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We must have water to live. If the water we use is not clean and fresh, it can make us ill. The animals that live in and around lakes and rivers must also have clean water.
Our rivers and lakes supply most of our water. The clear , blue water found by the first American settlers has changed. Many of our water sources are now polluted. They are filled with dirty and waste which cannot be cleaned out . In many places, water is not safe for most uses.
Lake Erie was once a beautiful lake. Now it has been called ‘a dying lake’. Waste from nearly homes and factories has dumped into it. Fish can no longer live in much of its polluted water.
George Washington once called the Potomac ‘the finest river in the world’. Now its water is no longer blue. Instead, it is a soupy(羹汤类的) green . Suds (肥皂水), from detergents (清洁剂) used to wash clothes, often cover the water of our rivers.
Water cannot be made in a factory. Once water is polluted, it is hard to make it clean and safe. We must learn to take care of the water we now have.
1.Most of our water supply comes from ________.
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2.The words ‘ a dying lake’ in paragraph 3 mean ________.
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A.a polluted lake
B.a very large lake
C.a beautiful lake
D.a lake full of water
3.George Washington once called the potomac ‘the finest river in the world’ means ________.
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A.this river was not polluted
B.this river was visited by many people
C.this river was full of polluted water
D.the water in the river was used by everyone
4.We must learn to take care of the water now we have because ________.
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A.we can' t live without water
B.the water is to be used up
C.the water cannot be produced by man
D.both A and C
5.The passage chiefly tells us ________.
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A.not to use the polluted water
B.that we must prevent the water from being polluted
C.that the polluted water will make us ill
D.our water is still clean and safe
科目:高中英语 来源:英语教研室 题型:050
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Some inventions are so useful, but seem so simple, that we wonder why no one thought of them long ago. Post-it Notes--the pieces of paper that you can fasten almost any where and then remove without leaving any sign that they were there--are an example of such an invention.
Post-it Notes were invented about twenty years ago by Art Fry, a scientist at 3M Corporation. The idea for the product came from a frustrating(令人沮丧的)experience he often had while singing in his church choir(唱诗班). Fry used pieces of paper as bookmarks to mark the places in his book of songs, but these bookmarks were always falling out. He knew he needed a bookmark that would stay where he put it, but that he could remove without damaging the pages.
Around that time, Fry heard about a new adhesive(粘合剂) that a colleague(同行), Dr. Spence Silver, had created. This adhesive was special because it was sticky,but not too sticky. It was strong enough to hold papers together, but weak enough to not tear the paper when it was removed. Fry saw that the new adhesive could help solve his bookmark problem. One morning, Fry put some of the adhesive on the edge of a piece of paper. Just as he hoped, it made a perfect bookmark.
A short time later, Fry realized that his new invention had even more uses than being a great bookmark. He came to this realization when he wrote a note on one of his new“bookmarks”and attached(附着)it to a report he was going to give to a colleague. Soon, co-workers were asking Fry for more samples(样品)of his invention so that they could use the new type of notes themselves.
Fry and some other people at 3 M believed so much in the new product that they persuaded the company to give away thousands of the“sticky pieces of paper”for trial use. When some salespeople at 3M went to offices and showed workers just how helpful the new type of notes could be, they immediately received many orders. As more and more people discovered how useful Post-it Notes could be, the product took off.
1.The invention of Post-it Notes showed that Art Fry _____.
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A.had a lot of knowledge
B.was very hard-working
C.was good at creative(创造性的)thinking
D.loved his job in the church
2.In what way did Dr. Spence help Art Fry?
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A.They worked together and often discussed science.
B.His invention of a special adhesive made Art's invention possible.
C.He persuaded 3M Corporation to give away lots of Post-it Notes for trial use.
D.He cooperated with Art by providing the new adhesive for Art.
3.Which of the following is a possible use of Post-it Notes?
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A.A note on a friend's door.
B.An e-mail to a friend.
C.A postcard from abroad.
D.An ad in a newspaper.
42The underlined phrase“took off”means _____.
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A.started to leave the ground
B.disappeared from the market
C.had even more uses
D.became popular very quickly
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