雅思阅读模拟文章海水利用.docx

雅思阅读模拟文章——海水利用　雅思阅读文章都来源于各大著名的报刊杂志和网站，比如经济学人、美国地理杂志、新科学人等等。所以，小编整理了一些来自于这些网站的精彩文章，大家可以浏览一下。今天分享的就是雅思阅读模拟文章—海水利用。　考试日期：2010年1月9日Reading passage one　Title：海水的利用　大致内容：　关于如何应对地中海地区缺水的情况，讲一个利用地壳的热能供水的project,如何利用海水，利用地热方法提取海水，得到饮用水，以及这个方法带来的其它的好处.境空的内容有mineralextraction,crust，grid, operatingcost;是非无判断:NG(上一个工程的失败可以避免)F(当地人一开始很支持这个project) T(这个机构还用了一些别的措施来帮助当地人)NC.(local audnrities campaigned against theproject)。　雅思时事阅读：中国水问题的希望——海水淡化　More government support, including subsidies and a favorable pricingmechanism, is neededfor the country to use desalinated seawater to quench itsthirst, a top industry expert said.　The lack of an effective pricing mechanism for desalinated water andsupport for an operablepolicy is affecting the development of the countrys seadesalination industry, said Li Linmei,director of the State OceanicAdministrations Institute of Seawater Desalination andMultipurpose Utilizationin Tianjin.　The country aims to produce 2.2 million cubic meters of desalinatedseawater daily in 2015,about three times current capacity, according to aNational Development and ReformCommission plan released last year.　Current domestic water prices range from 2.4 yuan to 4.9 yuan a metric tonin the coastalregions, while the price of water for industry ranges from 3.3yuan to 7.9 yuan a ton, accordingto ChinaWaterNet.　However, desalination plants can produce 674,000 tons daily at a cost ofabout 5 yuan ($0.80)a ton - not including infrastructure such as pipelines.　Li said the government should consider bringing desalinated water into thewater grid.　Aside from subsidies and funding for pilot programs, Li believesdesalination is a key part ofwater security.　The seawater desalination industry is as important as water conservancyprojects for China tocope with its water shortage, Li said.　China suffers from severe water shortages, nearly 54 billion cubic meterson average everyyear. This means that more than 66 percent of cities experiencewater shortages.　To compound that difficulty, wat