Question

People in developed countries usually get their drinking water from a faucet(水龍頭) or a bottle. But finding safe drinking water can be rather d 1.in developing countries. People in India, for example, often drink polluted water, which can lead to illness or even d 2.. But one Indian company, Sarvajal, has i 3.a great machine: the “water ATM”. Sarvajal’s water filtering(水過(guò)濾) network has already p 4.clean water in more than 130 places. Many of these places are small v 5.. The water ATM is new and important part of Sarvajal’s business.

How do these water ATMs w 6.? First, local workers filter water using Sarvajal’s equipment(設(shè)備). Then workers s 7. the clean water to the ATMS and sell prepaid(預(yù)付款) cards to local people. Then they can e 8. get water form the ATMs with the cards.

Thanks to Sarvajal’s network and water ATMs, clean water is now a 9.to over 70,000 people in India. It makes sense that in one of the local l 10. Sarvajal means “water for all”.

 

Answer 1

1.difficult

2.death

3.invented

4.provide/produced/prepared

5.villages

6.work

7.send

8.easily

9.available

10.languages

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述了印度的一家公司Sarvajal為了讓人們喝到干凈的水，發(fā)明了一種機(jī)器---水的ATM機(jī)，在130多個(gè)站點(diǎn)給人們提供干凈的水。

1.for example, often drink polluted water, which can lead to illness 可知人們喝了一些受污染的水，所以發(fā)展中國(guó)家喝到干凈的水很難，故用difficult。

2.lead to illness or even 可知比疾病更嚴(yán)重的就是死亡，故用death。

3.Sarvajal 發(fā)明了一種機(jī)器---水的ATM機(jī)。因?yàn)榭崭袂坝衕as，所以這里應(yīng)該用現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)，根據(jù)a great machine可知這里應(yīng)該用invented“發(fā)明”。

4.Sarvajal 通過(guò)過(guò)濾水，在130多個(gè)站點(diǎn)給人們提供干凈的水。這里空格前有has所以這里應(yīng)該用現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)，所以用過(guò)去分詞provide/produced/prepared。

5.villages。

6.First, local workers filter water using Sarvajal’s equipment(設(shè)備). Then workers s the clean water to the ATMS and sell prepaid(預(yù)付款) cards to local people. 可知這里敘述了ATM機(jī)的工作原理，故用work。

7.…送某物給某人或某地，故用send。

8.easily。

9.70,000 人可以喝到干凈的水。這里是短語(yǔ)be available to sb可被某人得到或利用，故用available。

10.Sarvajal 是為了大家的水。因?yàn)閛ne of +可數(shù)名詞的復(fù)數(shù)，故用languages。

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