Unit 5 Water
单元话题阅读理解练习
（22-23七年级下·广东广州·期末）Water can run away in interesting ways. Let’s try to get water from one cup into another.
What you need An empty glass A glass with blue water A glass with red water Some paper towels
What you do Step 1Prepare “paper bridges”. Use paper towels to make two of them. They will take in and carry away water.
Step 2Take one paper towel. Put one end of it into the glass of blue water and the other end into the empty glass. Take the other paper towel and do the same thing to the glass of red water and the empty glass.
Step 3Watch what is going on. This experiment takes some patience.
What you see Your paper towels start getting wet and after some time you will find that the empty glass is starting to have water, just like the picture（→）shows. Interestingly, if red and blue go together, it becomes purple. So, you will see three colors now. The empty glass keeps getting water. In the end, there will be the same quantity of water in each glass.
What you learn When the paper towels touch water, there is a kind of power between water and the towel, so water goes to the paper towel and then runs away. ▲ . For example, water travels from the roots to the rest of the tree.
1．At the beginning, how many glasses with colored water do we need
A．4. B．3. C．2. D．1.
2．Why do we need paper towels
A．To write down what is going on.
B．To clean the water after the experiment.
C．To allow water to run away into another cup.
D．To show the different colors in the different glasses.
3．Which picture can be put into “ ”
A． B．
C． D．
4．Which of the following sentences is the best to be put in ▲ .
A．You can also see this in plants. B．So the paper bridges become wet.
C．Later, the towels will be full of water. D．In the end, water goes into all the glasses.
5．Tom is introducing the experiment to his classmates. What may he say
A．What a dangerous experiment it is! Please be careful.
B．You need to be patient because it will last for some time.
C．To do the experiment, you need to prepare some wet towels.
D．Finally, you will see some chemicals at the bottom of the glasses.
（22-23七年级下·广东广州·期中）October 15 2021 is the 14th Global Handwashing Day. That is a big day of each year to make people know the importance of cleaning hands with soap（肥皂）. Research shows that not enough people wash their hands with soap. Experts believe that this leads to the deaths of millions of people every year.
Myriam Sidibe says that washing hands with soap can make a big difference in reducing flu and other
diseases（疾病）. It can also prevent（预防）babies from getting sick and keep children healthy.
However, washing hands with soap doesn’t happen as often as you might think. This may happen in poorer countries, but it’s also because for many people, washing hands with soap is just not part of their everyday life. This is what Global Handwashing Day tries to do.
Since the first Global Handwashing Day, the campaign（运动）has held many different activities around the world. In 2014, Global Handwashing Day was used in the fight against Ebola（埃博拉病毒）.
Today, the day is still used to make people know the importance of cleaning hands with soap. It hopes this can become a necessary part of people’s lives and make a big difference to the health of millions around the world.
6．What does the underlined phrase “leads to” mean in the first paragraph
A．导致 B．影响 C．面临 D．降低
7．Global Handwashing Day tries to .
A．buy enough soap for poor people
B．make soap for people around the world
C．help fight against the diseases with soap
D．make washing hands with soap a habit for people
8．When did the first Global Handwashing Day begin
A．In 2000. B．In 2018. C．In 2008. D．In 2014.
9．What is the passage mainly about
A．People should save water with soap.
B．How to keep children healthy with soap.
C．The story of Myriam Sidibe.
D．The importance of washing hands with soap.
（22-23七年级下·广东深圳·单元测试）The earth is our home, and we must take care of it. This means keeping the land, air and water clean．
Pollution is a dirty word. To pollute means to make things unfit(不合适的) or unclean to use. Pollution comes in many ways. We see it, smell it, taste it and drink it. Pollution is beginning to threaten(威胁) our health, or happiness and our life.
Man has been polluting the earth from the time he first made fire, washed his clothes in the river and threw
his waste on the ground. When land was used up or water became dirty. Men moved to another place. At first the problem was not so serious(严重) because there was plenty of clean air, land and water. There weren’t so many people then and their wants were fewer. All the dirty things could be absorbed(吸收) by nature and soon covered over(恢复). But this is no longer true. The increase of population(人口增长) and the development of industry have changed that. Man is slowly polluting his environment.
Through the use of poison(农药), man has polluted land killing the animal. By putting dirty water and chemicals into rivers and lakes we have polluted our drinking water, killing the fish.
Our increasing population is part of the problem. More people more waste.
