2019年广东佛山南海区高三一模英语试卷-学生用卷.doc

第PAGE 页， 共 NUMPAGES 页 2019年广东佛山南海区高三一模英语试卷-学生用卷 一、阅读（共15小题，每小题2分，共30分） 1、【来源】 2019年广东佛山南海区高三一模（A篇）第1~3题6分 Cities That Are Running Out of Water 　　Even though 70 percent of the globe is covered in water, only 3 percent of that is freshwater-and about 99 percent of that non-saltwater is stuck in glaciers（冰川） and snowfields. No continent is safe from a lack of clean drinking water. Cape Town, South Africa 　　Cape Town found itself in crisis in 2018 as the city prepared for Day Zero, when little rainfall and low dam levels left the city with no water. However, restrictions on water usage proved effective, and the city was able to push Day Zero back to sometime in 2019 and loosen the restrictions. Other challenges facing Cape Town include a growing population, pollution of rivers, and so on. Mexico City, Mexico 　　Mexicos capital grew 100 times its geographic size and seven times its population between 1950 and 2010, wiping out the areas lakes and taking a toll on its underground aquifers（含水层）. About 40 percent of Mexico Citys water supply is shipped in from far away, and much of the water that can be piped in is lost to leaks and thefts. Chennal, India 　　In 2014, intense droughts（干旱） dried up at least six lakes around Chennai, plus took a toll on the groundwater. The city, whose population has grown to six million, was receiving only about half of the amount of the water it normally used every day. Bangalore, India 　　Droughts from recent years are causing Bangalore to nun out of water. When the Silicon Valley of India doubled its population in the 2000s, urban development filled in hundreds of lakes and prevented rain from soaking into groundwater. About half of the citys population relies on tanks of water because the pipes have run dry. Melbourne, Australia 　　Between population growth and climate change, a recent Melbourne Water report pointed out the city could start using more water than its dams can supply as early as 2028. Even a proposal to build up t