ud to grow and make the products which get shipped from nation to nation as imports or exports. They call this a flow of“virtual water（虚拟水）”.We typically think about water as the liquid that flows from a tap. However,92％of the water ud by people goes into growing crops，according to water rearcher Arjen Hoekstra. He recently studied the hidden travels of virtual water ud in products made from things like crops and meats .The products are shipped around the world.For example．consider a sugary soft drink. Hoekstra estimated that to produce one half-liter of the drink requires between 170 and 310litersofthewater—about 95％—is ud to grow and process the ingredients(原料).Another 4％goes into the packaging and labeling. In Hoekstra’s calculation, when one country produces a half-liter of soda and lls it abroad，it exports as much virtual water as would fill a large refrigerator．According to Hoekstra’s new report，dry countries like Israel and Kuwait，both in the Middle East, get the majority of their virtual water from other countries，through imported products. More surprisingly, some wetter countries，like the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, also get the majority of their virtual water from other places. That means that most of the water ud to grow or produce the products and food consumed in tho countries came from other countries.   In the United States most of the virtual water ud comes from American sources .In China even less of the water associated with its products小题1:What is the best title for the passage?A．Crops and Virtual WaterB．import and Export of WaterC．Benefits of Virtual WaterD．Water’s worldwide travels小题2:The first paragraph is intended to talk about__________.A．how water flowsB．what virtual water isC．where virtual water exists D．why water is imported and exported小题3:The example of a sugary soft drink in Paragraph 3 is given to show_________.A．how drinks are madeB．how virtual water is udC．how virtual water is exportedD．how drinks are shipped小题4:In which countries does most part of virtual water come from outside?A．lsrael and AmericaB．America and the NetherlandsC．China and the United KingdomD．Kuwait and the Netherlands小题5:The passage is most probably a_________.A．science news reportB．book reviewC．newspaper advertiment D．science fiction story 题型：未知难度：其他题型

答案

   小题1:D小题2:B小题3:B小题4:D小题5:A

解析

文章大意：文章主要讲解水是怎么在全世界范围旅行的。小题1:主旨大意题。根据全文可知，本文是一篇科普类阅读，主要介绍水是怎么在全世界范围旅行的。故D正确。小题2:推理判断题。根据文章第一段最后一句They call this a flow of“virtual water（虚拟水）可知此段讲解什么是虚拟水。故B正确。小题3:推理判断题。根据文章第三段，我们可以了解到作者给出实例来解释虚拟水是如何使用的。故B正确。小题4:细节理解题。根据文章倒数第二段According to Hoekstra’s new report，dry countries like Israel and Kuwait，both in the Middle East, get the majority of their virtual water from other countries，through imported products. More surprisingly, some wetter countries，like the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, also get the majority of their virtual water from other places.可以得出答案。故D正确。小题5:推理判断题。根据全文可知，本文是一篇科普类阅读。故可以推测出文章可能选自于科学新闻报道。故A正确。

考点

据考高分专家说，试题“Water runs downhill .....”主要考查你对 [日常生活类阅读 ]考点的理解。 日常生活类阅读

日常生活类阅读的概念：

日常生活这一话题主要涉及人们衣食住行等方面的活动。这一话题的选材主要针对人们日常的工作，生活以及学习情况。做这一类题时，最主要的是要把握好人物的活动内容，时间和地点。

日常生活类阅读题答题技巧：

【题型说明】该类文章内容涉及到人们的言谈举止、生活习惯、饮食起居、服饰仪表、恋爱婚姻、消遣娱乐、节日起源、家庭生活等。文章篇幅短小，追根溯源，探索各项风俗的历史渊源，内容有趣。命题也以送分题为主，如事实细节题、语义转换题、词义猜测题和简单推理判断题等。虽然这类文章读起来感觉轻松，试题做起来比较顺手，但绝不能掉以轻心。因为稍不留神，就会丢分。 【备考提醒】为了保证较高准确率，建议同学们做好以下几点： 1、保持正常的考试心态。笔者在教学中发现，越是容易的试题，同学们越是容易失分。为什么呢？因为在这种情况下，同学们极易产生麻痹思想，认为题目好做，就不引起高度重视，于是思维不发散、不周密。而命题人就是利用同学们的这一弱点，设计陷阱题。所以，无论试题难易与否，我们都要保持正常的考试心态。试题容易，不欣喜；试题难，不悲观。 2、根据前面讲到的方法，认认真真、细细心心做好事实细节题。 3、做好语义转换题。这类题是根据英语中一词多义和某些词语在文中能表达一定的修辞意义的原则而设计的。要求同学们解释某生词的含义，确定多义词或短语在文中的意思，确认文中的某个代词所指代的对象，或者对英语中特有的表达、格言、谚语进行解释。这种题要求同学们一定要根据上下文猜测词义或理解句子，切不可望文生义。 4、做好简单推理判断题。简单推理判断题要以表面文字为前提，以具体事实为依据进行推理，做出判断。这种推理方式比较直接，只要弄清事实，即可结合常识推断出合理的结论。