Where is this all to end Are we turning the world into a big rubbish dump, or is there any hope that we can get rid of(摆脱) the pollution Luckily, millions of people have been warned of the danger of pollution. Large numbers of people are now working hard to bring pollution under control.
10．Which sentence is WRONG
A．We live on the earth, so we should look after it．
B．To pollute means to make air, water and land unfit for use．
C．All the waste produced by modern industry can be absorbed．
D．Man is now fighting against different kinds of pollution．
11．In this passage the word “chemicals” means ________.
A．化学 B．化学物质 C．化学的 D．医学的
12．Through the uncontrolled use of poison, man has _________．
A．made the drinking water dirty B．polluted the land C．killed the animals and fish D．all of the above
13．From the sentences “More people more waste”, we know that ________.
A．because of the increase of population and the development of industry, more and more waste is produced
B．we need more people, not more waste
C．there isn’t any hope that we can get rid of the pollution
D．more people have been warned of the danger of more waste
14．From the passage we can know that now man _______.
A．doesn’t know how to control pollution B．still doesn’t realize how serious pollution is
C．is doing something to control pollution D．begins to understand the pollution
（22-23七年级下·广东深圳·单元测试）Bill sells Coca-Cola all over the world. Last week, he returned from the Middle East.
A friend asked, “How was your business with the Arabs ” “Too bad,” Bill said in a sad voice. Then he explained, “When I got to the Middle East, I was very confident that I would have a good sale as Coca-Cola is well known around the world. However, I had a problem—I don’t know how to speak Arabic. So I made some nice posters to help sell Coca-Cola. There are three pictures in each poster. In the first picture, a man is crawling (爬行) through a hot desert sand. He is terribly tired and thirsty. In the second one, the man is drinking our Coca-Cola with a big mouth. In the third one, he is smiling happily. Soon such posters were seen.”
“That’s a good idea,” said the friend. “Well, it should,” Bill answered. “But I didn’t know that Arabs usually read from right to left.”
15．What does Bill do in the passage
A．He is a doctor. B．He is a fisherman. C．He is a teacher. D．He is a businessman.
16．Why did Bill feel unhappy when he got back from the Middle East
A．He couldn’t learn Arabic. B．He spent much money on posters.
C．He had no friends there. D．His business was bad.
17．What does the underlined word “confident” mean in Chinese
A．感动的 B．自信的 C．失望的 D．难过的
18．Bill ________ to help sell Coca-Cola.
A．built some factories B．wrote some books
C．made some TV programmes D．made some nice posters
19．Which is TRUE according to the passage
A．Bill went to the Middle East with his parents.
B．Arabs in the Middle East didn’t like to drink Coca-Cola.
C．Arabs usually read something from right to left.
D．There are three different people in each poster.
（22-23七年级下·广东深圳·单元测试）There are too many cities around the world. And each city needs water in many ways. Water on Earth falls mainly as rain. So the rainfall (降雨量) is important to each part of the world. And it is different from one city to another. The following chart shows the average (平均的) rainfall in four different cities in July and January.
City Guangzhou London Washington Paris
Country China Britain America France
Rainfall in July 227.6mm 45.0mm 96.5mm 53.6mm
Rainfall in January 43.2mm 78.0mm 69.1mm 54.3mm
20．The rainfall in different cities of the world is ________.
A．very little B．very heavy C．quite different D．nearly the same
21．Which city has the most rainfall in July
A．Guangzhou. B．London. C．Washington. D．Paris.
22．The RIGHT order of the average rainfall from low to high in January is ________.
A．Guangzhou — London — Washington — Paris
B．Guangzhou — Washington — London — Paris
C．Guangzhou — Paris — Washington — London
D．London — Washington — Paris — Guangzhou
23．Which is TRUE according to the passage
A．Guangzhou has the rainfall of 43.2mm in July.
B．Five cities are mentioned in the passage.
C．London and Pairs have the same rainfall in July.
D．Washington has the rainfall of 69.1mm in January.
24．This passage mainly talks about ________ in four different cities.
A．the average rainfall B．the average temperature
C．the highest rainfall D．the highest temperature
（21-22七年级下·广东深圳·单元测试）Water is one of the planet’s most valuable resources (资源). Maybe we are lucky enough to have clean and safe water whenever we want. However, according to a study, 1 in 10 people in the world doesn’t have clean water to drink. And 1 in 3 people in the world doesn’t have clean toilets.
If we drink dirty water or we can’t wash our hands after we go to the toilet, we can catch diseases and become ill. Also, in some countries, children have to walk far every day to get water! As a result, they can’t go to school to get an education.
