Unit 2 单元话题阅读理解练习-2022-2023学年八年级英语下册单元重难点易错题精练（牛津上海版）

Unit 2 Water 单元话题阅读理解练习 （2022春·上海徐汇·八年级上海市第四中学校考阶段练习）Imagine one day, the water taps in your house stop running. You have to buy water from shops. And still there isn’t enough water for everyone. Your mother has to save the family’s shower water to do other things. Would you be able to stand that kind of life? Probably not. But that’s what kids in Yemen are experiencing. Experts said Yemen was going to be the first country in the world to run out of water. According to a report, the capital, Sana, will run out of drinking water as early as 2025. Because of the shortage, the government often cuts the water supply (供应). Hannah, an 18-year-old girl from Lahej, told Times. “In a good week, we’ll have a water supply all week. But then the following week there will be water only for a day or two.” Hannah said only rich people had enough water to use. They can buy water from the shops or from the water trucks. Private companies own the trucks. They travel around the city every day to sell water—at very high prices. “A lot of people can’t afford it,” she said. The average person in Yemen uses 100 to 200 cubic metres of water per year. That is far below the international water poverty (贫困) line of 1,000 cubic metres. The government is thinking of making use of seawater. But it will cost a lot and it may not happen soon enough to help the people of Yemen. 1．________ is the name of the capital city of Yemen. A．Sana B．Lahej C．Hannah D．Times 2．A report shows that Sana will have ________ as early as 2025. A．enough drinking water to use B．no drinking water C．no private companies D．more water pollution 3．What does the underlined word “shortage” in the second paragraph mean in Chinese? A．充足 B．短缺 C．干旱 D．需求 4．We can infer (推断) from the passage that ________. A．the poor don’t have to worry about the water supply B．the 18-year-old girl is from a poor family C．private companies make a lot of money D．Lahej is a beautiful place 5．The Yemen government ________. A．has found a practical solu