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广东省2022-2023学年高三名校分类分项汇编原卷版

【广东省四校联考2022-2023学年高三上学期11月期中联考】

Walkingoverwatermightsoundunbelievable.Infact,peopledoitallthetime.How?Almostalloftheworld’sliquidfreshwaterthatiscalledgroundwaterliesunderground.

Earthisawaterplanet,butmostofitswaterisintheoceans.Onlyabout2.5percentoftheplanet’swaterisfreshwater,ofwhichnearly69percentisfrozeninglaciers(冰川)andicecapsandabout30percentisgroundwater-muchmorethanthe1.2percentthatflowsthroughriversandfillslakes.

GroundwaterisfoundalmosteverywhereonEarth.Ithidesundermountains,plainsandevendeserts.Tinygapsbetweenrocksandsoilgrainstakeinandholdthiswaterlikeasponge(海绵),formingburiedbodiesofwatercalledaquifers(地下蓄水层).Together,theyholdabout60timesasmuchwaterastheworld’slakesandriverscombined.Groundwaterisakeypartoftheearth’swatercycle.Rainandmeltedsnowgodownintotheground.Thewatercanstaythereforthousandsofyears.Somegroundwaternaturallyrunsoutontotheearth’ssurfacethroughsprings.Italsoflowsintolakes,riversandwetlands.Peoplegetgroundwaterthroughwellsfordrinking,wateringcropsandotheruses.

Ashuman-causedclimatechangedriesoutpartsoftheplanet,demandforgroundwatermayrise.Atthesametime,climatechangemayincreasestorms.Heavierrainismorelikelytorushstraightintostreamsandstormdrains,insteadofgoingintothesoil.So,theremaybelessgroundwateraround.

Manyoftheworld’saquifersalreadyseemtobedryingup.Twenty-oneoftheearth’s37biggestaquifersarebecomingsmaller,satellitedatashow.Themostdried-outaquifersarenearbigcities,farms,ordryregions.Asgroundwaterstoresdwindle,theyholdlesswatertorefillriversandstreams,thusthreateningfreshwaterecosystems.

8．WhatcanweknowaboutgroundwaterfromParagraph3?

A．Itwillendupinriversandseas. B．It’smainl