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1、2019年高三英语上学期期末联考试卷第一部分阅读理解（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）andisinventedbyanItalianfi
2、rm.WhenItaliandesignerArturoVittoriandSwissarchitectAndreasVoglerfirstvisitedEthiopiainxx,theywereshockedtoseewomenandchildrenforcedtowalkmilestoaccesswhat,forthem,hadalwaysbeenwithineasyreach,water.Only34percentofEthiopianshaveaccesstoareliablewatersup
3、ply.Sometravelforuptosixhoursadaytofetchsomeor,evenworse,hastousepondwaterpollutedbyhumanwaste,subjecttothespreadofdisease.Worldwide,about768millionpeople—twoandahalftimestheU.S.population—don’thaveaccesstosafedrinkingwater.Sojustimagineifwecouldjustpul
4、lwateroutofthinair?That’swhatVittoriandVogleraskedoncetheysawthesevereproblemandpromisedtotakeaction.Theirfirm,ArchitectureandVision,hassinceeupwithWarkaWater,agrandpalm-likestructurethatmaylooklikesomethingyou’dseeinamodernartmuseum,butit’sbeendesigned
5、toharvestwaterfromtheair.WarkaWater,whichisnamedafteranEthiopianfigtree,isposedofa30-footbambooframecontainingafog-harvestingnylonnetthatcancatchwatereasily,canbeeasilyloweredforrepairsandallowmunitiestomeasurethewaterlevel.Collectingwaterthroughcondens
6、ationishardlyanewtechnique,butthecreatorsofWarkaWatersaytheirtree-inspireddesignismoreeffective,maximizingsurfaceandperfectingeveryangletoproduceupto26gallonsofdrinkablewateraday—enoughforafamilyofseven.Westernorganizationshavebeenworkingtoprovidecleanw
7、ateraccessinAfricafordecades,soWarkaWaterjoinsaverylonglistofearlierattempts.Sofar,high-techsolutions,liketheoncepromisingPlaypump,havefailed,mostlyduetohighcostsandmaintenanceissues.ThisiswhereWarkaWaterstandsapart—alower-techsolutionthatiseasytorepair
8、andfarmoreaffordablethandiggingwellsintherockyEthiopianplateau.1.Whatdoestheunderlinedphrase“subjectto”inthethirdparagraphmostprobablymean?A.OwingtoB.OppositetoC.SensitivetoD.Givingriseto2.WarkaWaterisdesignedmainlyto______.A.gat