The water problem is always a major and serious problem for all the people in the world. To let more people know the importance of fresh water and ask people to save water, in 1993 the United Nations decided that March 22nd is World Water Day. On this day every year, people around the world can take part in different activities to protect and save water.
Many schools and people give much support to World Water Day. For example, Michigan State University held a match for “the best World Water Pay poster” in 2017. School children in Osaka, Japan, have held their own World Water Day Kids Summit (峰会) for more than 10 years. And some people in China have activities to raise money to help some poor countries get clean water every year.
In a word, it’s everyone’s duty to save and protect water. Let’s take action now!
25．How many people won’t have clean water to drink if there are 90 people according to Paragraph 1
A．One. B．Five. C．Nine. D．Thirty.
26．Why do children in some countries not go to school
A．Because they are too poor to get an education.
B．Because their schools are far away from their houses.
C．Because their families don’t care about education.
D．Because they spend most of their time carrying water from far away places.
27．What can we know from Paragraph 3
A．The purpose (目的) of World Water Day.
B．Some activities on World Water Day.
C．Some useful ways of saving water.
D．The problem of water pollution.
28．What does the underlined word “raise” in Paragraph 4 mean
A．Collect. B．Return. C．Choose. D．Change.
29．Why does the writer write the passage
A．To tell us something about World Water Day.
B．To ask us to help some poor countries get clean water.
C．To encourage us to save and protect water.
D．To provide us with some helpful ways to save water.
（21-22七年级下·广东深圳·单元测试）“It was like a dream to us,” says Lilian. She says the people in her
village never thought they would have safe water.
“We used to wake up very early in the morning to collect water,” Lilian says. She and others in her village in Rwanda, Africa would spend hours each day walking to get water.
“The water is from swamps (沼泽) and there are a lot of diseases (疾病) caused by drinking the water there,” says Lilian.
Sometimes Lilian would walk to another village to get water, but the walk was an hour and then she spent an hour and a half waiting in line at the tap stand. And it was really expensive to buy the water there.
Four years ago, there was a tap stand right in the middle of their village.
“When people came to tell us about the water project, we didn’t believe it would happen until we saw it,” Lilian says. “Now we have water a few meters from our houses!”
Not only is the water closer, but it’s cheaper for the villagers to get water. And they don’t have to worry about diseases any more, and children are able to spend more time on their studies instead of getting water. Lilian also got a new job because of the water project. “My dream is to start a real business and I know I will get there someday,” Lilian says. “The money I get from selling water is the first step.”
30．How long did it take Lilian when she walked to another village
A．Half an hour.
B．An hour.
C．An hour and a half.
D．Two hours and a half.
31．When was there a tap stand in Lilian’s village
A．In 2020. B．In 2019. C．In 2018. D．In 2017.
32．What’s Lilian’s new job
A．Cleaning the tap stand.
B．Selling water.
C．Taking care of sick children.
D．Teaching the children in her village.
33．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage
A．It was hard for the villagers in Lilian’s village to drink safe water.
B．It is expensive for the people in Lilian’s village to get water now.
C．The water stand is not far from Lilian’s house.
D．Children in Lilian’s village can have more time for their studies.
34．What’s the best title for the passage
A．Lilian’s new job.
B．The hard life in Lilian’s village.
C．A dream of safe water.
D．A girl makes her dream come true.
（22-23七年级上·广东广州·期中）The Earth is about 4,600 million years old. People live on Earth for only35.000 years. But we change the Earth in many ways. Many things we do are good, but some are not good for the Earth.
Water pollution
A lot of people, birds and fish die each day because of water pollution. Factories pollute the water. As a result, the water in many rivers and lakes is very dirty now.
Air pollution
In big cities, factories, cars and buses are the main causes (原因) of air pollution. Many people in cities now have health problems. For example,Mexico used to be a beautiful city and was a good place for people to live,but today there is lots of PM2.5 in the air. And many people get ill because of the polluted air.
Soil (土壤) pollution
In order to have a better harvest (收获), some farmers use chemicals (化学物质) in their fields. That’s bad for the soil.
Hope for the future
These problems are very bad for our future, so all of us should do something to protect the environment. If we can stop pollution, the Earth will become more and more beautiful.
35．How old is the Earth
A．About 3,500 million years old. B．About 3,700 million years old.
C．About 4,600 million years old. D．About 4,800 million years old.
