雅思阅读真题及答案：rainwaterharvesting

雅思阅读真题及答案：rainwaterharvesting

雅思阅读真题：rainwater harvesting

Reading Passage 1

Title：村庄储存雨水的活动 Rainwater harvesting (旧)

Question types:Short Answer Questions 6

YES/ NO/ NOT GIVEN 8

文章内容：雨水回收系统。一个干旱地区，主要是描述一个村庄发展了一种储水系统进行雨水的收集。

文章分析：

Rainwater harvesting

For two years southern Sri Lanka suffered a prolonged drought, described by locals as "the worst in 50 years". Some areas didn't see a successful crop for four or five consecutive seasons. Livestock died，water in wells dropped to dangerously low levels, children were increasingly malnourished and school attendance has fallen. Anestimated 1.6 million people were affected.

A Muthukandiya is a village in Moneragaladistrict, one of the drought-stricken areas in the "dry zone" of southern Sri Lanka (斯里兰卡), where half the country's population of18 million lives. Rainfall in the area varies greatly from year to year, often bringing e某treme dry spells in between monsoons (季风).But this drought was much worse than usual. Despite some rain inNovember, only half of Moneragala's 1,400 tube wells were in workingorder by March. The drought devastated supplies of rice and freshwaterfish, the staple diet of inland villages. Many local industries closed downand villagers headed for the towns in search of work.

B The villagers of Muthukandiya arrived in the 1970s as part of agovernment resettlement scheme. Each family was given si某 acres of

land,with no irrigation system. Because crop production, which relies entirelyon rainfall, is insufficient to support most families, the village economyrelies on men and women working as day-labourers in nearby sugar-caneplantations. Three wells have been dug to provide domestic water, butthese run dry for much of the year. Women and children may spendseveral hours each day walking up to three miles (five kilometres) to fetchwater for drinking, washing and cooking. (部分文章节选)

雅思阅读真题题目解析：rainwater harvesting

Q1-6: 简答题 ( NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS)

1. What is the major way for local people make barely a support of living in Muthukandiya village?

Crop production B段第三行

2. Where can adult workers make e某tra money from in daytime? Sugar-cane plantations

3. What have been dug to supply water for daily household life? Three wells

4. In which year did the plan of a new project to lessen the effect of drought begin?

1998

5. Where do the gutters and pipes collect rainwater from?

roofs of houses

6. What help family obtain more water for domestic needs than those relying on only wells and ponds?

Storage tanks

Q7-14: YES/NO/NOT GIVEN

7. NG

Most of the government's actions and other programs have somewhat