Question

Give water, save lives
A bottle of water may not seem like much to you, but thousands of bottles will be of great help for people who live in drought-hit(遭受旱災) areas in China.
Since last autumn, there has been very little rain in Southwest China. Some places, especially in Yunnan . Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, have experienced a serious drought. Crops (莊稼) died, the land cracked, and wells (井) and rivers dried up. More than 20 million people are having difficulty in finding safe drinking water.
After learning about the drought, many people around the country helped by giving water, money and other things.
Last week, every member of the Communist Youth League (共青團員) and Young Pioneers(少先隊員) were encouraged to give one bottle of water to the drought-hit areas. Students in primary schools and middle schools quickly joined the activity. In Yuhua Primary School in Xi’ an, 900 students bought over 1,000 bottles of water with their pocket money. They also wrote their wishes on the bottles.
The serious drought has also made students realize the importance of saving water.
Students from Nanshan Middle School in Huizhou in Guangdong went on the street to tell people to take part in water-saving activities.
“I’ve heard that some children in drought-hit areas don’ t have enough drinking water. They have to drink muddy ( 含有泥土的 ) water. I feel really sad about that," said one student. “I decide to take a shower twice a week instead of every day to save water.”he said.
小題1:Why did a serious drought happen in Southwest China?  
___________________________________________________________________________                     小題2:What does the underlined (劃線的) word "cracked" probably mean in Chinese?
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小題3:What did people do after learning about the drought?
                                                                  
小題4:Is a bottle of water helpful for the people in drought-hit areas?
                                                                              
小題5:What can you learn from the passage?                                     

Answer 1

小題1:Because there has been very little rain since last autumn.
小題2:裂開、裂縫
小題3: They helped by giving water, money and other things.
小題4: Yes, it is. / No, but thousands will. /
A bottle of water isn’t much, but thousands will be of great use.
小題5:It’s time for us to save water. / We should help out people in trouble.

前面三段說明性的文章可以帶著問題直接去找答案。而且答案一般都是按照段落順序。后面段落講述了西安一個學校的共青團員和廣東的學生為干旱所做的事情。
1.  Southwest China是大寫字母做關鍵詞，在文章第二段第一行Since last autumn, there has been very little rain in Southwest China.用why提問，要用Because來回答，所以答案是Because there has been very little rain since last autumn.
2.猜詞義要根據(jù)上下文的語境，在第二段第三行Crops (莊稼) died, the land cracked,莊稼死了，由于前面的干旱，猜測可得是土地開裂的意思。
3.after learning about the drought是關鍵詞，在文章第三段many people around the country helped by giving water, money and other things. 答案中many people around the country用they代替。
4.第四段In Yuhua Primary School in Xi’ an, 900 students bought over 1,000 bottles of water with their pocket money. 根據(jù)文章意思回答是或者不是都有道理：對于干旱的地方來說，就算一瓶水也很重要，回答 Yes, it is.也可以理解為一瓶水太少，沒有用，但文章中如果1000多瓶水可能就有用了，所以答案也可以是No, but thousands will. /
A bottle of water isn’t much, but thousands will be of great use.（此題需要自己組織語言，比較難）
5.前三段講了干旱，后面講了學生們采取行動。所以是在呼吁更多的人加入節(jié)約用水的活動中來。只要答到這個意思即可。It’s time for us to save water. / We should help out people in trouble.意思與這個相仿都可以。