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1、2019-2020年高三上学期期末联考英语试卷含答案第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中（A、B、C和D），选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A IfyougotoEthiopia,you’llfindastrangepalm-likestructure,whichiscalledWarkaWater.Itgatherswaterfromfogandcondensation（水珠）andisinventedbyanItalianfirm.WhenIta
2、liandesignerArturoVittoriandSwissarchitectAndreasVoglerfirstvisitedEthiopiainxx,theywereshockedtoseewomenandchildrenforcedtowalkmilestoaccesswhat,forthem,hadalwaysbeenwithineasyreach,water.Only34percentofEthiopianshaveaccesstoareliablewatersupply.Sometravelforuptosixhour
3、sadaytofetchsomeor,evenworse,hastousepondwaterpollutedbyhumanwaste,subjecttothespreadofdisease.Worldwide,about768millionpeople—twoandahalftimestheU.S.population—don’thaveaccesstosafedrinkingwater.Sojustimagineifwecouldjustpullwateroutofthinair?That’swhatVittoriandVoglera
4、skedoncetheysawthesevereproblemandpromisedtotakeaction.Theirfirm,ArchitectureandVision,hassinceeupwithWarkaWater,agrandpalm-likestructurethatmaylooklikesomethingyou’dseeinamodernartmuseum,butit’sbeendesignedtoharvestwaterfromtheair.WarkaWater,whichisnamedafteranEthiopian
5、figtree,isposedofa30-footbambooframecontainingafog-harvestingnylonnetthatcancatchwatereasily,canbeeasilyloweredforrepairsandallowmunitiestomeasurethewaterlevel.Collectingwaterthroughcondensationishardlyanewtechnique,butthecreatorsofWarkaWatersaytheirtree-inspireddesignis
6、moreeffective,maximizingsurfaceandperfectingeveryangletoproduceupto26gallonsofdrinkablewateraday—enoughforafamilyofseven.WesternorganizationshavebeenworkingtoprovidecleanwateraccessinAfricafordecades,soWarkaWaterjoinsaverylonglistofearlierattempts.Sofar,high-techsolution
7、s,liketheoncepromisingPlaypump,havefailed,mostlyduetohighcostsandmaintenanceissues.ThisiswhereWarkaWaterstandsapart—alower-techsolutionthatiseasytorepairandfarmoreaffordablethandiggingwellsintherockyEthiopianplateau.1.Whatdoestheunderlinedphrase“subjectto”inthethirdparag
8、raphmostprobablymean?A.OwingtoB.OppositetoC.SensitivetoD.Givingriseto2.WarkaWaterisdesignedmainlyto____
