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1. How many people can't get enough water easily?
A. 2 million. B. 3 million. C. 2 billion. B. 3 billion.C
2. Why is it difficult for farmers in Yuma to grow date palm trees?
① They do not have enough clay. ② The weather is too hot.
③ The soil is too sandy. ④ The land is too dry.
A. ①②③ B. ①③④ C. ①②④ D. ②③④D
3. 新考点·代词指代 The underlined word "it" in Paragraph 3 refers to ______.
A. the cost of the liquid clay technology B. the amount of water needed
C. the liquid clay technology D. the cost of fruit treesC
4. What do people worry about the liquid clay?
A. It could be too expensive for farmers in Yuma.
B. It might cause nature problems in the future.
C. It requires a lot of water to make.
D. It does not work in sandy soil.B
5. 新考点·推断情感态度 What is the writer's attitude towards the new technology?
A. Unsure. B. Worried. C. Uninterested. D. Hopeful.A

答案： 1. C 细节理解题。由第一段中的“But two billion people live in places where getting enough water is not easy.”可知，世界上有20亿人很难获得足够的水。
2. D 推理判断题。由第二段中的“One of the hottest places on Earth...to grow date palm trees.”及turns sandy desert soil and dry land into a sponge which can hold water可推知，尤马在经历500年来最严重的干旱，那里天气炎热，土地干涸，土壤沙化，这使得那里的农民种植枣椰树困难。
3. C 代词指代题。由画线单词所在句可推知，尽管这种液体黏土技术每英亩约花费2 000美元，但是Ole表示这项技术能将种植果树所需的水量减少一半，故it指代的是这种液体黏土技术。
4. B 细节理解题。由第三段中的“However，some people worry about the long-term influence of changing in this way.”及方框中的对话可知，一些人担心这种液体黏土技术将来会引发一系列自然问题。
5. A 推理判断题。由文章最后一段可推知，作者认为只有时间能告诉我们液体黏土是否是解决水问题的一个长期的好办法，现在还不能确定，故选A项。