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The world is not only hungry, it is also thirsty for water. This may seem strange to you, since nearly 75% of the earth's surface is covered with water. But about 97% of this huge amount is seawater, (76) salt water. Man can only drink and use the other 3% of the fresh water that comes from rivers, lakes, underground, and other (77) And we cannot even use all of that, because some of it is in the form of icebergs and glaciers. Even worse, some of it has been polluted. However, as things stand today, this small amount of fresh water, (78) is constantly being replaced by rainfall, is still enough for us. But our need (79) water is increasing rapidly—almost day by day. Only if we take steps to deal with this problem now (80) a severe worldwide water shortage later on. A limited water supply would have a bad effect on agriculture and industry. Let me give you just one small example of (81) necessary water is to industry. Do you know that (82) a single ton of steel, it takes about 91,000 liters of water? We all have to learn how to stop (83) our precious water. One of the first steps we should take (84) to develop ways of reusing it. Experiments have already been done in this field, but only on a small scale. The systems that have been worked out resemble (85) used in spacecraft.
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A. or B. but C. and D. also
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 海水就是带有咸味儿的水,所以seawater or salt water。
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A. origins B. originals C. sources D. resources
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] sources表示来源。
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A. that B. this C. which D. it
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] which引导一个非限制性定语从句来修饰freshwater。
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A. for B. of C. in D. to
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 我们对水的需要。
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A. we can avoid B. avoid can we C. can avoid we D. can we avoid
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] only放在句首,主句主谓要用倒装。
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A. how B. why C. when D. what
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 简单举一个例子说明水对于工业的必要性。
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A. to produce B. producing C. production of D. producing of
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] to produce a single ton of steel作句子的实际主语。
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A. or waste B. waste C. wasting D. to waste
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] stop doing停止做某事。比较:stop to do...停下来去做某事。如:stop reading,停止阅读;stop to read,停下(其他事情)来开始阅读。
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A. are B. is C. being D. to be
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 主谓一致题。句子主语是one of the first steps,谓语要用is。