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八年级英语阅读能力提高训练(八) 一、阅读表达 Cape Town, the second-biggest city in South Africa(非洲), is now in danger. The city is running out of water. From June to July, the city may have no water for homes and businesses. How can a city run out of water? To answer this question, we need to take a look at where our water comes from. Water covers 70 percent of Earth’s surface (表面). But most of that is seawater. Freshwater is what we use to drink, take showers and cook food. Less than 1 percent of the water is fresh and accessible (可使用的). Usually, freshwater comes from rivers and lakes. People build reservoirs (水库) to help save water so that they always have enough water to use. During rainy times, the reservoir saves water from rivers. When it is dry, the reservoir releases(释放) water back into the rivers. Underground water is another source of freshwater. For example, water from wells (井) is a kind of underground water. Cape Town’s water problem is because of population(人口) growth and a record drought (创记录的干旱). Now, people in this city are trying to save water. Each person is using less than 100 liters(升) of water a day. The government in Cape Town is trying to find a way to use seawater to help solve(解决) the problem. (不超过9个单词) 1.Where is Cape Town?_________________________________________________________________ 2.Which kind of water can we drink, seawater or freshwater?___________________________________ 3.Why do people build reservoirs?_________________________________________________________ 4.What’ the reason for Cape Town’s water problem?___________________________________________ 5.What is the government trying to do to help solve the problem?________________________________ 二、完形填空 It was Sunday afternoon. My brother and I were alone at home. My parents went for a party and asked me to look after my brother. I was doing my homework while my younger brother was watching TV. Suddenly the doorbell rang. Ding-Dong! My brother thought that it was our parents, so he opened t