阅读理解

　1. Why does the author use the phrase "for next November" ( Line 3, Para. 1 )?
　　[A] According to The old Testament freshwater is available only in November.
　　[B] Rainfall comes only in winter starting from November.
　　[C] Running water systems will not be ready until next November.
　　![D] It is a custom in that region that irrigation to crops is done only in November.
　　2. What is NOT the cause for the imminent water war?
　　[A] Lack of water resources.
　　[B] Lack of rainfall.
　　[C] Inefficient use of water.
　　[D] Water has replaced oil.
　　3. One way for the region to use water efficiently is to
　　[A] develop other enterprises that cost less water
　　[B] draw a plan of irrigation for the various nations
　　[C] import water from water-rich nations
　　[D] stop wars of any sort for good and all
　　4. Uri Shamir’s viewpoint is that
　　[A] nations in that region are just fighting for water
　　[B] people there are thirsty for peace instead of water
　　[C] water is no problem as long as there is peace
　　[D] those nations have every reason to fight for water
　　5. The author’s tone in the article can be described as
　　[A] depressing
　　[B] urgent
　　[C] joking
　　[D] mocking
参考答案
　文章精要
　　文章指出了水的重要性，并详细分析了中东国家缺水的现状、原因及其可能造成的危害。
　　1．B推断题。文章第一段最后一句提到，只有冬天下雨，而且雨后土地很快干涸，只能企盼来年的11月。可见冬天的11月开始下雨，所以B正确。
　　2．D推断题。本题可采用排除法。由文章第二段前三句可知，即将到来的“水战”是由于对水的需求增大，即缺水)、干旱(即降水量小)和对水的浪费(即对水的利用率低)造成的，只有D(水取代了石油)不是“水战”的原因，故入选。
　　3．A推断题。文章第五段第二句提到，低效率用水表现在有些缺水国不愿将发展重点从农业转移到耗水较少的产业上，由此推断，有效用水的方法之一就是发展用水少的产业，所以A正确。
　　4．C细节题。由文章最后一段可知，Uri Shamir认为，只要政局稳定，水就不会成为障碍，所以C正确。．
　　5．B观点态度题。通读全文可知，作者分析了水的重要性和中东国家缺水的原因及后果，字里行间都表现出作者的紧迫感，所以B(紧迫的)正确。A(压抑的)，C(开玩笑的)，D(嘲笑的)均不正确。