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【题目】 Water pollution happens when waste things from many areas are thrown into rivers,lakes and seas．

Agriculture

To get more food，farmers use large amounts of chemicals(化学制品)．When the chemicals are not completely used by the plants，they are washed away by the rainwater into rivers，lakes and seas，which pollute both surface water and underground water．

Industry

Factories and industries often release poisonous chemicals into seas，rivers or lakes，which is quite bad for Mother Nature．An example of industrial sea pollution happened in Japan in the 1950s．A local factory had poured waste water with mercury(水银)into the Minamata Bay for 20 years．Tuna fish in the bay took in the mercury and people ate the tuna. Many children were born with birth deformities(畸形)．As a result，people lost their，hearing and sight，and thousands of people died in the end．

Sea transportation

When ships transporting oil get damaged on the way，oil spillage(溢出)happens·One major disaster was the Exxon Valdez oil spill．An oil tanker sink off Alaska in 1989 and leaked(泄漏)oil into the ocean．To save cost，some ships also poured unwanted oil from their engine rooms into the sea，thus polluting the oceans·

Home activities

If the waste from the washing of clothes and dishes are not treated and poured into the sea，they will do harm to the sea life．Some diseases may also spread．Sometimes，rubbish is dumped into the sea．

【1】Farmers Use large amounts of chemicals to ．

A．have more food B．release poison

C．planting D． plant more crops

【2】From the example in Paragraph 3．we learn that ．

A．eating tuna fish is sometimes a great danger

B．water pollution is a seious problem in Japan

C．factories and industries should be closed in Japan

D．water pollution can do great harm to people’s health

【3】The underlined word“release”probably means ．

A．释放 B．吸收 C．生产 D．运用

【4】What is the best title for the passage?

A．Industrial water pollution

B．Agriculture water pollution

C．Reasons for water pollution

D．Ways to solve water pollution

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】A

【4】C

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：本文主要介绍造成水污染的原因。农业中不完全使用的化学药品被雨水冲刷到河流，湖泊和海洋，污染地表水和地下水。工厂释放有毒化学物质到海洋，河流或湖泊。运送石油的船只到途中损坏发生漏油等等。

【1】A细节理解题，根据文中To get more food，farmers use large amounts of chemicals可知为了得到更多的粮食，农民使用大量的化学药品，所以该选A。

【2】D细节理解题，根据文中As a result，people lost their，hearing and sight，and thousands of people died in the end．可知水污染对人的身体健康有很大危害，所以该选D。

【3】A词义猜测题，根据后文中A local factory had poured waste water with mercury(水银)into the Minamata Bay for 20 years．可知“release”的意思是“释放”，所以该选A。

【4】C标题归纳题，根据本文主要介绍造成水污染的原因可知该选C。