第六部分:完形补文(第41~50题，每题1.5分，共15分)

下面的短文有10 处空白，每处空白后的括号内有一个词，请根据短文内容将其正确的形式填入文中，以恢复文章原貌，并将答案写在答题纸相应位置上。

Water Shortage

Getting water seems (seem) so easy for many people. You will be（ 41 ） (mistake) if you think there is an（ 42 ）(end) supply of water. In fact, the world has a water shortage. Seventy percent of the world is（ 43 ）(cover) in water. But most of it is salt water. Only a small（ 44 ） (percent) is fresh drinking water. Countries（ 45 ）(include) Spain, Italy and South Africa actually import water from countries such as the United States and Australia.（ 46 ） (surprising), 1.1 billion people on earth have difficulty（ 47 ） (get) clean drinking water. This global problem is predicted to get（ 48 ） (bad) as the atmosphere becomes warmer.

Every person in Britain（ 49 ）(use) about 150 litres of water a day. In some countries people only have 5 to 10 litres a day! They would be（ 50 ） (shock) to learn how we waste drinking water.

The word“confined" (Para. 2) means（   ）

• A、open
  
  

• B、empty
  
  

• C、limited
  
  

• D、occupied
  
  

第五部分:填词补文(第31~40题，每题1.5分，共15分)

下面的短文有10 处空白，短文后列出12个词，其中10 个取自短文，请根据短文内容将其分别放回原有位置,以恢复文章原貌，并在答题纸相应位置上将答案代码写出。

Talking Counts!

Most words in a child's vocabulary come from everyday encounters with language. Children（ 31 ） up language from books, media, and conversations.

You can increase your child's vocabulary and（ 32 ）knowledge by having conversations with them. With  babies, you can talk to them about what you're doing so they can begin to（ 33 ） words with concepts. As your baby begins to speak, start asking, “What's that?" when（ 34 ）to objects or pictures. Elaborate on their（ 35 ） answers as a way to have them listening to more words.“Yes, that is a banana! It's（ 36 ）and smooth."

With young children, you can talk about the things you see in your（ 37 ） on trips around town, or on television. These conversations help build a child's（ 38 ）of his world. When reading, pause to ask questions on the story. Ask,“Why do you think he did that?" or“What do you think is going to happen（ 39 ）?” Tell your children stories from your own life, Or about the day they were（ 40 ）This helps develop their personal and cultural identity.

A. link

B. simple

C. secondly

D. neighborhood

E. yellow

F. build

G. understanding

H. pointing

I. pick

J. born

K. background

L. next