But what if you are afraid of the water? No problem! There is nothing to worry about. Aquaticexercise is safe and easy to learn. It doesn't require any special skills. You don't even need to knowhow to swim. Aquatic exercise is for everyone. 75. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?

A. Difference between air and water. B. Weight change of one'sbody.

C. The advantages of aquatic exercise. D. The ways to do aquaticexercise.

76. What do most people think of aquatic exercise? A. Relaxing. B. Worrying. C. Challenging. D.Boring. 77. According to the text, aquatic exercise is . A. done in groups B. fit for everyone C. difficult to learn D. done with special skills 78. In which part of a magazine can we read the text? A. Culture. B. Health. C. Nature. D.Travel.

C

Like many high school graduates, Maggie Doyne didn't go straight to college.She decided to travel and arrived in western Nepal in 2006. A war had just endedthere and left many children living on the streets. They were often forced to work athard physical jobsfor little money.

One day, while walking down a country road, Doyne saw a little girl breakingup rocks. She soon learned that 7-year-old Hima sold the rocks to support herfamily. With deep sadness, she decided to pay Hima's tuition ( 学 费 ) for school.Encouraged by the changes in the child, Doyne thought, \Doyne felt that the street children's greatest need was a home. She found a piece of land for saleand bought it with $5,000 she saved from years of babysitting ( 当临时保姆) . In 2008 the KopilaValley Chilren's Home was set up. With the help from the community, another goal was reached in2010—the Kopila Valley School. Over 350 children now attend the school and over 50 live in thehome. Today, Doyne lives in the home and is \79. When did Maggie Doyne travel to western Nepal?

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A. In 2006. B. In 2007. C. In 2008. D. In 2010. 80. Why did Hima break up the rocks? A. To do physical exercise. B. To build a new school.

C. To get money for her family. D. To repair the country road. 81. What can we learn from Paragraph 3?

A. The street children once worked as babysitters. B. Doyne got some support from the community.

C. Doyne borrowed much money from the government. D. Over 5,000 children attend the Kopila Valley School. 82. Which of the following might be the best title for the text?

A. Maggie Doyne---A Lonely Traveller B. War in Western Nepal C. Maggie Doyne---Mum to More Than 50 D. A Girl Lived on Her Own

D

The world uses about a thousand million ( 百 万 ) tons of water a day. Water is a human right andeveryone should have their share. Yet more than 700 million people around the world have troublegetting clean, safe water.

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Treating wastewater is a good way to provide fresh water for us. And it also helps the environmentby keeping waste out of rivers and oceans. 80% of wastewater around the world is not treated at all,and it is running into oceans. But now we have got the technology to treat and reuse the wastewater.

While 75% of our planet is covered with water, only about 2% is fresh water—that comes fromrivers, lakes, ice and snow. The rest, 98% of the water, is in seas and oceans. It is too salty todrink. Then desalination businesses come in. More than 19.000 factories have been built around theworld, mostly in coastal countries. They process ( 加 工 ) more than 92 million tons of water everyday. But the technology they use requires a lot of energy.

Scientists are working to create a less costly technology. They want to produce 20 times moreclean water and make sure everyone has enough. But for now, the world still faces each day with nothaving enough water for everyone.

83. How many people have trouble in getting cleanwater around the world?

A. Under 10 million.B. Only 19 million. C. About 92 million.D. Over 700 million.

84. Treating wastewater helps the environment by .

A. storing waste in ice and snow B. letting waste run into oceans C. keeping waste out of rivers and oceans D. sending waste to coastal countries

85. What does the underlined word \in Paragraph 3 mean?

A. 远洋运输 B. 潮汐发电 C.食盐销售 D.海水淡化 86. At present, the technology to process water . A. needs much energy B. saves much money C. satisfies everyone D. causes pollution 87. What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A. Water should be a human right.B. The water problem is still serious.

C. Our planet is covered with water.D. Everyone has enough clean water.

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阅读下面短文，并用英语回答问题（请注意每小题后面的词数要求）。

E

Remember when you were a little child trying to learn to walk? First, you had to learn how to balance ( 平 衡 ) yourself and stand. You fell down, and then gotback up. You laughedsometimes and cried at other times. After much practice, you finally learnedhow to balance yourself.You got much pleasure from this new feeling of power—you'd standeverywhere you could.It was a happy time—you did it!

Nowthe next step—walking. You'd seen others do it. It didn't look that hard—just move yourlegs whileyou werestanding. Wrong—more difficult than you ever imagined. But after you tried againand againand again, you understood how to walk.

If people found you walking, they cheered, \kid is doing.\encouraged you! But look back on those days when you were the little child—howmany times did you try when no one was watching, or when no one was cheering? Youcouldn't wait for someone to encourage you to take the next steps. You learned how toencourage yourself.

So, keep trying and encouraging yourself as you learned to walk if you want to succeed in doingsomething.

88. What is the first step in learning to walk? (不超过 15 个词)

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