中考英语阅读理解精练附解析第四期：节约用水.pptxVIP

　　Napoga is a 12-year-old girl in Ghana（加纳）， Africa. It is hard for her family;to get clean water. Every morning， she leaves home at half past five to get clea;n water for her family in a village far away. It takes her six hours to get enou;gh clean water for daily（日常） cooking and drinking. She has no time to go to scho;ol or to play with her friends. Millions of people in the world are like Napoga.;They can‘t get enough clean water to keep healthy. 　　Earth Day is April 22. But;on all other days， we must also remember it. The water we use is the most impor;tant natural resource（自然资源） on the earth. 　　Water covers 70% of the earth‘s surf;ace（表面）。 But most of that is sea water. We can’t use it for very many things. Fr;esh water covers only 1% of the earth‘s surface. 　　You probably feel lucky that;your life isn‘t as hard as Napoga’s. But that doesn‘t mean you don’t have to wor;ry about water. We all face serious water problems. One of them is water polluti;on. All kinds of things from cars， factories， farms and homes make our rivers， l;akes， and oceans dirty. Polluted water is very bad for people to drink. And dirt;y water is bad for fish， too. Now， 34% of all kinds of fish are dying out. 　　How;do cars and factories make our water dirty？ First， they pollute the air. Then，;when it rains， the rain water comes down and makes our drinking water dirty. Dir;ty rain， called acid rain（酸雨）， is also bad for plants， animals and buildings. 　　;Scientists say that in 30 years， more than half of the people in the world won‘t;have enough clean water. We have to learn how to save more water for ourselves;and our children. Here is some advice for saving water： 　　●Turn off the water wh;ile you brush your teeth. You can save as much as 450 liters（升） each month. 　　●L;eaky taps（漏水的龙头） waste a lot of water. Fix them right away！ 　　●You can easily cu;t your 10-minute showers（沐浴） in half—and you‘ll be just as clean. 　　●When you wa;sh dishes， don‘t let the water run. 　　●Only wash clothes when you