四、完形填空。（10分）
Water is very important to all the living things, 1
C
water shortage is a big problem in some places when some of us are wasting it.
Teesha is ten years old. She lives in Nigeria. She 2
A
collect water from a ditch（溝渠）near her home. The water was brown. It had a 3
B
smell. Teesha's name means "alive and well". But the bad water often made her feel sick.
Many families in Africa have no clean water. So many people 4
D
diseases. Teesha's own brother 5
A
from cholera（霍亂）. He was only six years old. Teesha's mother cried for many months.
Teesha's village was 6
A
. They got a new well（水井）. Volunteers from other countries found out the best place to dig the new well. Soon, the people had clean, fresh water. The volunteers taught Teesha's family how to keep it fresh. 7
B
taught Teesha's mother how to use different bowls of water for different things. Some water was 8
D
vegetables. Other water was 9
B
their animals.
Teesha's family will enjoy their clean water. She hopes that children in 10
D
villages will soon have clean, fresh water. As the Nigerian saying goes, she hopes her country will have "Peace, Rain, Prosperity（繁榮）!"
( ) 1. A. because
B. and
C. but
D. so
( ) 2. A. used to
B. was used to
C. uses to
D. gets used to
( ) 3. A. nice
B. terrible
C. good
D. sweet
( ) 4. A. increase
B. reach
C. hide
D. get
( ) 5. A. died
B. dying
C. dead
D. death
( ) 6. A. lucky
B. funny
C. interesting
D. exciting
( ) 7. A. He
B. They
C. We
D. You
( ) 8. A. clean
B. cleaned
C. cleaning
D. to clean
( ) 9. A. at
B. for
C. in
D. on
( ) 10. A. the others
B. others
C. the other
D. other
