初中七年级的英语阅读理解试卷试题包括答案解析1.docxVIP

七年级英语阅读理解试题及答案解析 阅读理解 (20 分 ) A. The world is not hungry , but it is thirsty . It seems strange that nearly 3/4 of the earth is covered with water while we say we are short of ( 短缺 ) water. Why? Because about 97% of water on the earth is sea water which we cant drink or use for watering plants directly ( 直接地 ) . Man can only drink and use the 3% - the water that comes from rivers and lakes. And we cant even use all of that, because some of it has been polluted (  污染 ) . Now more water is needed. The problem is: Can we avoid (  避免 ) a serious water shortage later on? First, we should all lea