36．How many kinds of pollution are mentioned (提及) in the passage
A．Two. B．Three. C．Four. D．Five.
37．What is the purpose (目的) of the passage
A．To ask us to protect the Earth. B．To ask us to thank the Earth.
C．To ask us to pollute the Earth. D．To ask us to learn about the Earth.
参考答案：
1．C 2．C 3．A 4．A 5．B
【导语】本文通过一个实验展示了怎样用纸巾把水从过一个杯子转移到另一个杯子。
1．细节理解题。根据“ A glass with blue water A glass with red water”可知，刚开始需要两杯有色水，故选C。
2．细节理解题。根据“Your paper towels start getting wet and after some time you will find that the empty glass is starting to have water”可知，需要纸巾是为了让纸巾作为载体，让水流到另一个杯子里，故选C。
3．推理判断题。根据“Your paper towels start getting wet and after some time you will find that the empty glass is starting to have water”以及“Interestingly, if red and blue go together, it becomes purple.”可知，空杯子有水了，并且红色和和蓝色的水混合在一起变成了紫色，正确的图片应是A选项，故选A。
4．推理判断题。根据“When the paper towels touch water, there is a kind of power between water and the towel, so water goes to the paper towel and then runs away.”以及“For example, water travels from the roots to the rest of the tree.”可知，此处是借助纸巾变湿，并把水引到另一个杯子里的现象引出植物也有这样的现象，故选A。
5．推理判断题。根据“This experiment takes some patience.”可知，这个实验要持续一段时间，需要有点耐心，故选B。
6．A 7．D 8．C 9．D
【导语】本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了全球洗手日。
6．词句猜测题。根据“Research shows that not enough people wash their hands with soap. Experts believe that this leads to the deaths of millions of people every year.”和“Myriam Sidibe says that washing hands with soap can make a big difference in reducing flu and other diseases（疾病）.”可知，用肥皂洗手能够在减少流感和其他病毒上起作用，而病毒和流感会导致数百万人死亡，因此此处是“导致”。故选A。
7．细节理解题。根据“That is a big day of each year to make people know the importance of cleaning hands with soap（肥皂）. ”可知，全球洗手日是为了让人们知道用肥皂洗手的重要性。故选D。
8．细节理解题。根据“October 15 2021 is the 14th Global Handwashing Day. ”可知，2021年是第十四个全球洗手日，用2021减去13，即可得到第一年是2008年。故选C。
9．主旨大意题。本文主要介绍了全球洗手日，全球洗手日的目的是让人们知道用肥皂洗手的重要性。故选D。
10．C 11．B 12．D 13．A 14．C
【导语】本文介绍了地球是我们的家，我们应该保护它。但是地球上的土地、空气和水都被人类所污染，废弃物到处乱扔，而且越来越严峻的人口增长问题也加剧了环境的恶化。如今人类正在为保护环境而一起努力着。
10．细节理解题。根据“All the dirty things could be absorbed(吸收) by nature and soon covered over(恢复). But this is no longer true.”可知，所有的脏东西都能被大自然吸收，并很快被覆盖。但这已不再是事实。故选C。
11．词义猜测题。根据“By putting dirty water and chemicals into rivers and lakes we have polluted our drinking water, killing the fish.”可知，通过把脏水和化学物质倒入河流和湖泊，我们污染了我们的饮用水，杀死了鱼。单词“chemicals”指的是“化学物质”，故选B。
12．细节理解题。根据“Through the use of poison(农药), man has polluted land killing the animal. By putting dirty water and chemicals into rivers and lakes we have polluted our drinking water, killing the fish.”可知，通过滥用农药，人类使饮用水变脏，污染了土地，杀害了动物和鱼，故选D。
13．细节理解题。根据“Our increasing population is part of the problem. More people more waste”可知，由于人口的增长和工业的发展，产生了越来越多的垃圾，故选A。
14．细节理解题。根据“Luckily, millions of people have been warned of the danger of pollution. Large numbers of people are now working hard to bring pollution under control.”可知，人类正在采取措施控制污染，故选C。
15．D 16．D 17．B 18．D 19．C
【导语】本文主要讲述了Bill去中东卖可口可乐，但因为语言和文化不通导致生意失败的故事。
