Module 12 Unit 3 第一课时 练习题 2023-2024学年外研版九年级英语上册

Module 12 Unit 3 第一课时 一、按要求写出下列单词。 1．fair(反义词) 2．careful(副词) 3．sing(名词) 4．help(形容词) 5．use(再；又) 二、根据句意用所给词的适当形式填空。 1．They are sitting in the comfortable chair and chatting _______ (happy). 2．Paper making is a great ___________ (invent) of ancient China. 3．The little boy is so _________ (care) that he often leaves his homework at home. 4．The ______________ (nineteen) World Book Day was on 23 April, 2014. 5．After the rain, the village looks ___________ (wonder) from the top of the hill. 6．A good teacher is a good _______ (listen). A teacher is there to listen to every student and help him out. 7．Simon entered the library, found _______ (he) a seat by the window and started his work. 8．He hopes to live a simple and (peace) life. 三、阅读理解。 The world uses about a thousand million tons of water a day. We can't live without water. Yet more than 700 million people around the world have trouble getting clean and safe water. Treating wastewater is a good way to provide fresh water for us. And it also helps the environment by keeping waste out of rivers and oceans (海洋). 80% of the 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 from rivers，lakes，ice and snow. The rest, 98% of the water，is in seas and oceans. It is too salty to drink. Then desalination businesses come in. More than 19, 000 factories have been built around the world，mostly in coastal (沿海的) countries. They process (加工) more than 92 million tons of water every day. 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 more clean water and make sure everyone has enough clean water. But for now, the world still faces with n