The quality of drinking water in Shanghai will meet European Union standard by 2010 and, a

The quality of drinking water in Shanghai will meet European Union standard by 2010 and, a decade later, citizens in Shanghai will drink the best water in the world.
These were the goals set out by the Shanghai Water Authority. With the city’s population expected to increase only slightly and the economy to boom by 2020, Chen Yin, an official in the water authority, said Shanghai’s water consumption will not increase from its present amount.
Zhang Yue, director of the Urban Construction Division under the Ministry of Construction, said, “Shanghai is the first city in the country to publicize these ambitions. They will not be easy to achieve.” He said water saving will help keep the sustainable development of China’s economy.
Saving one cubic meter of water means saving the city’s infrastructure（基础设施）costs by 10,000 Yuan. Last year, Shanghai saved 300 million cubic meters of water either from readjustment of industrial structure or the employment of new technology.
“The aim is to arouse public awareness of the seriousness of water shortages,” Chen said. “The abundant surface water and amount of rain of the city are so misleading that they result in improper use of water.”
Shanghai lacks drinkable water. The Huangpu River, which supplies 80 percent of the city’s drinkable water, is nearing exhaustion. The city, therefore, has been exploring new sources from the Yangtze River and growing forests along it to conserve quality water.
Besides penning regulations, the authority is popularizing technology among the public to efficiently cut the amount of water used.
At present, the city has 600,000 family toilets, each using 13 liters of water per flush. These are to be renovated（整修）to use only 9 liters of water per flush. The authority is renovating the first 200 toilets for households – at a cost of Yuan each. In three years, all the toilets will be renovated, which saves the city nearly 15 million Yuan every year in water conservation.
Another task the city is engaged in is the treatment of sewage（污水）to improve the water environment. At present the city can only treat 44 percent of its daily 5.04 million tons of waste water. To meet the total demand, 27 more sewage treatment factories are to be established with an estimated investment of 18 billion Yuan.
【小题1】People in Shanghai get their daily water mainly from now.A．the undergroundB．the Huangpu RiverC．the rainD．the Yangtze River【小题2】According to the passage, some people have the wrong opinion of using water because .A．the renovating of family toilets will save plenty of waterB．about half of waste water has been treated alreadyC．there is plenty surface water and large amount of rain at presentD．advanced technology makes people use water as much as possible【小题3】Which group of measures are all mentioned in the passage to save water?
a．improve drinking water quality
b．change some industrial structure
c．introduce or use some new technology
d．speed the economic development of Shanghai
e．renovate some family toilets
f．build more sewage treatment factoriesA．a, b, c, dB．a, b, e, fC．b, c, d, eD．b, c, e, f【小题4】We can infer from the passage that .A．not everyone today in Shanghai is aware of water shortageB．citizens today in Shanghai drink the best quality of water in the worldC．the boom of economy will need a larger amount of water in the futureD．all the family toilets will be renovated to save water within 3 yearsB

(答案→)B 解析：【小题1】细节理解题。根据Shanghai lacks drinkable water……. 这段描述，可知目前黄浦江仍是伤害最重要的水源，故选B。【小题2】细节理解题。根据“The aim is to arouse public awareness of the seriousness of water shortages,” Chen said. “The abundant surface water and amount of rain of the city are so misleading that they result in improper use of water.”本段描述大量的地表水和城市总大量的降水错误的引导了 人们不恰当的用水。故选C。【小题3】理解归纳题。1. Last year, Shanghai saved 300 million cubic meters of water either from readjustment of industrial structure or the employment of new technology.2. the authority is popularizing technology among the public to efficiently cut the amount of water used.3. In three years, all the toilets will be renovated, 4. Another task the city is engaged in is the treatment of sewage（污水）to improve the water environment.从以上四点可以看出文中一共提到了四种节约用水的方法。故选D。【小题4】通过阅读短文我们可知知道现在不是每个上海人都知道水资源短缺问题。A符合文章要表达的思想。选项B表述错误，这一目标要在2020年达到。选项C，将来的经济繁荣会需要大量的水，文章中心是节约用水，此表述与文意不符。In three years,意思是在三年后，within 3 years意思是在三年中，故选项D也不对。故选A。

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