Australians have been warned they face a life or death decision over their water — drink recycled sewage (污水) or die.
With t he drought (干旱) continuing, the country is set to be forced to use purified (凈化的) waste water for drinking, even though there is great opposition to the measure.
Queensland has become the first state to introduce the policy after a warning from its premier .
"I think in the end, because of the drought, all of Australia is going to end up drinking recycled purified water," said Peter Beattie.  
"These are difficult decisions, but you either drink water or you die. There's no choice. It's liquid gold, it's a matter of life and death."
Beattie said Australia's second largest state would become the first to use recycled water for drinking.
Water is recycled in Britain and parts of northern Europe along with the US and Israel.
But Australians have never liked the idea.
To try to change the way Australians think, Prime Minister John Howard and Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull have adhered to Queensland's move.
"I am very strongly for recycling and Mr. Beattie is right and I agree with him completely," Howard said.
“Australian cities, all now facing water shortages because of the worst drought on record, must start to use recycled water.” added Turnbull, "All of our big cities have to widen the range of water sources to include sources which are not dependent on rainfall."
小題1:What is the text mainly about?
A．Continuing drought forces Australians to drink recycled sewage
B．Australians face the choice of life and death
C．Premier Beattie is worried about his people’s health
D．We should avoid drinking recycled water to keep healthy
小題2:According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A．Nobody disagrees to the idea of drinking recycled purified water
B．Australia's second largest state has become the first state to introduce the policy
C．No other countries but Australia decide to drink recycled water
D．The drought is the worst one in the droughts recorded in Australian history.
小題3:What can we learn from the last paragraph ?
A．Australians have never like drinking purified waste water
B．Australians should develop more water sources to live through the hard time
C．Australians can’t depend upon rainwater , which is not suitable for drinking .
D．Australian government has no ability to solve the problem of water shortage
小題4:The underlined phrase “adhered to” in Paragraph 9 probably means_________.
A．dislikedB．gone againstC．supportedD．doubted
小題5:It can be inferred from what Premier Peter Beattie said that________.
A．he gives orders to drink purified waste water
B．It is painful for him to see his people drink recycled sewage
C．If the decision is made, people won’t survive the drought
D．It’s up to you to either make a life or death decision

小題1:A
小題2:D
小題3:B
小題4:C
小題5:B

小題1:主旨大意題。文章第一、二段指出本文的主題：持續(xù)干旱讓澳大利亞人將被迫飲用循環(huán)水。下文具體介紹了澳大利亞不得不采取這項措施，渡過難關(guān)，這是生死悠關(guān)的大事。
小題2:正誤判斷題。由最后一段中 “Australian cities, all now facing water shortages because of the worst drought on record, must start to use recycled water.”可知D項表述正確, 符合題意, 為正確答案。由第二段 “…even though there is great opposition to the measure”.可知A項不對;由 “Queensland has become the first state to introduce the policy…”可知B項不對;由 “Water is recycled in Britain and parts of northern Europe along with the US and Israel. ” 可知C項不對。
小題3:段落理解題。最后一段告訴我們，水源短缺迫使澳大利亞人飲用循環(huán)水，為了渡過難關(guān)，
要擴大水的來源，包括原先不能依靠的雨水。B項為正確答案。
小題4:詞義猜測題。由下文"I am very strongly for recycling and Mr Beattie is right and I agree with him completely,"…中的 “am very strongly for”和 “agree with”可知, adhered to的意思為 “支持；同意”。
小題5:推理判斷題。由第五段中的 “difficult decisions” “There's no choice.” “It's liquid gold, it's a matter of life and death”可以推出總理Peter Beattie看到人們喝循環(huán)水是件痛苦的事。但對此別無選擇
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C．a(chǎn) minority of primacy school children read properly
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