Question

This year, the dry season in Southeast Asia has been far d 1. than normal. And the southern Chinese provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan are suffering a severe drought. Over 20 million people f 2. water shortages with some 6.5 million hectares（公顷） of crops affected.

"This is a one in 50-year occurrence（发生） - with a return period o 3. 50 years - so it's quite severe," says Ian Makin, an engineer and senior water resources management specialist with the Asian Development Bank. "Now the problem is that in the dry season most people t 4. are cropping in the Mekong Basin are u 5.pumps and when the water level drops further than normal ，they can't let w 6. out into their fields and they're struggling to keep the crop a 7. ."

In towns, water resource officials have asked communities to conserve water. Barges and ferries normally plying the river have been forced to halt services, b 8. in some areas, the r 9. is nearly dry. And in low-lying areas in Vietnam's fertile Mekong delta, the drought m 10. salty ocean water can move onto farm land, damaging the soil.

 

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2.face

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5.using

6.water

7.alive

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9.river

10.means

【解析】

试题分析：今年，在东南亚洲地区的干旱情况比平时更加干旱。在中国的南部也出现干旱情况。超过两千万的人们面临着缺水的情况。这与五十年内发生最严重的情况一样。因为一些地区的河流接近于干旱，所以这些地区的政府制定了一些相应的政策。

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考点：社会现象类短文阅读。