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浙江省衢州市2020年中考英语复习卷(一)(外研版)(含听力音频)

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    The world uses about a thousand million(百万) tons of water a day. Water is a human right and everyone should have their share. Yet more than 700 million people around the world have trouble getting clean, safe water.

    Treating wastewater is a good way to provide fresh water for us. And it, also helps the environment by keeping waste out of rivers and oceans. 80% of wastewater around the world is not treated at all, and it is running into oceans. But now we have got the technology to treat and reuse the wastewater.

While 75% of our planet is covered with water, only about 2% is fresh water一that comes from rivers, lakes, ice and snow. The rest, 98% of the water, is in seas and oceans. It is too salty to drink. Then desalination (淡化) businesses come in. More than 19,000 factories have been built around the world, mostly in coastal countries. They process (加工) more than 92 million tons of water every day. But the technology they use requires a lot of energy.

    Scientists are working to create a less costly technology. They want to produce 20 times more clean water and make sure everyone has enough. But for now, the world still faces each day with not having enough water for everyone.

(1)、How many people have trouble in getting clean water around the world?
A、Under 10 million. B、Only 19 million. C、About 92 million. D、Over 700 million.
(2)、Treating wastewater helps the environment by ______________.
A、storing waste in ice and snow B、letting waste run into oceans C、keeping waste out of rivers and oceans D、sending waste to coastal countries
(3)、At present, the technology to process water ____________.
A、needs much energy B、saves much money C、satisfies everyone D、causes pollution
(4)、What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A、Water should be a human right. B、The water problem is still serious. C、Our planet is covered with water. D、Everyone has enough clean water.
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 阅读理解

Some experts say that robots will take away human jobs with the rapid development of AI. A March 2023 report from Goldman Sachs showed that AI could do a quarter of the work done by humans. Across the European Union and the US, the report further notes that 300 million jobs could be lost to automation (自动化).

Thankfully, it's not all bad news. The experts also add that there are still things AI cannot do. These tasks have clear human qualities, like emotional intelligence and creative thinking.

"I think there are generally three kinds of jobs that are going to be safe," says Martin Ford, writer of Rule of the Robots: How Artificial Intelligence Will Transform Everything. "The first would be jobs that are creative enough to come up with new ideas and build something new."

The second is jobs that require complicated (复杂的) interpersonal relationships. Ford points to nurses, businessmen and reporters. "These are jobs," he says, "where you need a very deep understanding of people. I think it'll be a long time before AI has the ability to interact (交流) in the kinds of ways that really build relationships."

"The third safe one," says Ford, "is jobs that really require lots of mobility (机动性) and dexterity (灵活性) and problem-solving ability in unpredictable environments. These are the kinds of jobs where you're dealing with a new situation all the time, so they are probably the hardest of anything to automate."

"It's important to note," says Ford, "that a higher education or a high-paying position is not a protection against AI takeover. In short, looking for roles in changing environments that include unpredictable tasks is a good way to stop jobs from being taken by AI. At least, for a while."

 阅读理解

Are there any lakes in your hometown? What color are they? Around one-third of the world's lakes are blue according to a study in September 2022. But global warming (全球变暖) may lead them to turn green or even brown.

Yang from Southern Methodist University in the US and his team studied the color of over 85,000 lakes based on satellite photos taken from 2013 to 2020. They found that lakes in places with cooler average summer air temperatures—below 19℃—were more likely to be blue than lakes in places with warmer summers.

According to the research, the color of a lake is in part decided by what's in the water. Water takes in the long wavelengths of sunlight, such as red, orange, and yellow, leaving behind the shorter ones like green and mostly blue. In other words, the cleaner the water is, the bluer it looks. In warmer lakes, phytoplankton (浮游植物) develops easily. It has colors from green to brown and red, giving the lake a different color. If global warming continues, one in ten blue lakes might change color, according to the study.

Lakes serve as an important part of our environment, with their color being one of the oldest ways to decide the health of an ecosystem. Humans get their drinking water from lakes, streams and groundwater. As lakes become greener, people may lose lots of clean water. Because of this, treating the water of such lakes becomes more expensive.

At the same time, blue lakes are also a place for people to relax. Some people, according to Catherine O' Reilly, a scientist from the study, considered blue lakes as a place to set their minds free. As these blue lakes disappear, they may feel sad.

If the temperature keeps rising, the fast growing of phytoplankton in greener lakes will provide lake animals more food. However, an increase in these things may also cause some lake animals to die because there is not enough oxygen for them.

 回答问题

Mohamed Nasar, a 58-year-old fisherman has supported his family of five by fishing in the Nile River for 17 years. But he says fishermen like himself catch fewer fish every. year as the Nile has been polluted. It has been filled with plastic bottles, bags and other waste. 

"Most fish are caught in plastic bottles, and they die," said Nasar. 

A local environmental group named "VeryNile" has asked the island's fishermen to use their boats to collect plastic bottles from the river. VeryNile says it buys the bottles at a higher price than the market price offered by traders or recycling factories (回收站).

The initiative (倡议) provides a solution for helping to clean up the Nile, while providing a way to make more money for fishermen like Nasar. 

"This job has helped us a bit. We come and collect about 20 kilos of plastic bottles, and we get about 10 Egyptian pounds (EGP) for each," Nasar said when he sat in his boat collecting bottles. 

Nasar used to make about 100 EGP a day after six hours of fishing. Now only by collecting bottles, he can make 200 EGP every day. 

Another fisherman said cleaner Nile water would-mean more fish. "For one thing, the Nile is cleaner, and for another, the fishermen now have more ways to make money," he said. 

With the help of more than 40 fishermen, over the past year VeryNile has collected around 18 tons of plastic bottles, and most of them were sent to the recycling factory and were made into new things. 

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