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1、Australianshaveevidentlyrealizedthefactthatwatermeans阅读理解答案　　Australianshaveevidentlyrealizedthefactthatwatermeanslifeandweneedtohemorethoughtfulinouruseofthisratherpreciousresource．Sincetheyear2000,Australianshavemanagedtoreducetheiruseofwaterby14%．Inthemostpopulousci

2、ty,Sydney,they’vemanagedtouselesswaterin2007thanin1974,eventhoughthecitygrewbyl．2millionsoulsinthisperiod．　　Acrossthecountrynearly20%ofallhouseholdshavewatertanks．Thatwouldprobablybedue,inlargepart,tothevariousstategovernmentsofferinggenerousrebates．InNSW,forexample,wh

3、ere24,000householdshavetakenuptheoffer,youcanget$1,500AUDbackifyoufixa7,000+litretankandhaveitattachedintoyourtoiletandwashingmachine．　　Creywaterusehastakenofftoo．TheAustralianBureauofStatisticssuggestthatit’snowthesecondmostcommonsourceofwaterinAustralia,withoverhalfo

4、fthecountry’shomesreusingwaterfromtheirwashingmachines,showersandbaths．ThestateofVictorialeadswith70%usinggreywater,andQueensland,comingclosebehindwith63%．　　Upinthenorthernstateof．Queensland,someoftheirdamshavebeenbelow20%．Sydney’smaindamisonlyat56%ofitspotentialcapaci

5、ty．　　Thecountry’songoingdrought（干旱）hasseenmorethan95%ofthelengthoftheMurray-DarlingBasin（thetwomajorriversystemsthatsupplythenation’s‘foodbasket’）regardedas‘degraded’,Supplyofwaterhasbecomesuchanissuethathydro-electricpower（水力发电）outputhasdropped7%inarecent9yearperiodfo

6、rthestatesofNSW,VictoriaandTasmania．Notgoodforpromotingouruptakeunderstandingofrenewableenergyintheseclimatechangingtimes．Butatleastthemessageisgettingthroughaboutmakingeverydropcount．　　72．Theunderlinedword“rebate”inparagraph2probablymeans．　　A．discountorallowanceB．wate

7、rtanksforfree　　C．agreementsorpaymentD．washingmachineofhighquality　　73．WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUE?　　A．ThestateofVictoriaisplayingaleadingroleingreywateruse．　　B．MorewaterhasbeenusedinAustraliawiththegrowingpopulation．　　C．ThestateofQueenslandgetsitswatermostlyfro

8、mthenorthofitsstate．　　D．SomeofthedamsinQueenslandaretooweaktoholdpotentialwater．　　74．Wecanlearnfromthelastparagraphth