15．推理判断题。根据“Bill sells Coca-Cola all over the world.”可知，他是一名商人。故选D。
16．细节理解题。根据“Too bad”可知，他的生意不好。故选D。
17．词义猜测题。根据“I would have a good sale as Coca-Cola is well known around the world.”可知，因为可口可乐在全世界都很出名，所以他很自信他可以卖得很好，划线单词表示“自信的”。故选B。
18．细节理解题。根据“So I made some nice posters to help sell Coca-Cola.”可知，他做了一些漂亮的海报来帮助他卖可口可乐。故选D。
19．细节理解题。根据“But I didn’t know that Arabs usually read from right to left.”可知，阿拉伯人通常是从右往左阅读的。故选C。
20．C 21．A 22．C 23．D 24．A
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。说明了四个城市一月和七月的平均降雨量。
20．细节理解题。结合图表以及第一段中“it is different from one city to another”可知降雨量在不同的城市是相当不同的。故选C。
21．细节理解题。由图表可知，7月份广州的降雨量是最多的。故选A。
22．细节理解题。由图表可知，1月份降雨量从低到高依次是广州—巴黎—华盛顿—伦敦。故选C。
23．细节理解题。由图表可知，华盛顿一月份的降雨量为69.1毫米。故选D。
24．主旨大意题。通读全文结合图表可知是谈论了四个城市一月份和七月份的平均降雨量。故选A。
25．C 26．D 27．A 28．A 29．C
【导语】本文是一篇议论文，介绍了世界上存在的水污染及资源短缺问题，告诉我们保护水资源的重要性。
25．细节理解题。根据第一段“However, according to a study, 1 in 10 people in the world doesn’t have clean water to drink.”可知，世界上每10个人中就有1个人没有干净的水喝，故90个人中有9个人没有干净的水喝。故选C。
26．细节理解题。根据第二段“Also, in some countries, children have to walk far every day to get water! As a result, they can’t go to school to get an education.”可知，因为他们花大部分时间从很远的地方运水，所以导致没有时间再去上学。故选D。
27．细节理解题。根据第三段“To let more people know the importance of fresh water and ask people to save water, in 1993 the United Nations decided that March 22nd is World Water Day.”
可知，为了让更多的人知道淡水的重要性，并要求人们节约用水，1993年，联合国决定3月22日为世界水日，故第三段介绍了世界水日的目的。故选A。
28．词句猜测题。根据倒数第二段“ And some people in China have activities to raise money to help some poor countries get clean water every year.”可知，中国的一些人每年都会举办活动筹集资金，帮助一些贫穷国家获得清洁的水，划线部分raise意为“筹集”，与collect意思相近。故选A。
29．主旨大意题。根据“In a word, it’s everyone’s duty to save and protect water. Let’s take action now!”及全文可知，本文主要介绍了世界上存在的水污染及资源短缺问题，作者写这篇文章是鼓励人们保护节约水资源。故选C。
30．B 31．C 32．B 33．B 34．C
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，文章以Lilian的视角介绍了过去和现在村庄里水资源的变化，他们实现了拥有安全的饮用水的梦想。
30．细节理解题。根据“Sometimes Lilian would walk to another village to get water, but the walk was an hour”可知，Lilian步行到另外一个村庄需要一小时。故选B。
31．细节理解题。根据“Four years ago, there was a tap stand right in the middle of their village.”可知，水龙头是四年前出现在村庄的，即2018年。故选C。
32．细节理解题。根据“Lilian also got a new job because of the water project”及“The money I get from selling water is the first step.”可知，Lilian的新工作是卖水。故选B。
33．细节理解题。根据“Not only is the water closer, but it’s cheaper for the villagers to get water.”可知，现在村里的人们取水是便宜的。故选B。
34．最佳标题题。根据“She says the people in her village never thought they would have safe water.”及全文可知，文章以Lilian的视角介绍了过去和现在村庄里水资源的变化，他们实现了拥有安全的饮用水的梦想，故“A dream of safe water.”可作为文章标题。故选C。
35．C 36．B 37．A
【导语】本文主要介绍了人类造成的三种污染——水污染、空气污染和土壤污染对地球造成的影响，倡议人们要停止污染并保护我们的地球，
35．细节理解题。根据“The Earth is about 4,600 million years old.”可知地球有46亿岁了。故选C。
36．细节理解题。根据“Water pollution”水污染，“Air pollution”空气污染，“Soil pollution”土壤污染，可知文中提到了三种污染。故选B。
37．主旨大意题。通读全文可知，本文主要介绍了人类造成的三种污染——水污染、空气污染和土壤污染对地球造成的影响，倡议人们要停止污染并保护我们的地球。所以作者的意图是要求我们保护地球。故选A。
